Discover historical illustrations by subject, artist and book.
Creation and rebellion in Blake’s illuminated plates.
Norwegian fairy tales illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Four colour drawings from a 1908 Gnostic text.
From the dark wood to Paradise with Gustave Doré.
Ethelwynne Quail’s visions of the spirit world.
Art Deco studies of fear by John Vassos.
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A winged seated figure fills a circular lamp surrounded by small objects, birds and symbolic attributes.
Small animals range from cattle and birds to larger lion-like and horned forms.
A dark central panel sits inside a web of crossed lines and concentric rings of small symbols.
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