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.
8 illustrations
A crowned seated figure clasps a pentacle, with another above the crown and two beneath the feet before a city.
A seated robed traveller gazes at a standing woman surrounded by large pale winged figures.
A seated woman spreads a broad patterned skirt beneath a red disc containing a fantastic fish.
Three slender dancers hold hands below a group of seated spectators.
A robed figure stands on broken masonry beside a tall column above an immense expanse of water.
Two figures embrace beside an ornate seat while a great pattern of illuminated windows rises behind them.
Pale towers and narrow openings rise from an intricately patterned shore.
A small rider holds a dark round object while seated upon a long-necked creature with enormous bat-like wings.
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