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.
9 illustrations
Mazumdar gives the descent of Ganga the stillness of a close portrait.
Two fluted classical columns support different emblems: a winged globe on one and a coiled serpent on the other.
A thick spotted snake raises its head above a compact stack of coils.
Seven cobra heads spread above a coiled serpent, each hood carrying small markings.
Separate Egyptian figures are arranged above a reclining mummy visited by a bird-like soul.
Small airborne figures hover above and below a short block of verse.
Two pale bodies lie closely together within a broad curling enclosure.
Three registers show a small company with long implements, a line of draped dancers and two figures flanking a coiled serpent.
A crowned woman holds a small child above a coiled serpent amid lilies.
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