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.
16 illustrations
A burdened figure sinks beneath a large wooden cross while a kneeling woman and several standing men gather beside the road.
A company gathers in a flowered woodland hollow while two robed travellers watch from the side.
Thin, lightly clothed figures gather around two standing travellers upon a rocky shelf.
A company of small figures gathers beneath a tall branching tree while the two travellers stand at the edge of the woodland scene.
A long line of robed figures passes beside dark trees and low water, their bodies lit against the shadowed wood.
Three draped women stand close together at the edge of a shallow woodland stream.
Two travellers stand before a scattered gathering of figures beneath a steep wooded cliff.
A stag with branching antlers faces a unicorn beneath the trees.
Two tall curved horns rise above an elongated face with small round eyes and a narrow muzzle.
An inverted triangle and a large central syllable occupy a ring of dark petals.
A man sits in a wooden chair beside a smoking vessel, looking upward into a field of pale, drifting forms.
A small child holds tightly to a standing man while other figures occupy the low, crowded room.
A small grotesque figure holds out a bright coin beside a knight mounted on a white horse.
A tall woman addresses a boy among a group of children in a garden.
A crowded company of armed men surrounds a kneeling figure in a snowy setting.
A crowd of lightly clothed figures dances among golden trees and bright columns.
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