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.
10 illustrations
A pelican bends towards its young beneath a radiant cross bearing a rose.
A rose stands above a small sacred figure in the centre of a lobed cross.
Two crowned, robed figures join hands beneath an elevated rose and star.
Bright crimson vortices stand out against an oval crossed by repeated rose-coloured bands.
A tall dark cross bears small rose emblems and a central diamond-shaped sign beneath a crown.
A semicircular cope carries three crowned portcullises surrounded by sweeping rose stems, with a figured border along its straight edge.
A half-draped figure raises one arm beneath a dark canopy of trees.
Small bodies move across the top of the page while another rests beneath the final lines.
A woman in a pale patterned dress sits beside a dark-clothed man who gestures across the room.
A richly dressed young woman looks upwards as her patterned skirt trails across a pale terrace.
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