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 small figure bends below an immense oval enclosure of flowing curtains and masks.
Animals in elaborate clothes gather around a raised royal seat.
A woman bends across a richly laid table with a small lifeless body in her arms.