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.
5 illustrations
A standing figure points a sword towards a crowned ruler seated on a throne.
A crowned, bearded figure is reflected upside down across a horizontal division within a serpent-shaped oval.
A crowned, bearded figure is mirrored upside down inside an oval serpent border.
Two crowned, robed figures join hands beneath an elevated rose and star.
An upper crowned human figure spreads both arms above a complex descending network of circles.