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.
15 illustrations
A long-haired woman stands in a boat at the edge of a moonlit lake, reaching towards a man who raises both hands.
A dark-haired winged figure hovers beside a sleeping woman in a pale yellow dress.
A long-haired woman in white and red stands behind a pale green screen with dark ornamental edges.
A small dark-haired woman glides through a nearly empty sky above a fine bare branch.
A bearded man extends an accusing arm towards a pale-haired young woman beside an armed guard.
A dark-haired woman holds a single white flower beside a long trailing veil.
A dark-haired woman turns sideways with her hands resting together in her lap.
A young woman with long waved hair turns slightly within a softly shaded pencil portrait.
A dark-haired woman in a red garment bends slightly beneath a child resting against her back.
A red-haired woman in a dark flowing gown sits upon a rocky shore with a pale scarf stretched across her lap.
A dark-haired woman looks to one side beneath a pale background mottled with shadow.
A dark-haired older woman bends over a tiny nude human form held between her hands.
A large dark-haired woman rises among jagged flames above two watching men.
A dark-haired woman reclines beside an older man holding an open book.
A reclining woman rests beside a dark-haired man below an immense glowing oval.
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