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 man seated in a chair is held above a lively crowd of women, who raise their hands and look up towards him.
A haloed mother holds a child above a crowded base of curling creatures.
A seated Osiris faces a royal figure accompanied by the falcon-headed Horus, with a standing goddess at the opposite side.
A horned devil stands above flames with human figures held against its body.
Several haloed figures stand closely together above a bowed armoured man.
Two figures stand close together in the shade of dense trees, one lifting a circular instrument above the shoulder.
An elaborately dressed woman stands above a crowded table, with a small vessel raised near her chest.
A rider in red passes above a web of roots crowded with little faces and outstretched hands.
A man supports a frightened young woman beneath a pair of enormous disembodied eyes.
Three crowned heads rise above bodies enclosed within a single curving outline.
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