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.
6 illustrations
A crowned religious figure sits between two pillars, raising one hand above two kneeling attendants.
A dark figure emerges beside shallow water as a crowned woman approaches with a covering cloth.
A standing figure bears offerings towards a group of divine forms beside a steep patterned mountain and a tomb entrance.
An impossible company of long-limbed figures and bird-like creatures occupies a dark blue landscape.
A figure in a patterned robe kneels beside a small table beneath a framed decorative panel.
A dark round head and elongated neck emerge beside the poem above a low patterned landscape.
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