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.
17 illustrations
Two figures walk through falling snow beneath a lighted window containing five pentacles.
A seated man and several younger figures huddle in a dim chamber beneath a narrow barred window.
A crowned figure reclines within a dark heated chamber beside a vessel of water.
A bearded monk in a red robe sits beneath a rocky opening edged with leaves.
Figures carrying large pale vessels gather near a tall arched doorway behind a low courtyard fountain.
Two low thatched cottages stand beneath heavy clouds.
A seated young figure lowers his head beneath a tall stone-framed window with an oval lock.
A small dark figure walks between rows of columns under an immense glazed roof.
Two figures embrace beside an ornate seat while a great pattern of illuminated windows rises behind them.
A cloaked figure leans towards a seated sleeping woman beneath heavy curtains and an ornate tall headboard.
An enormous rounded hull towers over small figures and stacked equipment within a vast workshop.
Dense geometric tracery fills a high rectangular opening divided into vertical panels.
Several figures sit beneath a bright rectangular window while a vast dark silhouette stretches across the foreground.
Two long pointed windows contain radiant haloed figures.
An enthroned man sits beside a brilliant rectangular window.
A small child lies upon the floor of a dark columned church.
Several figures struggle inside a Japanese room beside patterned screens.
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