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
An armoured archer stretches a bow from a chariot beside a lion, with horses, weapons and crowded figures filling the lower field.
A seated woman and a large standing man occupy a woodland vehicle surrounded by horned animal heads.
An animal-headed figure leans over a raised ledge while a pale, elegantly dressed woman appears within the darker space below.
Elongated birds and animal-headed figures clash around a winding stretch of water.
A seated pale figure turns towards a shadowed face at the lower edge of a broad triangular field.
An animal-headed standing figure raises sceptres near the centre while serpents and smaller deities fill the surrounding gems.
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