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.
11 illustrations
The figure turns its back to the viewer, raising both hands beside the head while long hair streams down around the body.
A richly dressed figure recoils beside a fountain while a great face seems to emerge above the water.
A traveller bends down beside the stream while a seated guide and a group of women watch within a wooded clearing.
Three draped women stand close together at the edge of a shallow woodland stream.
A seated woman cradles a pale bird while turning her face towards it.
Two figures embrace on a rocky bank beside still water beneath steep mountain walls.
A high snow-covered peak rises above rocks, pines and a small waterfall.
A small hunched figure sits beside a stream while a tall bearded man in a red robe stands above him.
A long-haired woman kneels beside a small child on a pale beach.
Small winged figures gather beside a dark stream between rocks.
A figure bends forward with a hand near its head beside an upright bearded face.
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