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.
40 illustrations
Two women stand at the edge of a dark pool enclosed by pale stonework and flowering trees.
A richly dressed figure recoils beside a fountain while a great face seems to emerge above the water.
A queen seated beside water studies an ornate covered cup, with carved figures on her tall throne.
A huge squid extends its arms beside a ship while figures gather along the rail.
A page beside water looks at a small fish rising from the cup held in one hand.
A traveller bends down beside the stream while a seated guide and a group of women watch within a wooded clearing.
A young robed figure stands beside water and great stone structures, with other bodies receding behind him.
A seated robed figure speaks with a woman carrying a vessel beside a stone well, while palms and a distant town rise behind the meeting.
A woman holding a tall water vessel faces a kneeling elder beside stone steps.
A recumbent armoured body lies beside surging water beneath a black storm front.
A long line of robed figures passes beside dark trees and low water, their bodies lit against the shadowed wood.
Three draped women stand close together at the edge of a shallow woodland stream.
A woman's face and shoulders emerge among low rocks beside a small cascade and a solitary tree.
One traveller kneels beside a standing guide as a winged pilot approaches across the water.
Four letters H and two letters O are distributed through the points of interlocking triangles.
A crowned figure reclines within a dark heated chamber beside a vessel of water.
A dark figure emerges beside shallow water as a crowned woman approaches with a covering cloth.
Two figures approach each other beside a small pool under dense flowering branches.
A stepped structure rises above a wavy waterline beside trees and small figures.
A dark column forms the vertical stroke of an illustrated initial beside a seated figure reflected in water.
A richly robed figure stands beside a pale flowering screen overlooking open water.
A small boat waits below a great stone gateway.
Elongated birds and animal-headed figures clash around a winding stretch of water.
A young armed figure stands beside a tall bird-like companion above a great coiled creature.
A nude woman holds a small mirror beside a basin of still water.
An ornate circular frame encloses a galley crowded with ropes, carved forms and watching figures.
Two figures embrace on a rocky bank beside still water beneath steep mountain walls.
Elaborately dressed figures and marine-looking forms gather under a great tree beside ornate buildings.
A robed figure stands on broken masonry beside a tall column above an immense expanse of water.
A great muscular figure rises above a tiny man crouched beside the water.
A large winged figure reaches towards a man waiting in a small wooden boat.
A white-haired figure lifts a small girl beside a rising fountain and curling waves.
A pale woman bends at the water’s edge beneath a dark arch of roots and branching forms.
A high snow-covered peak rises above rocks, pines and a small waterfall.
Several standing figures and large animals occupy a long low raft beside still water.
A small hunched figure sits beside a stream while a tall bearded man in a red robe stands above him.
A young man clasps his hands beside an altar engulfed in flames.
A long-haired woman kneels beside a small child on a pale beach.
A small child sits upon a branch above dark water beneath a full moon.
Two figures embrace beside a waterfall within a lush forest.
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