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.
3 illustrations
A tall, cloaked figure stands beside an elderly man seated at a work table in a stone chamber.
A bearded man with a broad hat and long blue cloak stands beside a small crouching figure.
A crowned traveller in a blue cloak walks between trees whose trunks form distorted faces.