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.
4 illustrations
Three figures confront one another beneath the bare branches of a moonlit grove.
An old figure sits among tangled roots while pale airborne forms and small creatures gather in a moonlit forest.
A small child sits upon a branch above dark water beneath a full moon.
A woman clings to the branches of a tree while snarling wolves gather below.