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.
5 illustrations
A broad-robed figure spreads its arms above two pale faces.
A crowned, bearded figure is mirrored upside down inside an oval serpent border.
Tiny winged figures stand and peer between large dark berries and densely veined leaves.
A lion and unicorn flank an elaborate crowned structure filled with smaller figures and a circular mirror.
A nude woman holds a long broom-like staff while an elderly figure attends to her from behind.
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