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.
6 illustrations
A seated woman raises one hand beneath a large hooded serpent that arches around her head and shoulders.
A seated woman holds a child upon her knee within a richly decorated architectural setting.
An ornamented figure occupies a densely carved niche surrounded by curling foliage and smaller decorative forms.
A group of robed figures gathers beneath a deeply shadowed ornamental arch.
Named figures gather beneath an architectural canopy above a block of Italian text.
A pale woman stands within a broad mesh that spreads like a skirt around her body.
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