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
Flames and curling smoke rise among a densely packed city’s towers and roofs.
Two figures embrace within a tall oval formed by sweeping flame-like lines.
An elongated figure moves through orange flames above the engraved prose.
A large dark-haired woman rises among jagged flames above two watching men.
Three bent bodies occupy a narrow field of streaked yellow, red and black beneath the lettering.
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