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 company of small figures gathers beneath a tall branching tree while the two travellers stand at the edge of the woodland scene.
Two cloaked figures turn away from one another beside a bare tree.
A pale figure leans backwards within a narrow crescent-like form while another reaches upward nearby.
Several figures meet at the steps of a large garden house beneath branching trees.
A winding river cuts through a bare valley beneath black, branching trees.