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.
7 illustrations
Two standing poets step carefully through a dense company of figures lying face down.
Three robed travellers stand on a rocky edge beside curling flames.
A woman holding a tall water vessel faces a kneeling elder beside stone steps.
Saul lies on the ground beside a pale, rearing horse, one hand gripping the upright hilt of a sword at his body.
A seated robed traveller gazes at a standing woman surrounded by large pale winged figures.
A standing man raises a whip over a kneeling man among palms and tall reeds.
An immense winged creature stands behind a woman and a surprised traveller.
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