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.
10 illustrations
A young man with a sword turns towards a woman holding a hanging vessel.
An armed company gathers across a rocky height while a commanding figure points towards the distant sky.
A divided circular wheel combines human and animal forms, small internal emblems and surrounding inscriptions.
A large standing figure raises both hands and spreads its legs while smaller circular and skeletal forms trace the limbs.
A monumental human form with a great scarab at the head towers over an altar and rows of small attendants.
A seated figure raises one hand towards a great pale shape within the dark field.
A central nude figure stands beneath a canopy formed by two great curved bodies or wings.
An immense human form stretches across the upper half of a dark page.
Outstretched human forms converge around a great dark circle within a field of radiating lines.
A great angel rises above dark rocks and water while supporting a small pale human form.
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