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.
16 illustrations
Two facing figures hold cups beneath intertwined serpents and a winged lion's head.
A crowned queen looks down at a pentacle held in her lap beneath a leafy arch, with a rabbit beside the throne.
A young woman appears within a spreading patterned garment, with a curved object to the right and flowing ornaments along the base.
The two cloaked travellers stand above a crowd of prone and kneeling bodies, one figure lifting his head and shoulders to address them.
A large concentric pentacle bears Alpha et Omega at its centre beneath a heading naming the Sun and Sunday.
A large lettered pentacle occupies the upper half of a manuscript page headed for Mars and Tuesday.
A concentric pentacle is headed for Mercury and Wednesday, with Alpha et Omega written across its centre.
A large pentacle headed for Venus and Friday stands above two smaller lettered circles.
A man with arms stretched above his head stands at the centre of a square crossed by diagonals.
A small golden rosette occupies the centre of a much larger circular field.
Coloured wheels are placed over the head and torso of a standing figure.
A large circular disc forms the centre of a fan-shaped design surrounded by rays, small round ornaments and curling side pieces.
A framed world map centres on the Atlantic and marks regions associated with drift deposits.
A tapir-headed figure occupies the centre of a crowded interior beneath a great clock.
An animal-headed standing figure raises sceptres near the centre while serpents and smaller deities fill the surrounding gems.
A geometric star occupies the centre of an arched frame above a winged head.
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