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
Seven circular emblems surround a central field of Greek and Hebrew lettering.
A man stands on a small rectangular block with arms extended inside a large circle.
A spread-armed human form occupies concentric circles within a vast enclosing figure and ornate rectangular frame.
A human figure spreads its arms and legs within a shaded circle and a large square grid.
Outstretched human forms converge around a great dark circle within a field of radiating lines.