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.
4 illustrations
Nested circular bands surround an antechamber of hell and expand through numbered astral divisions towards fairyland and paradise.
Planetary names divide an open palm into labelled regions.
Two circular charts carry numbered traces and legends explaining the start and stop of a registering needle.
Names and planetary symbols cover a large open palm.