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.
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Raiko encounters a weeping woman beside a mountain stream on the way to the Goblin King's stronghold.
A pale-robed woman floats above a field of mountain clouds, her long ribbons curling outward through the sky.
A line of pilgrims climbs diagonally across a rocky slope beneath a pale sky.
White and violet bands flare around a tall central presence above a steep rock.
A yellow central light radiates through broad blue and violet fields above dark mountains.
Purple, green and blue circular bands enclose a pale figure above snowy mountains.
A fine route line crosses a broad map of mountains, settlements and borders.
A route line runs through a map labelled Siberia, Manchuria, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia.
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