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.
6 illustrations
Pine trees cling to rocky slopes around a deep, mist-filled mountain valley.
A stream descends through a rocky, forested valley beneath a distant mountain marked by a pale cross-like formation.
A pale figure with a high flame-like crown spreads fine pink and golden rays above a great mountain valley.
Dark branches frame a layered valley of steep mountains, low cloud and winding water.
A high triangular summit rises above snowfields, dark rocks and green alpine ground.
Several people stand or sit upon a small raft near a high rocky bank.