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.
3 illustrations
A running boy holds the hand of a tall woman whose dark hair streams behind her.
A seated boy raises food towards a bearded elderly man leaning upon a staff.
A seated man holds a large black cat while a woman watches from the foreground.