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.
13 illustrations
A bearded monk in a red robe sits beneath a rocky opening edged with leaves.
A pale woman kneels in a dark chamber with cords gathered around her body.
A dark-clothed man bends towards an open book beside tall curtained windows.
A pale-robed woman stands beneath a pointed arch with one arm raised towards a small lamp.
A cloaked figure leans towards a seated sleeping woman beneath heavy curtains and an ornate tall headboard.
A woman in a pale nightdress stands outside an open window on a narrow ledge.
A polished open floor extends beneath a long balcony and rows of windows.
A woman sits working at a crowded table beside an open window while tools and wooden shoes fill the room.
Small groups gather beneath the weathered stone façade and its ornate arched windows.
A narrow window and a tall panel of circular patterns stand above shallow steps.
Dense geometric tracery fills a high rectangular opening divided into vertical panels.
A bearded man peers from a dark half-open doorway above a watching boy.
A boy stands beside a tall woman leaning into a high opening in a carved wall.
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