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 pale-robed woman stands among slender trees with deer gathered around her.
Tall trunks fill the narrow image with closely repeated vertical lines.
Sea-nymphs rise among long seaweed stems beside a small hanging bell.
Three winged spirits spring around a tall flowering stem against an almost empty pale field.
A long-bearded traveller strides on narrow snow-shoes with a staff in one hand.
Two richly robed figures face one another beneath a wide architectural arch.
Two small fairies hold their arms out beneath tall dandelion heads.
A crowded company of oddly shaped figures fills the page with pink robes, dark hair and a huge pale-green face.
Three small figures look towards a pale palace beyond a great yellow-leaved tree.
A strong figure carries two companions through pale clouds above a distant landscape.
Small long-limbed figures hurry through dark grass carrying rounded mushroom-like forms.
A red-haired fairy sits upon a pale cloud with large translucent wings.
A small boy faces a pale horse upon a narrow woodland path.
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