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.
4 illustrations
A tall male figure and a pale-robed woman raise their arms among curling red and dark forms.
A pale draped figure lifts one hand within a nearly black field of curling forms.
Dark birds perch among curling branches above a pale seated figure and a low animal-like body.
Three dark canine heads crowd a rocky passage, their jaws open around pale flowing forms.