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.
8 illustrations
Two women stand at the edge of a dark pool enclosed by pale stonework and flowering trees.
Two pale figures lie close together beside a pool enclosed by dense dark trees.
Two figures stand close together in the shade of dense trees, one lifting a circular instrument above the shoulder.
A horse-drawn vehicle passes along a pale road beneath bare trees and a stark gallows.
A pale bird flies beside the tangled branches of a great tree.
Two white-clothed women appear among tall tree trunks while a man sits at the roots with an arm extended.
A pale woman bends at the water’s edge beneath a dark arch of roots and branching forms.
A small child sits upon a branch above dark water beneath a full moon.
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