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.
6 illustrations
A winged steersman rises over a close company of pale figures arriving across the water.
A ferryman poles a boat carrying two seated passengers and six upright swords toward a distant shore.
A crowded boat rises among broken waves while an upright figure stands within it beneath a wide and troubled night sky.
An oarsman leans over his long pole at the prow of a small boat while the two cloaked passengers stand close together amid bodies in the water.
Four small figures cling to a flat rectangular surface above enormous white currents.
Men in loose clothing and broad hats sit close together with long pipes held near their mouths.
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