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.
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A narrow cluster of towers climbs from a dark precipice into a misty pale sky.
A sheer tower rises through a sharply divided black-and-white space, with a tiny figure at its summit and others falling or clinging beside it.