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 richly armoured rider reaches upward towards a princess leaning from a window.
An armoured rider charges left with a raised sword, a wind-blown plume and a decorated horse.
A cloaked rider on a dark horse sweeps through a storm above a rocky landscape.
A red-cloaked woman leans towards a dark seated figure among wind-bent branches.