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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An armoured skeletal rider advances upon a pale horse carrying a dark banner with a white flower.
A white horse lifts its forelegs while an elaborately dressed rider sits above a patterned saddle.
White horses carry young women through thin trees beneath a bright moon.
A rider in red passes above a web of roots crowded with little faces and outstretched hands.
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