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.
11 illustrations
Bose crowds the figures together at a dark opening, with lowered bodies and ready bows suggesting vigilance rather than a grand public escape.
Two winged figures grapple above a dark pool while the travellers remain small on a high ledge to the left.
A human figure twists diagonally within a great curling field of flame.
A huge dark insect dominates the foreground beneath raised trunks, tusks and wings.
A crouching woman presses close to a large horned figure with long arms and a patterned body.
Small figures struggle beneath a towering dark rock while great birds occupy the ledges above.
Dark horned forms struggle among flames and curling smoke far below a bright distant city.
A dark fish struggles upwards through long white streams of falling water.
A striped tiger springs towards an armed rider upon a camel against a dark desert landscape.
Two figures grapple within a field of heavy black shadow.
Dark mounted figures gallop with long raised spears.
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