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.
5 illustrations
Tall trunks fill the narrow image with closely repeated vertical lines.
A standing man faces the camera before a dark entrance, with several people seated beside and behind him.
A powerful pale figure strides above an immense curling wave.
A young man in a great pale bearskin sits close beside a richly dressed princess.
A low red sun appears between long bands of cloud.
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