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.
3 illustrations
Three winged, snake-haired figures rise over a dark rock wall while the two travellers stand beneath them, looking upward.
A central nude figure stands beneath a canopy formed by two great curved bodies or wings.
Two pale women stand facing forward beneath the extended wings of a dark central figure.