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.
6 illustrations
Two small figures stand below immense concentric ranks of winged beings surrounding a radiant centre.
Two figures walk through falling snow beneath a lighted window containing five pentacles.
Two richly dressed figures grapple with drawn swords beneath a snow-covered pine.
Two figures hurry through an open landscape of pale snow and dark branching vegetation.
A man supports a lifeless figure on the snow while the body of a wolf lies nearby.
A high snow-covered peak rises above rocks, pines and a small waterfall.
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