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
Two opposed human figures extend their limbs inside a thin oval border, their bodies joined across a horizontal division.
Seated figures huddle along the foot of a towering rock wall while two travellers move among them.
Two standing figures lean closely together beneath an overhead web of dark branches.