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 men face one another at a cottage doorway.
A tall, cloaked figure stands beside an elderly man seated at a work table in a stone chamber.
Two long-robed men face each other across a narrow black doorway, their raised arms and swords almost mirror images.
Men around a crowded table turn and rise towards two visitors at the doorway.
A seated man in a wrapped headdress and pale robe sits beside a standing attendant.
A kneeling man spreads objects upon a room’s floor while two top-hatted men watch from the doorway.
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