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.
9 illustrations
Two men face one another at a cottage doorway.
A young reclining figure is lifted towards a standing visitor beside a curtained bed, while several companions watch from the adjoining room.
An aged man reclines beneath hanging cloth and reaches towards a kneeling visitor.
A radiant winged figure sits before an arched doorway high in a rock wall.
A cloaked woman stands at a heavily carved doorway, her pale face emerging from the dark surrounding pattern.
A man in travelling clothes catches a woman falling backwards near a small table.
Men around a crowded table turn and rise towards two visitors at the doorway.
A man peers into a large room furnished with a tall four-poster bed.
Two robed crowned figures stand beside a doorway overlooking a distant seated queen.
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