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.
4 illustrations
Small narrative scenes occupy a great circular field around a central disk.
A brilliant centre is enclosed by bands of yellow, rose, blue, green and pale violet.
Concentric bands divide a broad wheel into zodiacal sectors with dates, signs and small seasonal scenes.
A fierce figure grips the rim of a circular diagram divided into scenes.
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