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.
5 illustrations
Two winged figures grapple above a dark pool while the travellers remain small on a high ledge to the left.
Two robed figures ride a winged creature whose long tail curls across the open darkness below a rocky wall.
A colossal winged figure rises behind the two small travellers, with exposed bodies embedded in the foreground ice.
A small winged child advances before a tall black skeleton with long angular limbs.
A luminous winged figure appears beside a dark-haired prince in a wooded grotto.
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