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.
10 illustrations
A winged figure sounds a trumpet above unclothed people rising from open rectangular enclosures.
A crowned woman sits with joined hands on a cloud beneath countless angelic heads.
An immense winged figure rises above fallen and recoiling soldiers beneath a storm-filled sky.
A long line of robed figures passes beside dark trees and low water, their bodies lit against the shadowed wood.
Two winged figures grapple above a dark pool while the travellers remain small on a high ledge to the left.
Two robed observers stand among clouds while winged figures sing and move above and beside them.
A great winged figure rises above a column with both arms lifted, while a small armed company gathers below.
A tall pale figure is enclosed within dark blue wings whose tips rise above the head.
A pale winged figure spreads both arms above a crowded mass of bodies and faces.
A dying man lies beside a seated visitor while a woman kneels in the foreground.
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