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.
3 illustrations
One traveller kneels beside a standing guide as a winged pilot approaches across the water.
Two small figures sit together behind the neck of an immense winged creature.
A large winged figure reaches towards a man waiting in a small wooden boat.