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 fluted classical columns support different emblems: a winged globe on one and a coiled serpent on the other.
A two-headed figure labelled REBIS stands on a dragon above a winged globe containing geometric lines.
Six numbered designs range from a wide Egyptian winged disc to more compact combinations of wings, globes and linked ornament.
A globe with spread wings appears above a broad winged emblem with a central star-like form.
A winged goat-headed figure sits above a globe with one hand raised and the other lowered.