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.
7 illustrations
Two facing figures hold cups beneath intertwined serpents and a winged lion's head.
A winged, goat-headed figure sits cross-legged with a flame rising between its horns.
Two fluted classical columns support different emblems: a winged globe on one and a coiled serpent on the other.
Winged discs, coiling serpents and a relief fragment form several rows of labelled examples.
A serpent coils among flowering plants while faint winged figures fly above a valley.
Twelve animal and human zodiac figures occupy the outer compartments of a circular red-and-black diagram.
A small dragon-like body bends into a high looping neck with a pointed head and open wings.
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