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.
24 illustrations
A pale-robed woman stands among slender trees with deer gathered around her.
A long-haired woman pauses beside a young man sleeping beneath a tree.
A pale young woman raises her arms beneath dark tree trunks.
A woman holding a tall water vessel faces a kneeling elder beside stone steps.
A seated man leans towards a reclining woman beneath a spreading tree.
A woman stands facing a robed traveller within a quiet stand of tall, slender trees.
Two travellers walk beneath dense trees beside a stream, with a fallen trunk crossing the foreground.
A long-robed woman inclines towards a smaller figure beneath a curved willow.
A young man lies beneath trees while a woman approaches with outstretched arms.
Three figures confront one another beneath the bare branches of a moonlit grove.
A woman and two children gather beside a grave beneath the spreading branches of a tree.
Steep roofs and timbered houses crowd a narrow street beneath wooded hills.
A broad group dressed in white gathers beneath leafy trees around a seated woman.
A woman bends with a pale vessel among enormous brown jars beneath a tree.
A pale woman bends at the water’s edge beneath a dark arch of roots and branching forms.
Two small jackals stand beside a reclining man beneath a tree while a woman watches nearby.
A seated woman looks directly towards the viewer beneath a broad pale wrap.
A young woman sits beneath trees in a quiet landscape while a small winged figure appears above her.
A huge drooping willow shades a man beside the water while a small woman stands beyond its roots.
A young woman points towards the distant sea while an older man stands close beside her under autumn-coloured branches.
A pale woman stands with arms extended beneath a tree laden with golden fruit.
A young woman rests beneath a tree beside a red fox.
A woman carries a bundled child beneath a tree in a red line illustration.
A young woman stands beside a bearded figure beneath a tree.
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