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
A woman with a spider’s many legs lies amid a rocky scene while the two poets look down.
A woman holds a small toad against her breast while a man faces her on a city terrace.
A crowned king in orange and a dark patterned cloak sits on a white stepped terrace.
A richly dressed young woman looks upwards as her patterned skirt trails across a pale terrace.
Two robed crowned figures stand beside a doorway overlooking a distant seated queen.
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