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
A robed figure stands on broken masonry beside a tall column above an immense expanse of water.
Slender cypresses rise beside pale garden walls while gnarled olive branches spread across the foreground.
A tall pale spire glows above clustered domes, archways and smaller towers.