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.
17 illustrations
A crowned king sits in profile with a leafy staff, a patterned throne and a small lizard at his feet.
A queen faces forward between lion armrests, holding a sunflower and a staff, with a black cat below.
An armoured rider on a rearing horse carries a leafy wand across a sparse landscape with pyramidal hills.
A standing page in a patterned cloak looks upward along a tall staff, with low pyramidal forms behind.
A bent figure carries ten bundled leafy staves toward a small settlement on the right.
A bandaged figure grips one staff in front of eight upright wands arranged like a fence.
Eight parallel leafy wands descend diagonally over a river, fields and a distant house, without a human figure.
A figure braces on a rocky height with a staff held across the body as six other wands rise from below.
A wreath-crowned rider on a pale horse carries a staff topped by a laurel ring, accompanied by other wand-bearers.
Five differently dressed youths brandish crossing staffs in an open space beneath the numeral V.
Four upright staffs support a flower garland while two figures raise bouquets before buildings and turrets.
A cloaked figure seen from behind stands among three staffs and looks across water toward small ships.
A cloaked figure on a battlement holds a globe, with two staffs and a rose-and-lily emblem nearby.
A hand extends from a curling cloud to hold a branching staff above a landscape with a distant building.
A crowned king sits on a throne surrounded by waves, holding a cup and sceptre, with a fish and ship nearby.
A knight wearing a winged helmet holds a cup while riding a pale horse beside a winding stream.
Two jugglers raise wands over tables of implements.
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