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.
11 illustrations
Broad layered petals rise from a dark water surface surrounded by leaves.
Storm-driven water and ghostly warriors surround the boat carrying Yoshitsune and his companion Benkei.
A long-haired woman rises from water filled with reeds and broad leaves.
A long-haired woman leans into a stream beside reeds and a wooded bank, holding the traveller beneath the water.
An elderly ferryman braces against a long oar in a small boat, its bow rising among churning waves beneath a dark rock wall.
A dark figure emerges beside shallow water as a crowned woman approaches with a covering cloth.
Curving layers labelled mineral, fluidic, vapour, water and other strata surround a central region.
A pale figure rises from dark water towards a monkey leaning at the edge.
A young woman sits beside a low woven fence while a huge face emerges from the shadowed roof above her.
A great angel rises above dark rocks and water while supporting a small pale human form.
A huge drooping willow shades a man beside the water while a small woman stands beyond its roots.
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