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.
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Winged figures gather into a tall cross above clouds, with Dante and Beatrice watching from the lower right.
A vast winged shape emerges from countless luminous bodies above two small standing observers upon clouds.
Two robed observers stand among clouds while winged figures sing and move above and beside them.
A dark winged figure reaches towards a pale fairy floating above mountain slopes.
A dark winged figure descends before a brilliant circular opening among clouds, with smaller forms behind and a rounded world below.
A dark winged figure crouches among pale clouds, its head thrust forward beneath a spiked or flame-like crown.
A powerful winged figure rises above clouds with a long scythe held across the body.
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