Aubrey Beardsley by Himself

Self-portrait showing Aubrey Beardsley tucked beneath the sheets of a monumental bed

Artist:: Beardsley, Aubrey
Book Title:: The yellow book, vol. 3
Technique:
Format:: Portrait (taller)

The Order of the Samurai

A man stands in front of a tree in which a skeleton has climbed to threaten him with a spear

Artist:: Sullivan, Edmund Joseph
Book Title:: A modern Utopia
Technique:
Format:: Portrait (taller)

A Spluttering and a Splashing

A man armed with a sword and a shield fights a three-headed sea monster

Artist:: Batten, John Dickson
Book Title:: Celtic fairy tales
Technique:
Format:: Landscape (wider)

Charon’s Boat

A boat poled by a bare-chested man is about to reach a bank guarded by a three-headed dog

Artist:: Grandville, J.-J.
Book Title:: Un autre monde
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)

The Chase

Imaginary creatures such as a tortoise with a dog head are chasing a motley flock of flying animals

Artist:: Grandville, J.-J.
Book Title:: Un autre monde
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)

Get Out

The Fisherman with his monstrous face holds Pinocchio by the legs above a frying pan

Artist:: Chiostri, Carlo
Book Title:: Le avventure di Pinocchio
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)

Full of Devils

A woman is grieving next to a bed where a dead body is lying as monstrous creatures fill the room

Artist:: Doré, Gustave
Book Title:: Œuvres de François Rabelais
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Landscape (wider)

Perfect in Their Misery

Hideous creatures revel in looking at themselves in a hand mirror as dead birds lie on the table

Artist:: Rackham, Arthur
Book Title:: Comus
Technique:: Color process
Format:: Portrait (taller)

He Roasted Him

A one-eyed monster with large ears sits by a fire and holds a spit on which a man is roasting

Artist:: Rhead, Louis
Book Title:: The Arabian nights' entertainments
Technique:
Format:: Portrait (taller)

The Fisherman Wished to Run Away

A man standing on the seashore looks in astonishment as a monster arises from a smoking jar

Artist:: Rhead, Louis
Book Title:: The Arabian nights' entertainments
Technique:: Color process
Format:: Portrait (taller)

Ruggiero Rescues Angelica

Ruggiero comes to rescue Angelica, chained to a rock, as a sea monster emerges to devour her

Artist:: Johannot, Tony
Book Title:: Roland furieux
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)

Flying Hippogriff

A knight in armor, armed with lance and shield, rides the hippogriff flying high in the sky

Artist:: Baron, Henri Charles Antoine
Book Title:: Roland furieux
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Landscape (wider)