Project Bloodlust

An illustration from a <n>Book of Hours</n> (ca. 1460), attributed to an artist of the <n>Ghent-Bruges school</n>.

<n>The Old Woman in the Wood</n> (1917), an illustration by <n>Arthur Rackham</n> for a fairytale by the <n>Brothers Grimm</n>.

<n>Vampire dancing with Death</n> by artist <n>Conde DeBockk</n>.

<n>Madeline after Prayer</n> (1868) by <n>Daniel Maclise</n>, based on the poem <n>The Eve of St. Agnes</n> by <n>John Keats</n>.

Chris Riddell's The Sleeper and the Spindle gallery – in pictures

An illustration by <n>Kay Nielsen</n> for the book <n>East of the Sun and West of the Moon</n>, 1914.

<n>Et tenebræ factæ sunt</n>, an alchemical diagram from the manuscript <n>Thesaurus of Alchemy</n>, ca. 1725.

<n>Jael</n> kills <n>Sisera</n> in an illustration from the <n>Speculum humanae salvationis</n> manuscript, c. 1360.

A painting by artist <n>Pamela Colman Smith</n>.

An illustration of a <n>Bonnacon</n> from a bestiary, c. 1250.

Falling Buffe, an armor piece attributed to <n>Kolman Helmschmid</n>, c. 1525.