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You're right, VR. Illustrations have the same copyright laws as text. So for them to be in the public domain they need the same age information on the illustrator as the text does. Here's an example I know the names and dates of.
James Branch Cabell died May 1958. His main works (the biography of Dom Manuel the swineherd) were reissued in an beautifully illustrated set of books, Illustrated by Frank C. Pape'. Pape' died in 1972.
So in life + 50 countries, Cabell goes P.D. in Jan 1 2009.
Pape''s illustrations go P.D. in Jan 1, 2023.
Hope this helps.
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