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Caricature of Norman Angell, writer and politicianCaricature of Sir Ralph Norman Angell (1872-1967), writer, lecturer and Labour politician. Best known for his book, The Great Illusion (1910), arguing against war from an economic point of view
Flaubert PhotoGUSTAVE FLAUBERT French author of Madame Bovary and other works, photographed in 1875. Date: 1821 - 1880
Hans Sachs at WorkHANS SACHS German shoemaker of Nurnberg, poet and meistersinger, author of 6000+ works : he supported Luther and the Reformation. Date: 1494 - 1576
Jean-Baptiste PaulinJEAN BAPTISTE ALEXANDRE PAULIN French editor, publisher and author, fondateur et redacteur en chef of L Illustration. Date: 1793 - 1859
Paul De Kock - 6PAUL DE KOCK Popular French author, depicted towards the end of his life. Date: 1793 - 1871
Tomas De IriarteTOMAS DE IRIARTE Y OROPESA Spanish poet, author of Fabulas literarias and La musica, as well as translations from the classics. Date: 1750 - 1791
Thomas Hill, BookmanTHOMAS HILL Bibliophile, book collector and author of The mirror of fashion, Date: 1760 - 1840
John Harris - 2JOHN HARRIS Churchman : principal of New College, London, and author of Mammon : seated. with his autograph Date: 1802 - 1856
Gerhart Hauptmann - German author, dramatist and novelistGerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) - German author, dramatist and novelist. Date: circa 1910
Quo Vadis? Lygia letting Vinicius know she is a ChristianQuo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero - a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. In this scene, Lygia lets Vinicius know she is a Christian by drawing the sign of a fish on the ground
Satirical print of tulipmania. Etching from De drie t Zamenspracken ---- Roman A. [or author unknown], De drie tZamenspraecken Tusschen Waermondt en Gaergoedt
Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)Portrait of Elizabeth Twining, a botanical artist and author. Frontispiece from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining
John The Fearless (1371-1419). Duke of Burgundy (1414-1419). Anonymous author (16th c.). Oil on wood. FRANCE. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles
James II the Just (1267-1327). King of Aragon
CHARLES VII of France (1403-1461). King of France" CHARLES VII of France (1403-1461). King of France (1422-1461), Valois dynasty. Illustration of Grandes Chroniques de France" (14th century). The author giving his work to the king
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
THOMAS DICK / 1774-1857THOMAS DICK Scottish scientific writer, author of The Christian Philosopher and The Sidereal Heavens Date: 1774 - 1857
Charles Hopper in Chimmie Fadden by the author of the book, Edward W. Townsend. Date c1896
Henryk Sienkievicz (1846 - 1916). Polish author ( Quo vadis etc) - won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905. Date: 1900
Rosita Forbes at the Jewels of Empire ball`Miss Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller, socialite and author (later Mrs A. McGrath) pictured as Rubies at the Jewels of Empire Ball
Sultan of KyrgyzstanThe author visits Sultan Souk, a ruthless robber and despot of the Kirghiz people. [possibly in Kazakhstan] Date: 1858
Andrew BriceANDREW BRICE Printer of Exeter, England, author of the Topographical Dictionary. Date: 1690 - 1773
Schiller - AuthorJohann Christoph Friedrich Schiller (1759 - 1805) - German author and writer Date: circa 1910s
Margaret Bryan - 2MARGARET BRYAN Of Blackheath, Kent : author of books on mathematics and natural philosophy. Date: FLOURISHED 1815
Margaret Bryan - 3MARGARET BRYAN Of Blackheath, Kent : author of books on mathematics and natural philosophy. Date: FLOURISHED 1815
John Le Carre (David Cornwell)John le Carr (pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell, b 1931), English author of spy novels, many of which have been adapted for television and film. He worked for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and 1960s
Mohamed Aboudi of Luxor, Egypt - an author who wrote about the Antiquities of Upper Egypt & Nubia
Emmanuel Gonzales / GillEmmanuel Gonzales, French author (1815 - 1887)
E. M. DelafieldEdmee Elizabeth Monica Dashwood (nee de la Pasture), otherwise known as the writer E.M. Delafield (1890-1943). Best known for her book, " Diary of a Provincial Lady", published in 1930
His Borrowed PlumesHIS BORROWED PLUMES The cast, with author Mrs George Cornwallis-West (Lady Randolph Churchill), seated in the centre
Barbara Cartland and RaineDame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (1901-2000), married name Mrs Barbara McCorquodale, British novelist, pictured with her baby daughter Raine, later Raine Spencer, second wife of Earl Spencer
George Catlin / PaintingGEORGE CATLIN American artist and author, painting the portrait of an Indian Chief at the base of the Rocky Mountains
ROBERT HOOKE 1635 - 1703ROBERT HOOKE English scientist. Author of Micrographia (1665), in which he published results of his microscopic investigations
Cartoon of G K Chesterton, writerCartoon of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, writer
Harry Price and JoadPsychical researcher and author, investigating an allegedly haunted 16th century bed in Chiswick, with professor Joad, 15 September 1932
W Churchill / Pcard / 1933WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author Reading correspondence at his desk in 1933
Churchill / Boer War / MenpeWINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author as a Boer War correspondent
Anna SewellANNA SEWELL Author of Black Beauty
Helen Keller and her teacherHelen Adams Keller (1880-1968), American author and lecturer, who was left blind, deaf and mute at the age of 19 months. Seen here with her teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936)
Emma LazarusEMMA LAZARUS American poet: author of inscription on the Statue of Liberty Date: 1849 - 1887
Harriet Beecher Stowe, American authorHarriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), American author of Uncle Toms Cabin. circa 1850s
George Mogridge, English writerGeorge Mogridge (1787-1854), prolific English writer, poet and childrens author, also known as Old Humphrey. circa 1850s
Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester, DorsetCottage at Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester, Dorset, birthplace of Thomas Hardy. 1924
Cinderella Flyer for the Theatre Royal in HuddersfieldCinderella. Page three of an eight page flyer for the Theatre Royal in Huddersfield on 24th December 1930. Here we see photos of the three stars, Rosa Stoakes as Cinderella
Jerome K. JeromeJerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927), popular English writer, author of Three Men in a Boat, pictured at a writing desk in his home at Goulds Grove, Wallingford. Date: 1903
The Babes in the Wood, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, LondonThe Babes in the Wood, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Christmas 1907. Both as Drury Lane manager and part author (with Frank Dix) of the pantomime
The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw, first produced Malvern Festival, August 1929, then The Queens Theatre, September 1929. Touring to the Opera House, Tunbridge Wells, June 1930
Sir Squire SpriggeSir (Samuel) Squire Sprigge (1860-1937), Medical editor and author, pictured in The Tatler in 1930 by which point he had been editor of The Lancet for thirty four years