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Verner von Heidenstam (1859 - 1940). He was a Swedish poet and novelist, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. Date: C. 1910
The Split Rocks, on the West Shore, Llandudno, Carnarvonshire, Wales, within the locality of the birthplace of author Lewis Carroll. Date: BC
Boccaccio (Vico)GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Italian author, with a matching portrait of his beloved, known as La Fiammetta. Date: 1313 - 1375
Renan PhotoERNEST RENAN French historian etc, author of a life of Christ which shocked many by portraying Jesus as human : photographed in 1890. Date: 1823-1892
Zofia ZamoyskaZOFIA ZAMOYSKA (nee Czartoryska) Polish aristocrat and author Date: 1779 - 1837
Italy - Sorrento - Villa Francis Marion CrawfordItaly - Sorrento, a small coastal city in Campania, southern Italy - the Villa owned by Francis Marion Crawford (1854 1909) - an American writer noted for his many novels
The Saracens Head, an old pub in Bath, Somerset, England, which has associations with author Charles Dickens. Date: 19th century
Thomas Biggin BroadbentTHOMAS BIGGIN BROADBENT Dissenting churchman and educator, author of The Folly of Vice, to which this portrait is the frontispiece. Date: 1793 - 1817
Robert Bloomfield - 2ROBERT BLOOMFIELD English regional poet, author of The Farmers Boy etc. Date: 1766 - 1823
Segur PhotoSOPHIE ROSTOPCHIN, comtesse de SEGUR - author, despite her personal misfortunes, of the immensely popular childrens book Les malheurs de Sophie, photo 1860. Date: 1799 - 1874
Christian Krohg StatueMemorial statue of Norwegian naturalist painter, author and journalist CHRISTIAN KROHG (1852 - 1925), surrounded by tourists enjoying a drink at an open air cafe, Oslo, Norway Date: late 1960s
John Brown, WriterJOHN BROWN Scottish doctor and writer, author of Rab and his friends - pictured with Rab. Date: 1810 - 1882
Samuel Egerton BrydgesSir SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES Author, bibliographer and genealogist. with his autograph Date: 1762 - 1837
Maupassant PhotoGUY DE MAUPASSANT French writer, author of La maison Tellier, Bel-Ami and much more, but who ended insane, photographed in 1890. Date: 1850 - 1898
Boccaccio (De Brij)GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO DI CETALDO The Italian author of Il Decamerone et alia. Date: 1313 - 1375
Boccaccio (Drawing)GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO The Italian author of Il Decamerone et alia. Date: 1313 - 1375
David Brewster (Young)Sir DAVID BREWSTER Scientist and scientific author, while relatively young (most portraits show him old) with his autograph Date: 1781 - 1868
Boccaccio (Dall acqua)GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Italian author of Il Decamerone et alia. Date: 1313 - 1375
Robert BloomfieldROBERT BLOOMFIELD Regional poet, author of The Farmers Boy etc. Date: 1766 - 1823
Dumas Pere PhotoALEXANDRE DUMAS (PERE) French author of Les trois mousquetaires and Le comte de Monte-Cristo among others, photographed with his wife (?) in 1865. Date: 1802 - 1870
Kingsleys GravestoneThe simple white graveside cross of English author CHARLES KINGSLEY, with passion flowers and Latin inscription : We have, we loved and we will love. Date: 1819 - 1875
William AdamsWILLIAM ADAMS Churchman, author of Sacred Allegories. Date: 1814 - 1848
Bowring (Maclise)SIR JOHN BOWRING Traveller and author, depicted as translator of the poetry of the Sandwich Islands. Date: 1792 - 1872
Edward Pelham BrentonEDWARD PELHAM BRENTON Captain in the Royal Navy, author of a Naval History to which this portrait is the frontispiece. Date: 1774 - 1839
Richard BrathwaiteRICHARD BRATHWAITE Writer, author of The English Gentleman etc. Date: 1588 - 1673
Statue of Thomas Hughes (1822-1896), the Author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857) which stands outside the Rugby School Library. The statue was created by sculptor Thomas Brock and unveiled in 1899
Christopher North / John WilsonJohn Wilson (1785-1854) - professor of moral philosophy at Edinburgh, journalist and writer, under the nom-de-plume Christopher North, editor of Blackwoods Magazine. Date: circa 1830
John Betjamen (1906 - 1984), British author and poet. Date: 1954
Players cigarettes advertisement featuring Mark TwainAdvertisement for Players Navy Cut Tobacco and cigarettes featuring American novelist, Mark Twain together with an endorsement of the beautifully cool and sweet smoking tobacco he has in his pipe
Elegant lady and her car 1924 by George Harper. George Harper (1863-1943), was an English author and illustrator 1924
Walter De LA Mare - 3WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE poet and ghost story author Date: 1873 - 1956
Karl SchurzKARL SCHURZ - German rebel who emigrateS to USA, becomes journalist, diplomat, general, statesman and author : in 1877 he is appointed minister for the interior. Date: 1829 - 1906
Richard HeadRICHARD HEAD author of The English Rogue - the globes thy study... Date: 1637 - 1686
William KitchinerWILLIAM KITCHINER Medical practitioner, scientist and inventor, author of a definitive work on the culinary science. Date: 1775 - 1827
Coryate (Anon)THOMAS CORYATE traveller and author Date: 1577? - 1617
Ambroise Pare / HollAMBROISE PARE French surgeon, author of books on medicine and monsters Date: 1510 - 1590
Henri Murger Author 19CHENRI MURGER French writer, author, depicted with characters from the opera by Puccini based on his Scenes de la Vie de Boheme Date: 1822 - 1861
Victor Hugos house at St Peter Port, GuernseyVICTOR HUGO View across the front garden of Hauteville House, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, where the French novelist lived during his exile from France. Date: circa 1960
Jeanne BeaumontJEANNE LE PRINCE DE BEAUMONT - French writer (author of Beauty and the Beast ). Date: 1711- 1780
Robert M BallantyneROBERT M BALLANTYNE - Scottish author of popular adventure stories for children, such as The young fur-traders based on his own experiences with the Hudsons Bay Company. Date: 1825 - 1894
William John BroderipWILLIAM JOHN BRODERIP Magistrate of the Westminster Police Court, geologist, naturalist and author. Date: 1789 - 1859
Thomas Alexander BrowneTHOMAS ALEXANDER BROWNE Australian novelist (nom-de- plume ROLF BOLDREWOOD) Author of Robbery under arms, The squatters dream and many more. Date: 1826 - 1915
Jacques BoileauJACQUES BOILEAU French churchman and theologian at the Sorbonne, ecclesiastical historian, author of Histoire des Flagellants. Date: 1635 - 1716
Rebecca West / Sava DrgREBECCA WEST British journalist & author. Date: 1892 - 1983
Walter Bagehot / GraphicWALTER BAGEHOT the English political economist and journalist, editor of The Economist and author of The British Constitution (1867) Date: 1826 - 1877
Thomas More / RyallSIR THOMAS MORE English statesman and author, well known for his opposition to Henry VIII and for his book Utopia (1516) Date: 1478 - 1535
Milne / Spy JuniorA A MILNE the English author, best known for Winnie the Pooh, 1926, and The House at Pooh Corner, 1928 Date: 1882 - 1956
Mrs a A MilneDOROTHY MILNE Daphne, wife of A Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh, (nee Dorothy de Selincourt), the mother of Christopher Robin. Date: 1920S