Critic Collection (page 2)

Kenneth Tynan, English theatre critic and writer
Kenneth Peacock Tynan (1927-1980), influential and often controversial English theatre critic and writer. Date: circa 1960s

Jacquetta Hawkes, Bertrand Russell and Stephen King-Hall
Jacquetta Hawkes (1910-1996), British writer and archaeologist, Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, 1872-1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician

Graham Greene, English writer, in old age
Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene, 1904-1991), English author, playwright and literary critic, best known for his novels focusing around Roman Catholicism and morality: Brighton Rock

A portrait of Walter Winchell, the Boswell of Broadway, 1930 Date: 1930

Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832 - 1914), poet, poetry critic and friend of Algernon Swinburne, pictured at his desk at his home, The Pines, Putney (which he shared with Swinburne)

Cartoon, The Parliamentary Toots -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis criticism of Lord John Russells government. Mrs Blimber (co-owner of a school)

Cartoon portrait, E L Blanchard, English writer
Cartoon portrait, Pantomime - Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820-1889), English writer, dramatist and drama critic, best known for his Drury Lane pantomimes. 1880s

Dora Sigerson Shorter, Irish poet and sculptor
Dora Sigerson (1866-1918), Irish poet and sculptor, wife of Clement Shorter, English journalist, literary critic and editor of the Illustrated London News. 1898

Cartoon, The New Hamlet - Waiting for the Verdict - the Shakespearean actor Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) waits for the reviews of his new production to come in. 1884

Cartoon, Mr William Yardley, English cricketer and writer
Cartoon portrait, Mr William Yardley (1849-1900), English first class cricketer (Cambridge University and Kent) - Always good at scoring. He was also an actor, playwright and drama critic. 1884

Cartoon, Mr James (Jimmy) Davis (1853-1907), pen name Owen Hall (a pun on owing all, referring to his gambling and extravagant lifestyle), Irish-born theatre writer, librettist, racing correspondent

Cartoon, Messrs Stephens and Yardley don t like being harassed, and are now running the " Vicar" themselves. Possibly a reference to the comic operetta, The Vicar of Bray

Portrait, Mr Henry Hersee, Musical Critic. He wrote for The Observer. 1886

Cartoon, Lord Lytton and the drama critic
Cartoon, Lord Lytton (Robert Bulwer-Lytton) insinuates that if you want the good word of a dramatic critic, you should first give him a good supper! 1884

Dr Samuel Johnson at the Mitre Tavern, London
Dr Samuel Johnson chatting with friends at the Mitre Tavern, London. Date: 18th century

H G Wells
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946). English writer, teacher, historian, journalist and critic

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, political activist and winner of Nobel Prize in Literature

Augustin Daly, American drama critic and theatre manager
Cartoon portrait of Augustin Daly, American drama critic, theatre manager and, playwright. On his head is a miniature figure of Ada Rehan, an actress who appeared in many of his plays. 1893

Mr Moy Thomas - The Theatre Magazine
Mr William Moy Thomas, English journalist, literary editor, drama critic and novelist - The Theatre Magazine, July 1885. 1885

Clement Scott - The Theatre magazine
Clement Scott - English theatre critic, in The Theatre Magazine, January 1886. 1886

Alfred E Watson - The Theatre magazine
Alfred E Watson - British theatre critic, in The Theatre Magazine, April 1886. 1886

Ts Eliot / Rothenstein
Thomas Stearns Eliot, poet, playwright and literary critic. Received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948 Date: 1888-1965

CHARLOTTE EMBDEN Sister of Heinrich Heine, German poet and critic

MATILDE HEINE Wife of Heinrich Heine, German poet and critic

Prolific Scottish writer of verse, novels and plays, ROBERT BUCHANAN (1841-1901). He also went in for literary criticism, feuding with Swinburne, Rossetti et al

Jules Janin (1804 - 1874), French writer, critic, novelist and journalist

William Hazlitt
(1778-1830). An English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. Date: 19th century

John Ruskin, English art critic, artist and philosopher
John Ruskin (1819-1900), English art critic, artist and philosopher. Date: late 19th century

Hall Caine, British author, poet and critic
Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853-1931), British author, poet and critic. Date: 1901

Doctor Joseph Warton - Critic
Doctor Joseph Warton (1722-1800) - English academic and literary critic. Date: circa 1780s

Reverend Thomas Warton - Poet Laureate
Reverend Thomas Warton (1728-1790) - English literary historian, critic, and poet. Poet Laureate between 1785-1790. Date: circa 1780s

Karl Lachmann
KARL K F W LACHMANN German scholar, philologist and critic. Date: 1793 - 1851

The Grave of Robert and Clara Schumann at Bonn, Germany
The Grave of Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and his wife Clara at Bonn, Germany - Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. Date: 1920s

Germany. Congress of Gotha, 1875, where was founded the German Socialist Party (SPD). Reminder sheet with portrait of Marx and Lassalle at the centre

Samuel Johnson / Bust
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist: a portrait bust Date: 1709-1784

The Big Wheel and Tower, Blackpool, Lancashire. The posters on the right are advertising a lecture to be given by Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett

Cartoon, Edward and Clement. Edward: Let us no longer be estranged, dear Clement! Clement: Let us be like brothers, dear Edward

Pamela Hansford Johnson
Portrait of Pamela Hansford Johnson, Baroness Snow (1912 1981) - English novelist, playwright, poet and critic. 1967

Alfs Button, a play by W A Darlington, a version of the Aladdin story. First produced Portsmouth, 25 August 1924, then Golders Green, London, 22 September 1924, then the Princes Theatre

Home of poet Leigh Hunt, Chelsea, London, England
The Home of James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 1784 28 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet, and writer and central figure of the English Romantic Movement

Arthur Quiller-Couch, British writer
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), British novelist, poet, anthologist and literary critic. circa 1890s

Robert Hichens, English writer
Robert Smythe Hichens (1864-1950), English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and dramatist. circa 1900s

John Churton Collins, British literary critic
John Churton Collins (1848-1908), British literary critic, journalist, essayist and lecturer. circa 1890s

Georg Brandes, Danish critic and scholar
Georg Brandes (1842-1927), Danish critic and scholar, regarded as the theorist behind the Modern Breakthrough of Scandinavian culture. circa 1900s

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). English poet and philos
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). English poet, critic and philosopher. Romantic Movement and member of the Lake Poets. Portrait by Washington Allston, 1814. National Gallery. London

Theophile Gautier (1811-1872). French poet, dramatist, journalist, and art and literary critic. Engraving. Portrait. Colored

Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896). French writer, literary critic, art critic. Portrait. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808 A?o??n? 1890). French critic, journalist, and novelist. Residence of the writer. Engraving by P. Grenier. Saint-Raphael, Var, France. Colored

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