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MARTORELL, Joanot (1413-1468). Knight and writer" MARTORELL, Joanot (1413-1468). Knight and writer. " Tirant lo Blanc". Valencian edition. First page."
Washington Irving and his literary friends at Sunnyside. Date 1864. Southern District of N.Y
Our great authors. A literary party at the home of Washington Irving. Date c1865
A Literary Letter - 70th anniversary of illustrated journaliA page from the Sphere, offering congratulations to the Illustrated London News, the pioneer of illustrated journalism, celebrating its 70th anniversary in 1912
Rebecca WestPortrait of Rebecca West (Cicely Isabel Fairfield) (1892-1983), author journalist, literary critic and travel writer Date: 1919
The Coiffing by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to his poem The Ballad of a Barber which was first published in The Savoy, volume III in July 1896
Anna Noailles PhotoANNA-ELISABETH MATHIEU de NOAILLES French poet, prominent figure of the literary scene, photographed in 1930. Date: 1876 - 1933
William Jerdan - 2WILLIAM JERDAN journalist, editor of the Literary Gazette with his autograph Date: 1782 - 1869
William Jerdan - 1WILLIAM JERDAN journalist, editor of the Literary Gazette with his autograph Date: 1782 - 1869
Greenwich Lit Inst 1843INSTITUTION Date: 1843
Addison and Steele between them imagined a club. Joseph Addison and Richard Steele working on the first issue of The Spectator
Mrs BalchristieFancy dress costume idea from 1884 for Mrs Balchristie, a character from Sir Walter Scotts Heart of Midlothian. The costume comprises a dark dress, plain skirt, low square bodice
Miss HardcastleFancy dress costume suggesting the character of Miss Hardcastle from She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. The outfit comprises of a short skirt of olive green made plain
Francois Paul Meurice / DemareFrancois Paul Meurice (1818-1905) French dramatist and editor of the Evenement, founded by Victor Hugo to whom he was the literary executor, and edited his works (1880-1885)
Modern Athenians plate 25 - EdinburghThe Hon. Francis, Lord Jeffrey (1773-1850) a Scottish judge and literary critic, approaching Sir John Archibald, Lord Murray (1779-1859) a Scottish judge
Christina Foyle (1911-1999) English bookseller and owner of Foyles bookshop, she set up and ran the Foyles literary luncheons
America Celebrities, Literary Celebrities of New York. WilliPortrait of William Briant, editor of the Evening Post from 1830, travel writer and poet
American celebrities, Literary Celebrities of New York, GeorPortrait of American Historian, George Bancroft. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1800, he studied History at Havard and Gottingen Universities
Macdiarmid / Hugh / MorganHUGH MACDIARMID alias CHRISTOPER MURRAY GRIEVE Scottish poet who advocated a Scottish literary revival
Giosue Carducci / Ilz 1913GIOSUE CARDUCCI Italian poet and Professor of literary history
Kit Cat ClubA gathering of the Kit-Kat Club, a London political and literary society which was the centre of opposition during Queen Annes Tory ministry (1710-14)
Armstrongs hydro-electric machineHydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s
Alfred, Lord TennysonALFRED TENNYSON English poet
Agatha Christie, ScenesAGATHA CHRISTIE scenes from her daily life when her first book has made her a literary sensation
George Steevens / ZoffanyGEORGE STEEVENS scholar and literary critic
Pearl Lenore CurranAmerican housewife of St Louis, who under the name Patience Worth authored several writings of remarkable literary force, purporting to be dictated by a spirit Date: 1883 - 1937
Vondel HonouredThe Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel is honoured with a literary and musical fete at Ruremonde, Netherlands
F. R. LEAVISF.R.LEAVIS Literary critic
DESHOULIERES (1638 - 169ANTIONETTE DU LIGIER DESHOULIERES French writer, poet and saloniste
Stephen SpenderEnglish poet, literary critic and editor, Sir Stephen Harold Spender (1909-1995)
Sir Herbert CroftSIR HERBERT CROFT clergyman and literary figure, detained in France by Napoleon, wrote many and varied things, imprisoned for debt, dictionary compiler
Japanese Arrangement -16HORNED ORANGE and ROSE used with a vase bearing the signature of Chien-lung to form an arrangement which expresses literary taste
Pierre Ronsard & PleiadePIERRE RONSARD French poet, depicted with the Pleiade, a literary group of which he is the leader
COLERIDGE (1772-1834)SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE English poet and literary critic. Friends with Wordsworth
Ladies Literary SocietyReginas Maids of Honour - A ladies literary society gathering
James Macpherson, Scottish writer and politicianJames Macpherson, Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the " translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems (their authenticity has been disputed)
