Poster, Night Mail, quoting part of the poem by W H Auden written for and narrated in the documentary film of the same name (1936). circa 1930s
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLarenKing Arthur welcomes the Green Knight into the Banqueting Hall and invites him to dismount and eat with the company. Everyone is amazed to see the unexpected visitor
Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, sees his beloved BeatriceDante Alighieri, Italian poet, best known for his long narrative poem, the Divine Comedy, sees his beloved Beatrice Portinari on the Lung Arno, Florence
Goblin Market by Pauline BaynesIllustration by Pauline Baynes depicting a scene from Goblin Market, the poem by Christina Rossetti, where a terrifying crowd of assorted goblins plying a girl with ripe fruit in return for a lock of
Robin RedbreastPoem by M. Nightingale about the robin, featuring a lovely decoration by Gladys M. Rees. Date: 1939
Adlestrop Railway Station, GloucestershireThe railway station at Adlestrop, Gloucestershire. Station staff stand on the platform while the Paddington-Worcester Express steams towards the station
Ichthyosaurus as a museum pieceCartoon of an Ichthyosaurus as a museum piece, in the Ballad of the Ichthyosaurus
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away
Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941)
The Quitter - Poem by Rob W ServiceThe Quitter. Poem by Rob W. Service illuminated with two vignettes On The Way Home and Home Sweet Home. C. Huggins
Christmas Day in the WorkhouseIllustration and opening verses of In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse, written by George R Sims in 1877
Stylish Horse Race by Victor HicksA stylised illustration showing an elegant lady leading a racehorse in the paddock. The illustration is accompanied by the following poem; Airs and graces
Whisky DrinkingScottish Whisky drinkers : " Willie Brew d A Peck O Maut" - poem by Robert Burns
Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, ScotlandView of Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, Scotland. Bell Rock is also known as the Inchcape Rock (made famous by a poem by Robert Southey)
Page from a poem book by Hafez-e Shirazi illustrated depicting a banquet. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting
Gather ye roses while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying. 20th century
Cover design for Narcisse by Nikolai TcherepninCover design for Narcisse, a mythological poem set to music by the Russian composer Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (1873-1945)
Poe / Poem / The Raven / C19ThQuoth the raven, Nevermore
Odysseus returns to his wife PenelopeOdysseus returns to his wife, Penelope, and his dog, Argos
Face on the Barroom Floor, Teller House Bar, Colorado, USAThe Face on the Barroom Floor is a painting on the floor of the Teller House Bar in Central City, Colorado, United States. It was painted in 1936 by Herndon Davis. Date: circa 1936
The Lady of Shalott setting out on her boat for CamelotColour illustration of the Lady of Shalott setting out on her boat for Camelot
Lyrics by Anne BoleynWords by Anne Boleyn entitled O Death Rock Me On Sleep accompanied by an illustratio of the ill-fated Queen looking rather tragic. Date: 1934
Joseph Berchoux - 2JOSEPH BERCHOUX French poet who sang the praises of the culinary art in his poem La Gastronomie. Date: 1765 - 1839
The NeedleWorker, WW1 knitting with Jessie Pope poemPage from The Needle Worker from March 1915, advising readers on knitting for men and boys and featuring, The Knitting Song, a poem by Jessie Pope
Soviet propaganda poster from World War TwoSoviet propaganda poster, TASS Window no. 469. An heroic young female partisan resists the invading Germans. A patriotic poem by Vasyl Lebedev-Kumach appears below the image
Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope
Night slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardener sNight slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardeners Daughter. Date: c.1920
Ave Atque Vale by Aubrey BeardsleyAve Atque Vale. (Hale and farewell) Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley to his own translation of Carmen Ci, a poem by Catullus. Date: 1896
Satires by JuvenalJuvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis). 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Roman poet. Satires. Start of the First Satire. Leyden, 1532
Young girl standing at a window on a Christmas card, with a poem on the left. Date: circa 1890s
Britain / 18th CenturyA poem based on fact: a haughty lady in her carriage will not let a gentleman pass so he (and the rest on the street) walk through her carriage Date: 1751
Illustration, A Song of the English, Thames EmbankmentIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Wild Thyme, Oxlips, Violet, Woodbine, Musk-roses and Eglantine (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn
Napoleon Bonaparte crowning himself Emperor of France at Notre Dame, 1804. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T
Programme design, Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida, Savoy Theatre, London. A respectful operatic perversion of Tennysons " Princess" in Three Acts. circa 1880s
Illustration, A Song of the English, LighthouseIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Botanical Sketchbook -- lettering. A poem entitled English Flowers. Date: 1920s
Ice Skating Couple - Christmas Greetings Card. Although a UK card, it was printed in Germany and features a very teutonic-looking skating pair
Writing / Gray PoemPart of the manuscript of his poem, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, inspired by a visit to Stoke Poges Churchyard, Bucks
Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, best known for his long narrative poem, the Divine Comedy
Federal Dance Theatre presents Salut au monde adapted from a poem of that name by Walt Whitman. Poster showing nine people dancing. Date 1936 or 1937
The Vision of Piers the PloughmanLangland dreamed a wondrous dream. William Langland, in his 14th century poem, Piers Ploughman, falls asleep upon the Malvern Hills and dreams a dream in which he sees a fair field full of folk
Victorian Cyclists and Motorists on a Snowy RoadIllustration showing the scene on a British road in the winter, circa 1899. In the foreground cyclists, two on a tandem, can be seen
My Dug-Out A lay of the trenches by Bruce BairnsfatherOld Bill shows his prowess as a poet in this cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather. Date: 1915
Blind Italian soldier - WWIItalian soldiers blinded during World War One - a poem explaining their fate. Date: circa 1918
Words by King Charles IIPoem written by King Charles II entitled I Pass All My Hours in a Shady Old Grove, accompanied by a stylised illustration of the Merry Monarch composing under the shade of an oak tree
W C Bryant (ButtreWILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT American writer, journalist and educator, known for his poem Thanatopsis. with his autograph Date: 1794 - 1878
Napoleon Bonaparte and the Red Man, 1815Napoleon Bonaparte and the Red Man (the Devil), 1815. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T. Tegg, London, 1815
