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COTTAGE INTERIORThe interior of an East Anglian cottage (the family home of the poet Crabbe) - the mother engaged in netmaking, the dog in sleeping, the child in his schoolwork Date: early 19th century
HOGARTH DISTRESSED POETThe Distressed Poet A poor poet wonders what to write, while his wife is unable to pay the milkmaids bill. Date: 1736/37
SAMUEL BUTLER English poet and satirist Date: 1612 - 1680
Shakespeare Jubilee, Stratford 1769WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. The Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford-upon-Avon. Date: 1769
A POET AND HIS MUSEA garret poet and his muse Date: 18th century
ARION ON A DOLPHINThe poet Arion is rescued by a dolphin off the coast of Calicut (!)
EUGENE FIELD American poet and journalist. Best known as a poet of childhood, eg. Dutch Lullaby and Little Boy Blue. Date: 1850 - 1895
Alcaeus and SapphoALCAEUS Greek poet, with Sappho Date: 620? - 580? BC
Page from the Palace of HopeAn illustrated page from the Palace of Hope, from the Documenti dAmore (Teachings of Love) of the Tuscan poet, Francesco da Barberino
Fragment of a Minnesinger manuscriptA fragment of a Minnesinger manuscript by Schenken von Limburg. Date: mid 14th century
Introduction of RandolphBen Johnson holding court at the Apollo alehouse, greeting for the first time Thomas Randolph a young poet, who was to become one of his twelve adopted sons. Date: 19th century
Richard Lovelace in prison(1617-1657). An English Royalist and poet. This is an artists impression of Lovelace imagining his poem To Althea, from Prison which was written by him in 1642 to encourage the Clergy Act 1640 to be
Shakarim Kudaiberdiyev, Kazakh writer and composerShakarim Kudaiberdiyev (Shakarim or Sahkarim Kudayberdyuly, 1858-1931), Kazakh poet, writer, translator, composer, historian and philosopher. 20th century
The Grave of Poet William Wordsworth, Grasmere, CumbriaThe Grave of Poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Grasmere, Cumbria. Date: 1908
Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poetSir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Date: 19th century
Thomas Moore, Irish poet, singer and songwriterThomas Moore (1779-1852), Irish poet, singer, songwriter and entertainer. Date: early 19th century
Hall Caine, British author, poet and criticSir Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853-1931), British author, poet and critic. Date: 1901
Alfred Austin, English poet and Poet LaureateAlfred Austin (1835-1913), English poet and Poet Laureate. Date: 1901
William Cowpers Summer House, Olney, Buckinghamshire. William Cowper (1731-1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. Date: circa 1950s
A customer sits with a drink in Browns Hotel, LaugharneA customer sits with a drink in Browns Hotel, King Street, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, where poet and writer Dylan Thomas used to drink and get drunk Date: 1988
The Boathouse, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, where poet Dylan Thomas once lived. The house overlooks the Taff Estuary and the River Taff Date: 1988
Cornish Bard at his suburban home in BirminghamA Cornish bard reads and reheases poetry in the garden of his suburban home in Birmingham, England. First published The Independent newspaper Date: 1987
Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Tomb of Queen HatshepsutThebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - The Ramesseum, the mausoleum of Egyptian Pharoah Rameses II, with the fallen statue of Rameses - famed as the part-inspiration for the poem Ozymandias by Percy
Hungary - Ballassa BalintA Hungarian Actor dressed as Baron Balint Balassi de Kekko et Gyarmat (15541594) - a Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet, the founder of modern Hungarian lyric and erotic poetry. Date: 1904
Tomb of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Painter and PoetTomb of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Painter and Poet at Birchington on Sea. Date: circa 1910s
Reverend Thomas Warton - Poet LaureateReverend Thomas Warton (1728-1790) - English literary historian, critic, and poet. Poet Laureate between 1785-1790. Date: circa 1780s
Edward BirminghamEdward Jermingham (1727-1812) - English poet who moved in high society during the second half of the 18th century. Date: circa 1790
Lord Byron contemplating the Colosseum in RomeLord Byron (1788-1824) contemplating the Colosseum in Rome. circa 1850
Speech by Gabriele D Annunzio - Free State of FiumeSpeech by D Annunzio on 20th September 1919 at the city of Fiume (now in Croatia and, since the end of World War II, known as Rijeka)
Ricardo Palma (1833-1919). Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician. Portrait. Engraving. Colored
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, ShylockWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616). The Merchant of Venice. Shylock. Engraving. Colored
Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523). Engraving. ColoredUlrich von Hutten (1488-1523). German writer and theologian. Engraving. Colored
Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635). Spanish playwright and poet, one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Century Baroque literature. Colored engraving
Divine Comedy. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross tDivine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross the river Styx in the boat of Phlegyas
Divine Comedy. The Eleventh Canto of Hell. Dante and VirgilDivine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. The Eleventh Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil in the tomb of Pope Anastasius. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored
Camoes, Luis Vaz de (1524-1580). Portuguese poet. Engraving by Carretero. Colored
Der Schenk Von Limburg, ministerial Swabian (mid 13th century) says goodbye to his lady before leaving. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Fol. 82v
Robert BaronROBERT BARON (flourished 1645) - poet and drama- -tist, notable for borrowing from other writers, without permission or acknowledgement. However, some good lines have not been traced to others
Leopardi / Giacomo / MorelliGIACOMO LEOPARDI Italian poet Date: 1798 - 1837
Jac Kerner / DittmarschJUSTINUS ANDREAS CHRISTIAN KERNER German poet and physician Date: 1786 - 1862
Hartmann von Aue, German poetHartmann von Aue, leading poet of the Middle High German period. He also took part in the Crusade of 1196-97. Date: c 1170 - c 1210
Miss Iris Tree (Mrs Curtis Moffatt) wiht her son, 1920Iris Tree (27 January 1897 13 April 1968) was an English poet, actress and artists model, described as a bohemian, an eccentric, a wit and an adventuress
Grave of Rupert Brooke in SkyrosCrosses on the Greek island of Skyros marking the grave of the English poet, Rupert Brooke (1887-1915), where he was buried having died a sea
Radclyffe Hall and Lady TroubridgeRadclyffe Hall (1880 - 1943), English poet and author (on the right) with her partner Una, Lady Troubridge (1887 - 1963) at a party given by the publishers Heinemann Date: November 1935
Gustav Benedikt Schwab 2GUSTAV BENEDIKT SCHWAB German poet and theologian Date: 1792 - 1850
Gustav Benedikt Schwab 1GUSTAV BENEDIKT SCHWAB German poet and theologian Date: 1792 - 1850
SCHILLERJOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH SCHILLER German poet and playwright Date: 1759 - 1805
Senegal - Griot playing a XalamA Griot Xalam Player - Senegal. The most common stringed instrument in Senegal. Griots of many ethnic groups play it, including the Wolof, Sereer, Mandinko, Malinke, Fulbe, and Tukuloor