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Poet Collection (page 19)

Background imagePoet Collection: Grays Monument

Grays Monument
THOMAS GRAY The poets monument in Westminster Abbey, London. Date: 1716 - 1771

Background imagePoet Collection: Thomas Gray in a Wig

Thomas Gray in a Wig
THOMAS GRAY Poet best known for his elegies, on a cat drowned in a goldfish bowl, and in a country churchyard. Date: 1716 - 1771

Background imagePoet Collection: Thomas Gray (Anon)

Thomas Gray (Anon)
THOMAS GRAY Poet best known for his elegies, on a cat drowned in a goldfish bowl, and in a country churchyard. Date: 1716 - 1771

Background imagePoet Collection: Goethe : Gretchen

Goethe : Gretchen
GRETCHEN Childhood friend of the future poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman and philosopher. Date: 1789 - 1865

Background imagePoet Collection: Goethes Father

Goethes Father
JOHANN KASPAR GOETHE, father of the poet, the playwright, the novelist, the scientist, the statesman and the philosopher. Date: 1777

Background imagePoet Collection: Sidney Godolphin, Poet

Sidney Godolphin, Poet
SIDNEY GODOLPHIN English royalist and poet. (Do not confuse with others of the same name !) Date: 1610 - 1643

Background imagePoet Collection: James Earl Glencairn

James Earl Glencairn
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, fourteenth earl of GLENCAIRN Military commander, friend of the poet Robert Burns. Date: 1749 - 1791

Background imagePoet Collection: Pomponio Gaurico

Pomponio Gaurico
POMPONIO GAURICO Italian poet from Naples Date: ? - 1530

Background imagePoet Collection: Veronica Gambara

Veronica Gambara
VERONICA GAMBARA Italian poet from Brescia : widowed at an early age, she divided her time between the writing of poetry and the education of her children. Date: 1485 - 1550

Background imagePoet Collection: Girolamo Fracastoro - 3

Girolamo Fracastoro - 3
GIROLAMO FRACASTORO Italian physician, astronomer and poet, who wrote a poem about syphilis. (His birthdate may be 1483) Date: CIRCA 1478 - 1553

Background imagePoet Collection: Girolamo Fracastoro - 4

Girolamo Fracastoro - 4
GIROLAMO FRACASTORO Italian physician, astronomer and poet, who wrote a poem about syphilis. (His birthdate may be 1483) Date: CIRCA 1478 - 1553

Background imagePoet Collection: Marcantonio Flaminio 1

Marcantonio Flaminio 1
MARCANTONIO FLAMINIO Italian poet, writing in Latin Date: 1498 - 1550

Background imagePoet Collection: Marcantonio Flaminio 2

Marcantonio Flaminio 2
MARCANTONIO FLAMINIO Italian poet, writing in Latin Date: 1498 - 1550

Background imagePoet Collection: Johann Georg Fischer

Johann Georg Fischer
JOHANN GEORG FISCHER German poet Date: 1816 - 1897

Background imagePoet Collection: Angelo Firenzuola

Angelo Firenzuola
ANGELO FIRENZUOLA Italian churchman, preacher and poet, holding a quill pen. Date: 1493 - 1545

Background imagePoet Collection: Eleonora D este Ferrara

Eleonora D este Ferrara
ELEONORA D ESTE, duchessa di FERRARA, Italian noblewoman, sister of Alfonso II d Este, duca di Ferrari, and patroness of the poet Tasso. Date: 1537 - 1581

Background imagePoet Collection: Julian Fane

Julian Fane
JULIAN HENRY CHARLES FANE Son of the earl of Westmoreland, diplomat and poet who made notable translations of Heines poems. Date: 1827 - 1870

Background imagePoet Collection: Giovanni Fantoni

Giovanni Fantoni
GIOVANNI FANTONI Italian poet Date: 1755 - 1807

Background imagePoet Collection: Laurence Eusden

Laurence Eusden
LAURENCE EUSDEN Churchman who obtained the post of Poet Laureate by addressing verses of obsequious flattery to influential persons. Date: 1688 - 1730

Background imagePoet Collection: Sergei Esenin - 2

Sergei Esenin - 2
SERGEI ALEXANDROVICH ESENIN Russian poet, withs A Tolstoi and his sisters : T is in the centre, Esenin is on the right. Date: 1895 - 1925

Background imagePoet Collection: Sergei Esenin - 1

Sergei Esenin - 1
SERGEI ALEXANDROVICH ESENIN Russian poet, with his mother in 1924 Date: 1895 - 1925

Background imagePoet Collection: D. Engelsbrechtsdatter

D. Engelsbrechtsdatter
DORTHE ENGELSBRECHTSDATTER Norwegian religious poet Date: 1634 - 1716

Background imagePoet Collection: John Ellis, Writer

John Ellis, Writer
JOHN ELLIS Scrivener, political writer, poet and translator, deputy for Broad Street Ward, London, friend of Dr Johnson who much admired his skill and wit. Date: 1698 - 1790

Background imagePoet Collection: Henry Edwards, Writer

Henry Edwards, Writer
HENRY EDWARDS Poet, celebrated for writing Providence a poem. Did he ever set pen to paper again, or was that his only gift to posterity ? with autograph Date: CIRCA 1844

Background imagePoet Collection: Thomas Durfey

Thomas Durfey
THOMAS DURFEY Poet and playwright, depicted holding books and a musical score. Date: 1653 - 1723

Background imagePoet Collection: Frances Dunlop

Frances Dunlop
Mrs FRANCES ANNE WALLACE DUNLOP Scottish lady, associate of the poet Robert Burns Date: 1730 - 1815

Background imagePoet Collection: John Drinkwater (Photo)

John Drinkwater (Photo)
JOHN DRINKWATER English poet and playwright, mainly on historical themes such as Abraham Lincoln, Robert E Lee, Mary Stuart. Date: 1882-1937

Background imagePoet Collection: Neil Douglas, Preacher

Neil Douglas, Preacher
he reverend NEIL (or Niel) DOUGLAS Poet and preacher, taken to court for comparing the mad George III to Nebuchadnezzar but acquitted. Date: 1750 - 1823

Background imagePoet Collection: Thomas Doolittle - 3

Thomas Doolittle - 3
THOMAS DOOLITTLE English nonconformist minister of the gospel, teacher and poet : frankly, he looked better before he took to wearing a wig. Date: 1632 - 1707

Background imagePoet Collection: Thomas Doolittle - 2

Thomas Doolittle - 2
THOMAS DOOLITTLE English churchman, nonconformist minister of the gospel, teacher and poet, depicted at the age of 51. Date: 1632 - 1707

Background imagePoet Collection: John Dowie, Vintner

John Dowie, Vintner
JOHN DOWIE Edinburgh vintner, praised by the poet and drinker Robert Burns in virtually incomprehensible language. Date: CIRCA 1813

Background imagePoet Collection: Thomas Doolittle - 1

Thomas Doolittle - 1
THOMAS DOOLITTLE English churchman, nonconformist minister of the gospel, teacher and poet. This lively effigies is the best of our three portraits. Date: 1632 - 1707

Background imagePoet Collection: Jan Van Der does - 2

Jan Van Der does - 2
JOHAN VAN DER DOES (also known as Dousa, Duza etc) Dutch statesman and poet Date: 1545 - 1604

Background imagePoet Collection: Austin Dobson

Austin Dobson
AUSTIN DOBSON English poet and literary critic, best known for his series of Eighteenth century vignettes which I devoured as a child. Date: 1840 - 1921

Background imagePoet Collection: Austin Dobson (Photo)

Austin Dobson (Photo)
AUSTIN DOBSON English poet and literary critic, best known for his series of Eighteenth century vignettes which I devoured as a child. Date: 1840 - 1921

Background imagePoet Collection: Gabriel Derzhavin - 2

Gabriel Derzhavin - 2
GABRIEL ROMANOVICH DERZHAVIN Russian writer and statesman - looking more like a poet than a statesman, unlike the other portrait we have of him ! Date: 1743 - 1816

Background imagePoet Collection: Paul Deroulede

Paul Deroulede
PAUL DEROULEDE French poet and politician of right-wing views, supporter of Boulanger, banished for seeking to overthrow the Republic Date: 1846 - 1914

Background imagePoet Collection: Giovanni Delfino - 2

Giovanni Delfino - 2
GIOVANNI DELFINO Venetian churchman and poet, patriarch of Aquileia. Date: 1617 - 1699

Background imagePoet Collection: Walter De LA Mare - 2

Walter De LA Mare - 2
WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE poet and ghost story author Date: 1873 - 1956

Background imagePoet Collection: Cornelius De Bie

Cornelius De Bie
CORNELIUS DE BIE Flemish lawyer, art historian and poet Date: 1627 - 1711

Background imagePoet Collection: W H Davies (Evans)

W H Davies (Evans)
WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet who asked what is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare ? Date: 1871-1940

Background imagePoet Collection: Giovanni Delfino - 1

Giovanni Delfino - 1
GIOVANNI DELFINO Venetian churchman and poet, patriarch of Aquileia. Date: 1617 - 1699

Background imagePoet Collection: Piet Custos, Artist

Piet Custos, Artist
PIET CUSTOS (Baltens) Flemish artist and poet of Antwerp. Date: CIRCA 1609

Background imagePoet Collection: John Cunningham

John Cunningham
JOHN CUNNINGHAM actor and poet, depicted holding a handkerchief (we have very few pictures of handkerchiefs in our files) Date: 1729 - 1773

Background imagePoet Collection: Hugh Crompton

Hugh Crompton
HUGH CROMPTON Unsuccessful poet who emigrated to Ireland and was never afterwards heard of : he left behind some indifferent verses, some of them coarse. Date: CIRCA 1787

Background imagePoet Collection: Giovanni Crispo

Giovanni Crispo
GIOVANNI CRISPO Italian poet, philosopher and teacher. Date: ? - 1595

Background imagePoet Collection: Abraham Cowley - 2

Abraham Cowley - 2
ABRAHAM COWLEY Poet, depicted with a recorder. Date: 1618 - 1667

Background imagePoet Collection: Abraham Cowley - 3

Abraham Cowley - 3
ABRAHAM COWLEY Poet, for whom life is an incurable disease. Date: 1618 - 1667



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