Poet Collection (page 21)

Alfred Austin (Strand)
ALFRED AUSTIN, poet whose lack of talent was no hindrance to his appointment as Poet Laureate in 1896 : at different periods of his life. Date: 1835 - 1913

Emile Augier, Standing
GUILLAUME VICTOR EMILE AUGIER French writer, poet and playwright of popular social dramas, leans casually on a desk. Date: 1820-1889

Alfred Austin (Punch)
ALFRED AUSTIN, indifferent and unlikeable poet whose profuse output wins him more mockery than praise from the critics but, astonishingly, gets him appointed Poet Laureate, 1896. Date: 1835 - 1913

Deathbedroom of Beranger
The French poet Beranger died in this room, and probably on that bed with its sagging mattress and overhanging canopy. In other respects the room is more like a study. Date: 1857

H Howard - Surrey - Rivers
Henry Howard (1517? - 1547), earl of Surrey, soldier, statesman and poet, whose political games led to his losing his head

H Howard - Surrey - Scriven
Henry Howard (1517? - 1547), earl of Surrey, soldier, statesman and poet, whose political games led to his losing his head

William Alabaster
WILLIAM ALABASTER Divine, theologian and Latin poet. Date: 1567 - 1640

Clodio Achillini
CLODIO ACHILLINI Italian poet and scholar. Date: 1574 - 1640

Abu Thaleb Khan - 2
MIRZA ABU THALEB KHAN Indian traveller and poet. Date: 1751 - 1806

Abu Thaleb Khan
MIRZA ABU THALEB KHAN Indian traveller and poet. Date: 1751 - 1806

H Howard - Surrey - Holbein
Henry Howard (1517? - 1547), earl of Surrey as a young man - soldier, statesman and poet, whose political games will lead to his losing his head

John, Lord Cutts
JOHN, baron CUTTS of Gouran, Irish general and poet, a nice combination of talents. Date: 1661 - 1707

Pablo De Cespedes
PABLO DE CESPEDES Spanish poet, architect, painter, sculptor and engraver. (What did he do in his spare time ?) Date: 1538 - 1608

Maintenon / Collignon
Francoise d Aubigne, madame de MAINTENON, widow of the poet Scarron and second wife (secret) of Louis XIV. Date: 1635 - 1719

Maintenon / Miniature
Francoise d Aubigne, madame de MAINTENON, widow of the poet Scarron and second wife (secret) of Louis XIV. Date: 1635 - 1719

Chaucer / Tomb
GEOFFREY CHAUCER English poets tomb in Westminster Abbey. Date: 1340 - 1400

John Taylor (1580 - 1653) known as the " water poet", an English pamphleteer whose works include The Pennyles Pilgrimage (1618)

WILLIAM HAYLEY 1745-1820
WILLIAM HAYLEY English Poet. Wrote Triumph of Music (1804) and Ballads founded on anecdotes of animals (1805). Date: 1745 - 1820

Swiss Humanist
Joachim Vadianus (also known as von Watt) (1484 - 1551) Swiss medical, poet and humanist 1648

Richard Monckton Milnes
RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES1st baron Houghton (1809 - 1885), English poet, patron of literature and politician

Arthur Johnston
ARTHUR JOHNSTON Scottish medical practitioner and poet Date: 1587 - 1641

Helius Eobanus Hessus
HELIUS EOBANUS HESSUS German humanist poet and professor of history at Marburg, Date: 1488 - 1540

Sir Samuel Garth
SIR SAMUEL GARTH doctor and poet Date: 1661 - 1719

George Gascoigne
GEORGE GASCOIGNE poet and dramatist Date: 1525 - 1577

Margaret Lady Denham
Margaret (nee Brooke) lady DENHAM second wife of sir John Denham, the poet Date: 1646 - 1667

Sir John Denham
SIR JOHN DENHAM Irish poet Date: 1615 - 1669

Aratus of Cilicia
ARATUS OF CILICIA (a country in Asia Minor) Astronomer and poet Date: flourished 272 BC

C Tennyson Turner - eng
Charles Tennyson Tuner (1808-1879) Clergyman and poet, brother of the Poet Laureate

MF Tupper - Harpers 1887
Martin farquhar Tupper (1810 - 1889) English poet, best known for his Proverbial Philosophy 1887

John Skelton - 1797 Eng
John Skelton (?1460 - 1529) - English poet and clergyman, known for his caustic satire

H Howard - Surrey - Cochran
Henry Howard (1517? - 1547), earl of Surrey, soldier, statesman and poet, whose political games led to his losing his head

John Skelton - Woodcut - ROD
John Skelton (?1460 - 1529) - English poet and clergyman, known for his caustic satire

William Pattison / Grave
WILLIAM PATTISON Poet Date: 1706 - 1727

Dante Alighieri / Giotto
DANTE ALIGHIERI Italian poet Date: 1265 - 1321

Leopardi / Guadagnini
GIACOMO LEOPARDI Italian poet Date: 1798 - 1837

Maintenon (Laure)
Francoise d Aubigne, madame de MAINTENON, widow of the poet Scarron and the second wife (secret) of Louis XIV Date: 1635 - 1719

Maintenon / Tavernier
Francoise d Aubigne MADAME DE MAINTENON widow of the poet Scarron, and second wife (secret) of Louis XIV Date: 1635 - 1719

Maurice Maeterlinck, (1862 - 1949), dramatist and essayist: a satirical view Date: 1909

James Russell Lowell
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL American poet, essayist and diplomat Date: 1819 - 1891

Felicia Dorothea Hemans
FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS nee BROWNE English poet of light Romantic lyrics Date: 1793 - 1835

Sir Francis Doyle
SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS CHARLES DOYLE English poet, Professor of Poetry at Oxford Date: 1810 - 1888

George Crabbe / Pickersgil
GEORGE CRABBE English poet Date: 1754 - 1832

George Crabbe / Thomson
GEORGE CRABBE English poet Date: 1754 - 1832

Kerner / Uhland / Schwab
JUSTINUS ANDREAS CHRISTIAN KERNER German poet and physician with Uhland and Gustav Schwab, with whom he formed the Swabian School of poetry Date: 1786 - 1862

Jac Kerner / Weinsberg Hom
JUSTINUS ADREAS CHRISTIAN KERNER Home at Weinsberg of the German poet and physician: it became a literary mecca Date: 1786 - 1862

Giammaria Cecchi / Meucci
GIAMMARIA CECCHI Florentine poet and comic dramatist Date: 1517 - 1587

Henry Carey / R Grave
HENRY CAREY English poet and composer Date: 1690 - 1743

John Barclay
JOHN BARCLAY (1582 - 1621) Scottish satirical poet Date: circa 1600

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