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Poet Collection (#43)

Background imagePoet Collection: douard Lockroy / Gill

douard Lockroy / Gill
douard Lockroy (1840-1913) militant journalist, entering politics in 1871, sitting on the extreme left. In 1877 he married Madame Charles Hugo, the daughter-in-law of the poet Victor Hugo

Background imagePoet Collection: Lon Laurent-Pichat / Gill

Lon Laurent-Pichat / Gill
Lon Laurent-Pichat (1823-1886) French politician, poet and man of letters, helping to publish the first edition of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert in 1857

Background imagePoet Collection: Vratza, Bulgaria - Monument to Hristo Botef

Vratza, Bulgaria - Monument to Hristo Botef
Local dignitaries standing before the Monument to Hristo Botef (1848-1876) at Vratza, Bulgaria. A Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary

Background imagePoet Collection: Ernest d Hervilly / Gill

Ernest d Hervilly / Gill
Ernest d Hervilly (1839-1911) Poet, novelist and dramatist

Background imagePoet Collection: Etienne Carjat / Gill

Etienne Carjat / Gill
Etienne Carjat (1828-1906): famous cartoonist, journalist, poet and photographer

Background imagePoet Collection: Modern Athenians plate 38 - Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 38 - Edinburgh
William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813-1865) Scottish poet, humorist and writer, looking quizzically through his monocle at a sheepish Alexander Smellie (1770-1850)

Background imagePoet Collection: Modern Athenians plate 12 - Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 12 - Edinburgh
Mr John Wilson (d. 1854) Poet, angler, walker and Professor of Moral Philosophy, approaching Mr George Joseph Bell (d. 1843) Professor of Scots Law

Background imagePoet Collection: Paul Auguste Arene / Gill

Paul Auguste Arene / Gill
Paul Auguste Arene. Provencal poet and French writer

Background imagePoet Collection: Theodore Aubanel / Gill

Theodore Aubanel / Gill
Theodore Aubanel. Provencal poet, influenced by Joseph Roumanille

Background imagePoet Collection: Burns / Second Epistle

Burns / Second Epistle
SECOND EPISTLE TO DAVIE A Brother Poet Hale be your heart, hale be your fiddle; Lang may your elbow jink an diddle

Background imagePoet Collection: Tom Titt / Rudyard Kipling

Tom Titt / Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), British writer and poet, born in Bombay, India

Background imagePoet Collection: Elizabeth B Browning

Elizabeth B Browning
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING English poet and wife of Robert Browning. Pictured here in 1849

Background imagePoet Collection: Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873)

Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873)
Engraved portrait of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873), the British politician, poet and novelist, pictured in 1856 when he was Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow

Background imagePoet Collection: James Montgomery (1771-1854)

James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Engraved portrait of James Montgomery (1771-1854), the Scottish poet and writer, pictured c.1854

Background imagePoet Collection: Lady Byron

Lady Byron
Illustration showing Anne Isabella, Lady Byron (1792-1860), wife of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824), the English poet and society figure

Background imagePoet Collection: Robert Burns Statue, 1844

Robert Burns Statue, 1844
Engraving showing the Robert Burns statue by Flaxman (centre) surrounded by two scenes from his life and another portrait

Background imagePoet Collection: Robert Browning, 1887

Robert Browning, 1887
Engraved portrait of Robert Browning (1812-1889), the English poet and playwright, pictured in 1887

Background imagePoet Collection: Lord Byron, 1822

Lord Byron, 1822
Portrait of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824), the English poet and society figure, painted when Byron was 34

Background imagePoet Collection: Hans Christian Andersen, c. 1870

Hans Christian Andersen, c. 1870
Engraved portrait of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), the Danish writer and poet, c.1870

Background imagePoet Collection: Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Engraved portrait of George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824), the English poet and society figure

Background imagePoet Collection: Cathleen Nesbitt

Cathleen Nesbitt
CATHLEEN NESBITT English film and stage actress. Admired by the poet Rupert Brooke. Had a career spanning seventy years

Background imagePoet Collection: Lamartine and the Flags2

Lamartine and the Flags2
Alphonse de Lamartine, poet and statesman, urges his countrymen to reject the red flag of revolution and adopt the tricolore, symbol of liberty

Background imagePoet Collection: John Gay Holl

John Gay Holl
JOHN GAY English poet, playwright and theatre manager, famous for The Beggars Opera

Background imagePoet Collection: Browning Lehmann

Browning Lehmann
ROBERT BROWNING the English poet in Rome in 1859

Background imagePoet Collection: Hayes Barton, Devon, 1892

Hayes Barton, Devon, 1892
Photograph showing Hayes Barton, Devon, the birthplace of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) English courtier, navigator and poet

Background imagePoet Collection: Bulwer Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth, (1803-1873)

Bulwer Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth, (1803-1873)
Engraving of Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, the English novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and politician, known by the pseudonym of Bulwer Lytton

Background imagePoet Collection: America Celebrities, Literary Celebrities of New York. Willi

America Celebrities, Literary Celebrities of New York. Willi
Portrait of William Briant, editor of the Evening Post from 1830, travel writer and poet

Background imagePoet Collection: Lord Lytton (1831-1891)

Lord Lytton (1831-1891)
Engraving of (Edward) Robert Bulwer-Lytton, the 1st Earl of Lytton, the English poet diplomat and politician, shortly after his appointment as Viceroy of India, 1876

Background imagePoet Collection: Macdiarmid / Hugh / Morgan

Macdiarmid / Hugh / Morgan
HUGH MACDIARMID alias CHRISTOPER MURRAY GRIEVE Scottish poet who advocated a Scottish literary revival

Background imagePoet Collection: Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis
KINGSLEY AMIS Novelist, poet, critic and teacher; generally grouped among the " angry young men" of the 1950s. Father of the writer Martin Amis

Background imagePoet Collection: Maerlant / Jacob / Acker

Maerlant / Jacob / Acker
JACOB VAN MAERLANT Flemish poet

Background imagePoet Collection: Manzoni / Hayez / Ilz 1923

Manzoni / Hayez / Ilz 1923
ALESSANDRO MANZONI Italian novelist and poet

Background imagePoet Collection: William Drummond

William Drummond
WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN Scottish poet who also wrote many political pamphlets

Background imagePoet Collection: Eduard Morike / Mag Cover

Eduard Morike / Mag Cover
EDUARD MORIKE German poet and novelist

Background imagePoet Collection: Homer / Profile / Oval

Homer / Profile / Oval
HOMER Blind Greek poet

Background imagePoet Collection: Maeterlinck / Hommes D auj

Maeterlinck / Hommes D auj
MAURICE MAETERLINCK Belgian poet, dramatist and essayist as a young man

Background imagePoet Collection: George Herbert / Aug Fox

George Herbert / Aug Fox
GEORGE HERBERT Metaphysical poet and clergyman

Background imagePoet Collection: Giosue Carducci / Ilz 1913

Giosue Carducci / Ilz 1913
GIOSUE CARDUCCI Italian poet and Professor of literary history

Background imagePoet Collection: Geoffrey Grigson

Geoffrey Grigson
GEOFFREY GRIGSON Poet and editor

Background imagePoet Collection: Pierre Louys / Felix Potin

Pierre Louys / Felix Potin
PIERRE LOUYS or LOUIS French poet and novelist

Background imagePoet Collection: Marot / Clement / Triqueti

Marot / Clement / Triqueti
CLEMENT MAROT French poet

Background imagePoet Collection: Mallarme / Harpers 1893

Mallarme / Harpers 1893
STEPHANE MALLARME French poet

Background imagePoet Collection: Greece Missolonghi

Greece Missolonghi
Famous as the deathplace of the poet Byron, who had come to Greece to help their struggle for independence from the Turks, but died here of a faver

Background imagePoet Collection: Greece Kefalonia

Greece Kefalonia
(or Cephalonia) - The home of the poet Byron when he stayed on this Ionian island, which was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1953

Background imagePoet Collection: John Edward Masefield (1878-1967)

John Edward Masefield (1878-1967)
Portrait of John Edward Masefield, the English poet and novelist, drawn in 1930 when he was made Poet Laureate

Background imagePoet Collection: Sergei Esenin - 3

Sergei Esenin - 3
SERGEI ALEXANDROVICH ESENIN Russian poet, in 1922 or 1923

Background imagePoet Collection: John Davies, Writer

John Davies, Writer
JOHN DAVIES Poet and writing-master of Hereford : a delightful composition of cherubs, mermen and mermaids - with a skull for good measure

Background imagePoet Collection: Abraham Cowley - 1

Abraham Cowley - 1
ABRAHAM COWLEY Poet, who wrote that Life is an incurable disease



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