Poetry Collection (page 4)

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Knights Tale. Palamon in the Temple of Mars, Arcite in the Temple of Venus. Date: 1845

The British Valhalla -- two knights reading history book
The British Valhalla -- two knights reading a history book of Britain, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes

The British Valhalla -- Spensers Faerie Queene, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Father Time falling through the sky (time passes). Date: 1845

Hudibras, mock-heroic poem by Samuel Butler -- Hudibras and the astrologer Sidrophel. Date: 1845

Dungeon Ghyll Force, Langdale, Cumbria, Lake District
Dungeon Ghyll Force waterfall, Langdale, Cumbria (Westmorland), Lake District, mentioned in one of Wordsworths poems. Date: 1843

Country people, Langdale, Cumbria, Lake District
Country people with dogs at Langdale, Cumbria (Westmorland), Lake District, an area referred to in Wordsworths poems. Date: 1843

Pink and scarlet Moss Rose-Buds, Beauty, love, and poetry. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora

Love-in-Idleness (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Crimson Rose (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Honeysuckles (Much Ado About Nothing). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Oak and Myrtle (Measure for Measure). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Roses of the Spring, Twelfth Night
Roses of the Spring (primrose or cowslip), Twelfth Night. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London

Violets (Twelfth Night). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Oaks and Briers (Timon of Athens). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Briers, Furzes, Gorse and Thorn (The Tempest). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Carnations and Gilly flowers (Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Daffodils, Violets, Primroses, Oxlips, Crown-imperial, Lilies and Flower-de-lace (The Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn

Lavender, Mints, Savory, Marjoram and Marigold (Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Hawthorns and Brambles (As You Like It). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Green Holly (As You Like It). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Daisies, Violets, Ladiesmocks and Cuckoo-buds (Loves Labours Lost). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Woodbine, Honeysuckle, Ivy and Elm (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Moss, Mistletoe and Yew (Titus Andronicus). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Red Roses (King Richard III). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Wheat, rye, barley, vetcehs, oats and peas. The Tempest. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London

Red-rose and White rose (King Henry VI). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Cowslip Burnet, Clover, Docks, Thistles, Kecksies and Burs (King Henry V). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare

Strawberry, Nettle and Summer-grass (King Henry V). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Lilies and Roses (King John). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Samphire (King Lear). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Fumiter, Furrow weeds, Hardocks, Hemlock, Nettles, Cuckow-flowers, Darnell and Corn (King Lear). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn

Small Flower or poppy (Romeo and Juliet). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Primrose, Hare-bell, Eglantine and Moss (Cymbeline). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Willow, Crow flowers, Nettles, Daisies, and Long-purples (Hamlet). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Title page with calligraphic title and floral vignette
Title page with calligraphic title Flowers of Shakspeare and vignette of roses, honeysuckle and thistles. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn

Jungle geranium and yellow oleander
Jungle geranium, Ixora coccinea, and yellow oleander, Thevetia neriifolia, Cascabela thevetia. Chromolithograph after a botanical drawing by Emily Eden from her Flowers from an Indian Garden

Magnolia pterocarpa extinct. Liriodendron grandilfora. Chromolithograph after a botanical drawing by Emily Eden from her Flowers from an Indian Garden: Second Series: Hope, Breidenbach Co

Tuberose, Polianthus tuberosa
Tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa (Polianthus tuberosa.). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Emily Eden from her Flowers from an Indian Garden: Second Series: Hope, Breidenbach Co

Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbium speciosum). Chromolithograph after a botanical drawing by Emily Eden from her Flowers from an Indian Garden: Second Series: Hope, Breidenbach Co, Dusseldorf

Tamarind and red passionflower
Tamarind, Tamarindus indica, and red passionflower, Passiflora racemosa (Passiflora princeps). Chromolithograph after a botanical drawing by Emily Eden from her Flowers from an Indian Garden

Calliope, muse of epic poetry, holding a scroll and wearing a wreath of ivy. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Erato, muse of lyric poetry, holding a lyre (cithara). Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with a quotation from Hiawatha, Longfellows long narrative poem. Date: 1935

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow birthplace, Portland, Maine, USA
Birthplace of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland, Maine, USA. Date: circa 1915

Woodbine Willie - Rev. G. A. Studdert-Kennedy
Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (18831929), English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed Woodbine Willie during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes along with spiritual aid to

Illustration, The Earthly Paradise, William Morris
Illustration, The Earthly Paradise, an epic poem by William Morris. The Three Graces title page for the 1890 edition. 1890

Illustration, Selim and Zuleika, The Bride of Abydos
Illustration, Selim and Zuleika, in The Bride of Abydos, a poem by Lord Byron (1813). 1844

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