Poets Collection

John Milton Vertue
JOHN MILTON English poet and puritan at the age of 21, with the motto: " Poets are born, not made"

Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) - An English poet, author and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Silhouette portrait of Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), Scottish national poet. Date: 1787

Homer (c. 8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an ori
Homer (c.8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an original from 2nd century BC. Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy. Rome. Italy

John Masefield (1878 - 1917), English poet, playwriter and fiction writer. Date: 1914

Greece Styx
The river Styx was believed to flow down to Hades, hence the adjective Stygian, beloved of poets, for hellish darkness

Poets House, Pompeii, Italy

Last portrait of Algernon Charles Swinburne
The Last portrait of the British Victorian poet and author Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), who died on April 10th

Leading poets during the reign of King George V
Leading poets during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Kipling, Bridges, Masefield, Drinkwater. Date: 1935

Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, writer, poet and traveller
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874-1945)was a prolific poet and novelist, penning more than 70 books. As well as being married to a man for fifteen years

HENRY IRVING'S TOMB
At Rest Beneath Shakespeare Sir Henry Irving's Grave at Poets Corner Westminster Abbey

Funerals Charles Dickens Death 1870 People Paying
funerals, charles, dickens, death, 1870, people, paying, respects, grave, westminster, abbey, poet, corner, poet's, funeral, service, 14th, june, victorian, interior, poets, of, in, he, on, at

Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832 - 1914), poet, poetry critic and friend of Algernon Swinburne, pictured at his desk at his home, The Pines, Putney (which he shared with Swinburne)

The Vale of Health
View of the Vale of Health, Hampstead, London. Those who wished to attract visitors or new residents invented and promoted the Vale of Health name, which was first recorded in 1801

Crypt of the ancient priory of Black-Nuns
Remains of the crypt part of the ancient priory of Black-Nuns, adjoining St. Helens Church, Bishopsgate Street. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of

Man seized by leg cramp in the honeymoon bed. Bottles of gout cordial, restorative drops and other medicine on the floor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Dutchmans pipe or pipevine, Aristolochia macrophylla. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Crimson seedcracker, Pyrenestes sanguineus sanguineus (Crimson nutcracker, Pirenestes sanguineus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

The Year of the Poets -- Christmas Mummers outside a large house, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Coleridge, Shakespeare and others. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Let Winter Come, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Spenser, Burns and others. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Autumn, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Keats, Shelley, Shakespeare and others. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Jolly Summer, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Edmund Spenser and others. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Maypole, St Andrew Undershaft
The Year of the Poets -- Maypole outside St Andrew Undershaft in the City of London, with people dancing round it, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Queen of the May, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject of May Day, including Edmund Spenser. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- May, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject, including Edmund Spenser. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Spring Holidays, to illustrate a range of spring poems, showing people dancing round a maypole, and other seasonal activities. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Cuckoo in sparrows nest
The Year of the Poets -- a cuckoo in a nest of hedge sparrows, to illustrate a range of poems about cuckoos and other birds. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- The Young Spring, to illustrate Lusty Spring (Edmund Spenser). Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Miltons Spring Flowers. 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

The Year of the Poets -- four seasons, introducing quotations on the subject of nature from various English poets. Date: 1845

Poets daffodil, Narcissus poeticus subsp. radiiflorus (Starry poets narcissus, Narcissus stellaris). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley

Poets daffodil, Narcissus poeticus. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Alger Seeks Inspiration Date: 1950

Stone engraving
Plum Blossom and Moon. Artist: Anon. Engraver: Anon. Rubbing from Chinese stone engraving from the period between the Han and Tang Dynasties (1st-8th centuries)

Grave of Rupert Brooke in Skyros
Crosses 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

Cat and Elizabethan poet on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Andre and M-J Chenier
The poets ANDRE MARIE and MARIE-JOSEPH-BLAISE de CHENIER, both revolutionaries, Andre was guillotined for opposing excesses, but his brother survived. Date: 1762 - 1794

Albert Memorial (View 1 ) poets - one side of Albert Memorial (Poets figures one with lyre). Part of Box 34 Boswell Collection - London Streets. Date: circa 1890s

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). English poet and philos
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). English poet, critic and philosopher. Romantic Movement and member of the Lake Poets. Portrait by Washington Allston, 1814. National Gallery. London

Fountain on Park Lane, London. The fountain was built in 1875 and contained statues of Shakespeare, Milton and Chaucer. It was removed from this site when Park Lane was widened in the 20th century

Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902). Catalan poet. Monument. Perpin
Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902). Catalan poet. Figure of the Renaixenca, a national revival movement of the late Romantic era. Monument. Perpinya. France

George Herbert ( 1593 A?i? 1633). Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest. Engraving, 18th century. Colored

John Donne (1572- 1631) English poet and cleric in the Churc
John Donne (1572- 1631) English poet, satirist, lawyer and a cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. Engraving by W. Bromley

George Herbert ( 1593 1633). Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest. Engraving, 18th century

John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise lost. Colore
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. Epic poem in blank verse. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books

Picture No. 10062436
Poets and musicians honour the happy couple

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