Verse Collection (page 18)

Louise Colet Photo
LOUISE COLET French writer of indifferent verse who nevertheless sustained flights of passion with de Musset, Hugo, Karr and Flaubert : photo 1874. Date: 1810 - 1871

James Kenneth Stephen
JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN writer, known for his light verse Date: 1859 - 1892

Diodata Saluzzo-Roero
DIODATA SALUZZO-ROERO prolific Italian writer who authored comedies and tragedies, and novellas, as well as a great quantity of verse. Date: 1774 - 1840

Stefano Egidio Petroni
STEFANO EGIDIO PETRONI Italian writer who translated the Proverbs of Solomon into verse, having nothing better to do with his time... Date: circa 1815

Stephen Phillips
STEPHEN PHILLIPS writer of poems and verse- dramas such as Christ in Hades and The new inferno Date: 1864 - 1915

William Dean Howells - 3
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS American writer, author of The rise of Silas Lapham and many other novels, also verse and criticism : regarded as the dean of American letters. Date: 1837 - 1920

William Dean Howells - 1
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS American writer, author of The rise of Silas Lapham and many other novels, also verse and criticism : regarded as the dean of American letters. Date: 1837 - 1920

Christmas card in the shape of a jam pot. Date: circa 1890s

Cat and mouse on a pot-shaped Christmas card
A cat and a mouse on a pot-shaped Christmas card with a comic verse. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a sailing boat, with seascape and verse. Date: circa 1890s

RIBA, Carles (1893-1959). Spanish writer in Catalan
" RIBA, Carles (1893-1959). Spanish writer in Catalan language. " Tannka" (traditional Japanese verse form) by Carles Riba, illustrated by Jaume Pla i Pallej஦ quot;

FRANCKEN II, Frans, the Younger (1581-1642). Hagar and the Angel. Genesis, chap.16, verse 7-14. Hagar, fugitive, is found

A Cake for His Majesty. From Jack and Jill Book of Nursery Rhymes (also in Teddy Bear annual 1979)

Charles Stuart Calverley
CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY (Born Blayds) Writer, known for his light verse. Date: 1831 - 1884

Agnes Bulmer
AGNES BULMER (nee Collinson) English writer of religious verse, Wesleyan convert. Her The Messiahs Kingdom, of 14000 verses, may be the longest poem by a female. Date: 1775 - 1836

The Verse Beginning with Wa. Print shows a woman standing before a man sitting on the floor. Date between 1772 and 1774

Greetings card from Egypt

Hiding from bills and debt
A nursry verse wtih a grown up curse! The homeowner hides as various men he owes bills to come a knocking. Date: 1928- 1929

Witch and goblins by Reverend Baden Powell
A delightful and typically Victorian sketch of a witch and her goblin friends, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell

Railway station, Jerusalem
View of the railway station, Jerusalem, on a Christmas postcard. A verse is on the right, spelling out HAPPY CHRISTMAS. Date: early 20th century

Birthday card with violets, lily of the valley and daffodils
Sweet Thoughts and Birthday Wishes: a birthday card with a bunch of violets, daffodils and lily of the valley. Date: circa 1930s

21st birthday card with garden and fountain
A 21st birthday card showing a beautiful garden with a fountain at the centre. Date: 1936

21st birthday card with thatched cottage
A 21st birthday card, showing an idyllic thatched cottage with a beautiful garden. Date: 1936

Maillardets automaton: an drawing and a verse produced by the doll. Date: 18th century

21st birthday card with waterfall and flowers
A 21st birthday card showing a waterfall, pink and red roses, lucky heather and forget-me-nots. Date: 1936

21st birthday card with garden path and flowers
A 21st birthday card showing a garden path decorated with flowers and shrubs. Date: 1936

21st birthday card with vase of flowers
A 21st birthday card with a vase of colourful flowers in an oval frame. Date: 1936

Community singing
The man who sang the words of the wrong verse. Date: 1928

21st birthday card with horseshoes and flowers
A 21st birthday card with two lucky horseshoes and a vase of forget-me-nots. Date: 1936

21st birthday card with a single red rose
A 21st birthday card with a single red rose, and a matching red ribbon at the side. 1936

Birthday card with bird and flowers
Loving Birthday Wishes: birthday card with a bird on a branch, pansies and forget-me-nots. Date: circa 1940s

Birthday card for a brother
A Happy Birthday to my Brother: birthday card with a red rose, blue forget-me-nots, assorted pansies and a horseshoe, with a sailing boat on a lake in the background. Date: circa 1930s

Birthday card with red and yellow roses
Happy be Your Birthday: a birthday card with a golden vase containing red and yellow roses, and a blue necklace in front. Date: circa 1930s

Naughty children making a mess

Chambermaid been asked out by the sweep
Chambermaid receives an admirer: From sweep in love can work be e er expected? And so this morn the chimneys are neglected; upon his knees he vainly pleads

Young woman with flowers on a birthday postcard
Birthday Wishes -- a young woman (the actress Drina Verchesi) holding a bunch of lilac on a birthday postcard. Date: 1920

Heart and flowers on a birthday postcard
A heart-shaped scene on a lake, with three pink roses below, on a birthday postcard. Date: early 20th century

Basket of flowers on a birthday postcard
Birthday Greetings -- a large basket full of flowers on a birthday postcard. Date: early 20th century

Little girl and doll on a Birthday Memories postcard
A little girl and her doll on a Birthday Memories postcard. circa 1910s

Olympic poem
A satirical take on the Olympics by Alan Melville. 1948

Little girl on a Birthday Greetings postcard
A little girl on a Birthday Greetings postcard sits on a bench with a magazine at her side. circa 1910s

Little girl on a Happy Birthday postcard
A little girl with flowers and an apple, on a greetings postcard to wish my dear grand-daughter a Happy Birthday. circa 1910s

Basket of flowers on a New Year postcard
A hand holding a basket of flowers on a New Year greetings postcard. circa 1910s

Boileau Despreaux
NICOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX An elaborate design celebrates this writer who is generally considered as establishing the principles of classical French verse. Date: 1636 - 1711

A Frog He Would a-wooing Go, heigho, says rowley, whether his mother would let him or no. With a Rowley powley, gammon and spinach, heigho, says Anthony Rowley! Date: circa 1874

Olive Malvery as street singer
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Olive Malvery selling fruit
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports on Londons poor, especially women

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