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D. H. Lawrence & WifeD H LAWRENCE English novelist, with his German wife Frieda (1879 - 1956)
Algernon Blackwood & Alfred Taylor, WW1Algernon Henry Blackwood (1869-1951), English author and playwright, particularly known for his supernatural fiction and ghost stories
Portrait of Oscar Wilde - Irish Playwright sitting in chairOscar Wilde (1856-1900) - Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. circa 1885
Portrait of William Shakespeare - English Playwright and poetWilliam Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) - English playwright and poet. Date: circa 1605
William Shakespeare on a Christmas cardHead and shoulders profile portrait of William Shakespeare with a quotation on a Christmas card (front and back covers) -- Heaven bless you and prosper your affairs (Henry IV, Part 2)
William Shakespeare on a greetings cardHead and shoulders profile portrait of William Shakespeare on a greetings card (front cover). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Dali and FriendsSalvador Dali (1904-1989), the surrealist artist, is shown socialising in the evening after a days work at his summer home in Port Lligat, at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees
Rabindranath TagoreSIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE Indian writer Date: 1861 - 1941
Gertrude Bell: The Uncrowned Queen of MesopotamiaMiss Gertrude Bell pictured in the Illustrated London News - described as a Staff Political Officer in Mesopotamia (Iraq) on the eve of the Cairo Conference to discuss the future of Mesopotamia
Nancy MitfordPhotograph of Nancy Freeman-Mitford on the front cover of The Tatler at the time of the anouncement of her engagement to Peter Rennell Rodd
Diana and Nancy MitfordDIANA AND NANCY FREEMAN MITFORD Two of the infamous Mitford sisters; Mrs Bryan Guiness (Diana) on the left and Nancy Mitford (later Mrs Peter Rodd), novelist, on right
Daphne Du Maurier / KidsDAPHNE DU MAURIER English novelist and writer, author of " Rebecca" and " Jamaica Inn" pictured with her children, Christian, Flavia and Tessa in 1947
GEORGE ORWELL 1903-1950GEORGE ORWELL (real name Eric Arthur Blair) English writer, fought in Spanish Civil War on the Republican side and gained fame with novels Animal Farm (1944) and 1984 (1949)
The Grave of Charles Dickens, Westminster Abbey, 1870Engraving showing a large group of Victorian visitors to Westminster Abbey crowding round the grave of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), to pay their last respects to the English writer
Shakespeare & ScenesThe writer, with scenes from twelve of his plays -including a splendid ghost of Hamlets father !
Milton DictatingJOHN MILTON English writer, depicted after he had become blind, dictating to his daughter
Lord Alfred Douglas / 1894Lord ALFRED BRUCE DOUGLAS writer, friend of Oscar Wilde in 1894, at age 24
The Poor Washerwoman - Henri Clark - Music SheetThe Poor Washerwoman - sung with typhoons of applause by Henri Clark - Music Sheet, written by Walter Hadtings and composed by W. T. Webb
Portraits of Chinese emperors, empress and famous menPortraits of Chinese emperors and famous men including ruler god Fo-hi 1, philosopher Confucius 2, the bookburner Qin Shi Huang 3, the writer Fo-chen 4, empress Wu Zetian 5 and emperor Taizong
Demonstration in London -- Tariq Ali (b. 1943, centre), writer, journalist and filmmaker, linking arms with others and walking along a road
Mrs Gerald Du Maurier & family including DaphneMrs Gerald Du Maurier pictured with her three daughters, Angela, Daphne and Jeanne. Date: 1920
Charles Dickens - English writerCharles Dickens (1812-1870) - English writer. Date: circa 1860
Iris Murdoch - British NovelistDame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (1919-1999) - British Author and Philosopher Date: 1967
Menander (ca. 342-ca. 292 BC). PortraitMenander (ca.342-ca.292 BC). Greek dramatist, representative of the athenian New Comedy. Roman copy of a Greek original. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany
Homer (c. 8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an oriHomer (c.8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an original from 2nd century BC. Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy. Rome. Italy
Satires by JuvenalJuvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis). 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Roman poet. Satires. Start of the First Satire. Leyden, 1532
Fernando de Rojas (1465-1541). Spanish writer. Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea or La Celestina. Engraving. Burgos, 1531
William Wordsworth (1770 1850), English romantic poet. Date: 19th century
John Masefield, English poet and writerJohn Masefield (1878-1967), English poet and writer, seen here in uniform during the First World War. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967. 1917
James Joyce, Irish novelist and poetJames Joyce (1882-1941), Irish novelist and poet. 1921
James FroudeJAMES ANTHONY FROUDE - British historian and writer. Date: 1818 - 1894
Nell DunnNell Mary Dunn (born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author pictured in London Life magazine in 1965. The daughter of Sir Philip Dunn, she was born in London and educated at a convent
Illustration, A Song of the English, Thames EmbankmentIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Life of Charles Dickens - Portrait of Charles Dickens taken in America. Part of box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works) slide no. 1 Date: circa 1890s
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), versatile French born British writer of poetry, history, and essays. Date: 1914
Daphne du Maurier and family at their Cornish home: here, goat-keeping with her children, Tessa, Flavia and Christian. Date: 1944
Rev Francis Ward Monck and William Oxley, spiritualistsRev Francis Ward Monck (right, c. 1842-?)) and William Oxley (1823-1905), spiritualists. Oxley was a Methodist, Swedenborgian, spiritualist and writer based in Manchester
Klaus Johann GrothKLAUS JOHANN GROTH German writer Date: 1819 - 1899
Anton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 - 1904), Russian writer of short stories and plays. He was also a physician
Violet Keppel TrefusisVIOLET TREFUSIS Writer and lover of Vita Sackville-West
Rosita ForbesJoan Rosita Forbes (1890-1967) British traveller and writer. Forbes travelled extensively in the Middle East during 1921, often incognito
Paul Verlaine, French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. Seen here in a full-length photograph, wearing top hat, overcoat and scarf, and leaning on a walking stick
Johns JoyceA Portrait of writer, John Stanislaus Joyce, the father of Irish writer, James Joyce. Seated with hands folded. Date: circa 1926
Sylvia Thompson by Madame YevondeSylvia Thompson, Mrs Luling (1902 - 1968), English novelist, writer and public speaker photographed by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1931
Tatler cover - Rosita ForbesFront cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller and author (later Mrs. A. T. McGrath)
Am Broadley / Vanity FairALEXANDER MEYRICK BROADLEY Lawyer, writer, and collector of Napoleona Date: 1847 - 1916
Mark Twains Study, Elmira, New York State, USA. The octagonal summer house where the American author wrote many of his books. He spent many summers in Elmira, and is buried there. Date: circa 1930
Illustration, A Song of the English, LighthouseIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
