Writer Collection (page 8)

Man, woman and baby of Corea, Korea, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton

Gutenberg, Johannes Gensfleich (C. 1400-1468)
MARTI, Jos (1853-1895). Cuban politician and writer. Monument to the independece hero Jose Marti. Sculpture

Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821-1867) - a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary, freemason, writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival and resistance against Ottoman rule

Man and woman of China, 1818. Man with tobacco pipe, holding hands with a woman. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal

Wynken, Blynken & Nod
Wynken, Blynken and Nod is a popular poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published in 1889

Barbara Cartland with mother Polly and daughter Raine
Novelist Barbara Cartland (right) pictured with her mother Polly Cartland, and her daughter Raine (Mrs Gerald Legge), later Raine Spencer, wife of Earl Spencer

Author Sue Townsend - 1
Sue Townsend, 1946-2014. Writer - author of Adrian Mole books. First published The Times Date: 1988

Wee Georgie Wood music hall comedian and actor 1894?-1979
Wee Georgie Wood comedian, actor and writer. Here dressed as Vesta Tilley in uniform with cigar and cane. Card entitled Vesta Tilley. Date: circa early 1900s

Constance Edith Vaughan (1904 - c. 1970), better known by her pseudonym Olive Moore - a
Constance Edith Vaughan (1904 - c.1970), better known by her pseudonym Olive Moore - a modernist English writer best known for three well-esteemed novels: Celestial Seraglio (1929), Spleen (1930)

Miss Inez Holden. Beatrice Inez Lisette (Paget) Holden (1903-1974) was a British writer and Bohemian social figure and journalist, also known for her association with George Orwell. Date: 1932

Richmal Crompton (1890 - 1969), English writer, best-known for her Just William series of books for children. Pictured in The Illustrated London News at the time her book

Khoikhoi man and woman, South Africa, 1818. They wear animal skins and woven skirts and stand in front of huts covered in animal hides

Man and woman of Cochin China (Vietnam) 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton

London Guildhall, Gog and Magog and the Mansion House. View of the Guildhall in Moorgate 30, statues of the mythological giant Gogmagog and Corineus 31

The Song the Kettle is Singing (in a dear little place called home) - written and composed by Worton David and Lawrence Wright - sung with enormous success by Miss Florrie Forde and Miss Dora Lyric

Lady Young (formerly Lady Scott), Peter Scott, Wayland Young
The sculptor, Lady Young, formerly Kathleen Bruce, then Lady Scott, wife of the polar explorer, Robert Falcon Scott. Pictured with her son by her first husband Peter Scott

Virginia snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

Different types of flower: personate, infundibuliform, ringent, campanulate, rotate and hypocratiform. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

French actor Paul Bocage as Albuquerque in Echec et Mat by Octave Feuillet and Paul Bocage, Theatre Royal de l Odeon, 1846

The Aztec king Montezuma II and Tuscarora
Portrait of Montezuma II, Aztec Emperor of Mexico, in gold crown and gorgette, and of David Cusick, a Tuscarora Baptist preacher and author, in western clothes

John Bunyan in Prison writing The Pilgrims Progress
John Bunyan (1628-1688) - English writer and Puritan preacher - writing The Pilgrims Progress during his twelve-year imprisonment (between 1661 and 1672)

A large memorail bronze relief of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens on the west wall of the Moray Aisle (1904) in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland

Charles Mackay
CHARLES MACKAY Writer and editor best known for his Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds of which we possess a first edition... Date: 1814 - 1889

Landscape painting by Gertrude Jekyll
The Pilgrim's Yews, Merrow Downs - Landscape painting by Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), influential British horticulturist, garden designer, artist and writer. Date: 1890

Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) English writer, playwright and public speaker. Date: 1931

Matheson Lang (1879-1948) Canadian actor and writer, seen here with his wife actress Nellie Hutin Britton (1876-1965). Date: 1911

John Ruskin Victorian Author

Bulent Ecevit - prime Minister of Turkey
Bulent Ecevit (1925-2006), Turkish Prime Minister during the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus in 1974 Date: 1974

Gaius Julius Caesar - Roman politician, general and writer
Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC). Roman politician, general and writer. In 60 BC he established a triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. Conquered Gaul

Lancelot Turpin de Crisse (1716-1793). French military
Lancelot Turpin de Crisse (Compte Turpin de Crisse) (1716-1793). French military and writer. Portrait. Engraving by Picquenot

Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635). Spanish writer. Portrait attributed to Eugenio Cajes (1574-1634). First third of 17th century. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814-1873), 1857
Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814-1873). Spanish writer. Portrait by Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815-1894), 1857. Detail. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Study, Abbotsford, home of Sir Walter Scott
The Study, Abbotsford, Scotland, home of Sir Walter Scott Date: circa 1930s

Arthur Wimperis, composer and screenwriter
Caricature of Arthur Wimperis, composer and screenwriter, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

Bookseller and Author Date: early 19th century

Elizabeth Inchbald, English novelist, actress, dramatist
Elizabeth Inchbald (nee Simpson, 1753-1821), English novelist, actress and dramatist Date: circa 1796

Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, British-born conservationist
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888-1938), British-born conservationist, fur trapper and writer, disguised as Native American Grey Owl Date: circa 1930s

French Caricatures, Hodgepodge of Heads
A selection of caricatures of prominent French figures, including Minister of Public Works Pierre Baudin, painter Albert Pierre Rene Maignan, historian and journalist Georges Eugene Sorel

Ferdinand Bac
A side profile portrait illustration of French cartoonist, artist and writer, known widely for his caricatures, Ferdinand-Sigismond Bach, 1859-1952, standing, holding his hat and cane

Max Nordau, Zionist leader, writer and physician
Max Nordau (1849-1923), Zionist leader, writer and physician Date: circa 1890s

Edouard Adolphe Drumont, French writer and politician
Edouard Adolphe Drumont (1844-1917), French antisemitic writer and politician Date: circa 1880s

H G Wells, English author
H G Wells (1866-1946), English author, as a young man Date: circa 1880s

Hippolyte Lucas, French writer and critic
Hippolyte Lucas (1807-1878), French writer and critic. He wrote mainly plays and opera libretti. Date: circa 1860s

Emile Bergerat, French poet, playwright and essayist
Emile Bergerat (1845-1923), French poet, playwright and essayist. Date: 1869

Handwriting of Emile Ollivier, French lawyer and politician
Handwriting (dated 9 May 1861) of Emile Ollivier (1825-1913), French lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of France. In his retirement he wrote many books of political history

Duke Albert de Broglie, French politician and writer
Duke Albert de Broglie (1821-1901), French politician, diplomat and writer, who served twice as Prime Minister of France. Date: circa 1860s

Paul Bins, Count of Saint-Victor, French author and critic
Paul Bins, Count of Saint-Victor (1827-1881), French author and critic. Date: circa late 1860s

Paul Deroulede, French author and politician
Paul Deroulede (1846-1914), French author and politician, seen here at the age of 18. Date: circa 1864

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