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Islamic art. Tombstone of Muhammad. Signed: Ibrahim wrote. LIslamic art. Tombstone of Muhammad, son of al- Abbas, son of Muhammad, son of Utba, son of al-Hasan, son of al-Hasan. Signed: Ibrahim wrote. Late 9th-early 10th century. Basalt. 75x31x33 cm
Caricature of Augustus Harris, British actor and dramatistCaricature of Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, transformed into a goose -- Not " Old Mother Goose" but Master Augoosetus
Benjamin GodardBENJAMIN GODARD - French musician, who wrote operas, ballets, chamber music and a dramatic symphony Tasso, but who is best remembered for his popular salon music. Date: 1849 - 1895
Gustav Freytag - 1GUSTAV FREYTAG German writer of liberal middle-class views, wrote plays and realistic novels, also historical fiction. Date: 1816 - 1895
Gustav Freytag - 3GUSTAV FREYTAG German writer of liberal middle-class views, wrote plays and realistic novels, also historical fiction. In his latter years. Date: 1816 - 1895
Gustav Freytag - 2GUSTAV FREYTAG German writer of liberal middle-class views, wrote plays and realistic novels, also historical fiction. Date: 1816 - 1895
Edmond Fremy - 2EDMOND FREMY French chemist who made several valuable discoveries such as hydrogen fluoride gas, and wrote extensively on chemistry subjects. Date: 1814 - 1894
Girolamo Fracastoro - 3GIROLAMO FRACASTORO Italian physician, astronomer and poet, who wrote a poem about syphilis. (His birthdate may be 1483) Date: CIRCA 1478 - 1553
Girolamo Fracastoro - 4GIROLAMO FRACASTORO Italian physician, astronomer and poet, who wrote a poem about syphilis. (His birthdate may be 1483) Date: CIRCA 1478 - 1553
Mrs FletcherMrs FLETCHER was Miss Jewsbury before she met Mr Fletcher, and perhaps wrote under that name ? with her autograph Date: CIRCA 1840
William Thos. FitzgeraldWILLIAM THOMAS FITZGERALD Civil servant who wrote verses during the moments of leisure his duties as a clerk in the Navy Office allowed him. Date: 1759 - 1829
Charles Este, BishopCHARLES ESTE English churchman who held several ecclesiastical posts in Ireland, culminating in the bishopric of Waterford. He wrote Latin verses at college. Date: 1696 - 1745
First Duke DevonshireWILLIAM CAVENDISH, first Duke of DEVONSHIRE influential statesman, serving Charles II and the protestant cause, supporting William III. He also wrote good verses. Date: 1640 - 1707
Jacques Delille - 4Abbe JACQUES DELILLE French writer, One of the Forty of the Academie Francaise - judging by the ornaments in this engraving, he wrote of rustic matters. Date: 1738 - 1813
John Dennis, CaricatureJOHN DENNIS playwright and critic - more successful at the latter than the former; made enemies of Swift and Pope, but wrote well on Shakespeare. Date: 1657 - 1734
Robert Charles DallasROBERT CHARLES DALLAS Jamaica-born writer, best known for his association with Byron, about whom he wrote a volume of reminiscences. He lived mostly abroad. Date: 1754 - 1824
Samuel Dale, MedicalSAMUEL DALE Medical practitioner at Braintree, Essex where he wrote his Pharmacologia. Date: 1659 - 1739
Louis De CrillonLOUIS BALBIS de BERTON de CRILLON, French soldier to whom Henri IV wrote Pends- toi, brave Crillon, nous avons combattu a Arques et tu n y etais pas ! Date: 1541 - 1615
Don Trueba Y CozioDon TELESFORO de TRUEBA Y COZIO Spanish writer, author of The Exquisites, which he very thoughtfully wrote in English. with his autograph Date: 1805 - 1835
James Cobb, PlaywrightJAMES COBB - Secretary in the East India Co. who wrote many mediocre stage pieces, mostly musical comedies but including an operatic version of Paul et Virginie, best forgotten. Date: 1756 - 1818
CLEOBULUS One of the Seven Sages of Greece, famous for the beautiful shape of his body. He wrote some verses, and was presumably pretty bright. Date: 694 - 564 BCE
Casimir Bonjour, WriterCASIMIR BONJOUR Popular French playwright, who wrote in verse. Date: 1795 - 1856
Nicholas BiddleNICHOLAS BIDDLE American financier, president of Bank of the United States, involved in political controversy, resigned & wrote a history of Lewis & Clark. Date: 1786 - 1844
MARY BERRY - Writer, devoted friend (with her sister Agnes) of Horace Walpole, whose works she edited; she also wrote plays, one of which was with- drawn for its lax morality. Date: 1763 - 1852
Henry BelfrageHENRY BELFRAGE Prominent Scottish churchman, precocious child who began preaching at age 10 : he wrote many books on religion in family life and the like. Date: 1774 - 1835
Thomas Bailey AldrichTHOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH American author and editor, wrote The story of a bad boy some novels and books of poems. Who now reads him ? Date: 1836 - 1907
WILLIAM HAYLEY 1745-1820WILLIAM HAYLEY English Poet. Wrote Triumph of Music (1804) and Ballads founded on anecdotes of animals (1805). Date: 1745 - 1820
Mark RidleyMARK RIDLEY medical, found favour at the Russian court as doctor to Tsar Boris Godunov, returned to England, wrote scholarly books on magnetism and such Date: 1560 - 1624
John Hawkesworth - 1JOHN HAWKESWORTH English writer. Wrote the play Edgar and Emmeline in 1761. Date: 1715 - 1773
Frances Sheridan (1724 - 1766) - author, wrote first novel at age 15, subsequent writings praised by Johnson, staged by Garrick : also produced Richard Brinsley Sheridan
William E ChanningWILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING Influential American clergyman, known as the Apostle of Unitarianism, wrote about social and philanthropic issues Date: 1780 - 1842
Samuel R Crockett / V FairSAMUEL RUTHERFORD CROCKETT Scottish novelist who wrote in dialect Date: 1860 - 1914
th Huxley / St Johns WoodTHOMAS HENRY HUXLEY English scientists home at 4 Marlborough Place, St Johns Wood, where he wrote many of his works Date: 1825 - 1895
WILLIAM HICKS (D. 1660)WILLIAM HICKS Puritan, who fought enthusiastically as a captain in the Civil War, wrote one or two things Date: 1621 - 1660
Sterne - Cpxwould YorksLaurence Sterne (1713 - 1768) Coxwould, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, home of the novelist and clergyman: this is where he wrote Sentimental Journey
Sterne Coxwould YorksLaurence Sterne (1713 - 1768) Coxwould, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, home of the novelist and clergyman: this is where he wrote Sentimental Journey
George Eliot / RichmondGEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS) Home of the English novelist at 8 Park Shot, Richmond, where she wrote Scenes of Clerical Life and Adam Bede Date: 1819 - 1880
AristomachusARISTOMACHUS Greek writer of Solos, who observed, loved and wrote about bees : no one seems to know exactly when he lived Date: BC
John VI CantacuzenusJOHN VI CANTACUZENUS Eastern Emperor (1347-54), ruled in Constantinople, but was driven out and retired to a monastery, where he wrote a history Date: 1292 - 1383
Henry LiddellHENRY GEORGE LIDDELL English classical scholar ordained in Anglican church. It was for his daughter Alice that Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. Date: 1811 - 1898
Therese V BraunschweigTHERESE VON BRAUNSCHWEIG Cousin of Guiccardi and also a great love of Beethoven. It is accepted that she was the Immortal Beloved to whom he wrote his famous letter
Francis Beaumont / EvansFRANCIS BEAUMONT English dramatist Wrote commendatory verses for the plays of Ben Jonson Date: 1584 - 1616
Avro 683 Lancaster wrote its name into history with its breaching of the Ruhr dams
DIAZ DEL CASTILLO, Bernal (1496-1584). Spanish conquistador. He wrote The True History of the Conquest of New Spain. Cover of The True History of the Conquest of New Spain. 1632
Suffragette Arson Whitekirk. St. Marys in Whitekirk, East Lothian, after the fire of 26th february 1914. Suffragette militants were suspected, and, as the churchs minister wrote
Suffragette Arson Hurst Park. Shows the destroyed Grand Stand at Hurst Park Racecourse, 8th June 1913, caused by an arson attack by militant suffragettes Kitty Marion (1871-1944) and Betty Giveen
Sunset somewhere in. WWI drawingSunset somewhere in. On verso - Dearest Ciss, Just a few lines hoping you are in the best of health. I wrote you a few days ago and expect you will have received some ere this. Love. Yours always. B
Waiting to have his shirt examined. In the hands of the Louse Patrol. Somewhere in France. On verso - Dearest Ciss, Enclosed you will find 14 PCs which I hope you will like also the programme of