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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
Folio of 24 hand-coloured images - WWIA folio of 24 hand-coloured i, mostly titled. And one original watercolour of a field stable in the British lines, France, c. 1917 - 7.5 x 12. Signed number 11 of 25
Among the English Lines FolioA folio of 24 hand-coloured i. And one original watercolour of the artists friend, Claire de Pratz (author and friend of the artist) reading soldiers letters
Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616), English dramatist Wrote commendatory verses for the plays of Ben Jonson
Carla Serena TravelingCARLA SERENA Italian traveler who wrote books about her travels in the East : depicted traveling in Mingrelia, Georgia. Date: circa 1870
Carla SerenaCARLA SERENA Italian traveler who wrote books about her travels in the East. Date: circa 1870
Sir William Schwenk Gilbert - English parodist & librettistSir William Schwenk Gilbert (1836-1911), English parodist and librettist. Gilbert wrote Christmas burlesque and humorous poetry
Frances Anne KembleFRANCES ANNE KEMBLE - actress playwright and poet, daughter of Charles K. married but divorced an American planter, wrote 8 vols of autobiography. with her autograph Date: 1811 - 1893
Leon Bloy PhotoLEON BLOY French writer, convert to Catholicism in whose cause he wrote several nauseatingly sentimental works, photographed in 1895. Date: 1846 - 1917
Margueritte PhotoPAUL MARGUERITE and his brother VICTOR (1866 - 1942) French writers who frequently wrote in collaboration : photographed with a bevy of females in 1900. Date: 1860 - 1918
Proudhon PhotoPIERRE JOSEPH PROUDHON French journalist and socialist, regarded as the father of anarchism. Wrote extensively on political subjects. Date: 1809 - 1865
Annie WilsonANNIE WILSON - innkeepers wife and guide to Rosslyn Chapel, Edinburgh, where she perpetuated such legends as the Apprentices Pillar. Burns wrote a poem in her praise. Date: CIRCA 1780
Christoph WegleiterCHRISTOPH WEGLEITER German churchman and theologian who also wrote songs at Altdorf Date: 1659 - 1706
James WathenJAMES WATHEN traveler who wrote under the nom-de-plume Jemmy Sketch. Date: 1751 - 1828
Emery UptonGeneral EMORY UPTON American military commander in the Union army; an authority on military tactics, about which he wrote a book. Date: 1839 - 1881
John SterlingJOHN STERLING scholar and writer, greatly liked, friend of leading writers especially Carlyle who wrote a biography. Date: 1806 - 1844
Isabella SforzaISABELLA (D Aragona) SFORZA daughter of Alfonso, king of Naples, wife of Giovanni Galeazzo Sforza : she wrote a treatise on the tranquillity of the soul. Date: 1470 - ?
William SpottiswoodeWILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE mathematician, expelled from Eton for setting off fireworks, rowed in the boat race, wrote travel book about Russia. Date: 1825 - 1883
Comtesse De GrignanFRANCOISE MARGUERITE de SEVIGNE, comtesse de GRIGNAN daughter of Marie de Sevigne, who wrote her many marvellous letters. Date: 1646 - 1705
Paul Schede MelissusPAUL SCHEDE German poet who wrote in Latin using the nom-de-plume Melissus. Date: 1539 - 1602
Henry RussellHENRY RUSSELL - song-writer who studied with Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, wrote The old armchair and Woodman, spare that tree ! Date: 1812 - 1900
Derrick Baron RossmoreDERRICK WARNER WILLIAM WESTENRA, fifth baron ROSSMORE soldier and sportsman, master of the Pytchley hunt, wrote his memoirs. Date: 1853 - 1921
Nikolay NekrasovNIKOLAY ALEKSEYEVICH NEKRASOV (or Nekrassov) Russian poet, noted for poems on life and sufferings of peasants, wrote Who can be happy and free in Russia ? Date: 1821 - 1877
Onorio MarinariONORIO MARINARI Italian painter and engraver from Firenze, mostly doing portraits of saints, but he also wrote and illustrated a mathematical treatise. Date: 1627 - 1715
Thomas Henry ListerTHOMAS HENRY LISTER English novelist and dramatist, best remembered for his social-political novel Granby : he also wrote successfully for the stage. Date: 1800 - 1842
Edmund HickeringillEDMUND HICKERINGILL - Engliah churchman, soldier in Scotland, Swedish ambassador to England, traveller in West Indies, wrote scurrilous attacks on the Church, etc. Date: 1631 - 1708
Andrew Halliday - 2ANDREW DUFF HALLIDAY Writer, essayist and dramatist, worked with Dickens, wrote many farces and a stage adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby. Date: 1830 - 1877
Andrew Halliday - 1ANDREW HALLIDAY Writer, essayist and dramatist, worked with Dickens, wrote many farces and a stage adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby. Date: 1830 - 1877
Peter Adolph GrotjanPETER ADOLPH GROTJAN German - American merchant, who wrote an account of his 1805 mercantile travels. Date: 1774 - 1850
Francoise De Grignan - 8FRANCOISE MARGUERITE, comtesse de GRIGNAN, marquise de SIMIANE, daughter of mme de Sevigne who surely wrote the letter her daughter is holding - they corresponded famously. Date: 1646 - 1705
STOWE, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher (1811-1896)" STOWE, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher (1811-1896). North American writter. US writer. She wrote " Uncle Toms Cabin", a work written in. Engraving."
MARAGALL i GORINA, Joan (1860-1911). Spanish
Henry Morley, PhotoHENRY MORLEY Professor of literature, author and translator, wrote massive history of English literature and edited classics. Date: 1822 - 1894
Scipione CapeceSCIPIONE CAPECE Neapolitan poet who wrote in Latin. Date: ? - 1562
Andre Campra, MusicianANDRE CAMPRA, French composer, seated on the right; with him are A Dauchet, standing, who wrote most of his libretti, and Bon Boullogne who painted this picture. Date: 1660 - 1744
Lady Charlotte Bury - 3Lady CHARLOTTE SUSAN MARIA BURY, daughter of the 6th duke of Argyll, wife (1) of Colonel John Campbell, (2) rev Edward Bury. Not just a pretty face, she wrote poetry and stuff. Date: 1756 - 1861
Ibsen / Gremobad PharmacyHENRIK IBSEN Pharmacy at Gremobad where the Norwegian dramatist wrote his first play Date: 1828 - 1906
William Robert BrooksWILLIAM ROBERT BROOKS English-born astronomer in USA who built his own telescope at age 14. His speciality was comets, of which he discovered several. Also wrote poetry. Date: 1844 - 1921
Thomas BrightmanTHOMAS BRIGHTMAN Puritan churchman and writer, who believed he wrote under divine inspiration. Aged 45. though he looks older. Date: 1562 - 1607
Rutland BoughtonRUTLAND BOUGHTON English musician, best known for his very successful The immortal hour but he wrote symphonies and chamber music too. Date: 1878 - 1960
Picture No. 10508182Anne Anderson - I wrote a letter to my love
Goldsmith / Hyde LaneOLIVER GOLDSMITH Irish writers farmhouse in Hyde Lane, off Edgware Road, where he wrote Date: 1730 - 1774
George Santayana, philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist. Although a Spanish citizen, he wrote in English, and was brought up and educated in the United States
Hector Hugh Munro, or Saki, 1870- 1916). Sakis stories satirized the Edwardian social scene. He wrote a number of stort stories including The Open Window