Poem Collection

Beer Street, 1751. Artist: William Hogarth
Beer Street, 1751. Working people enjoying a tankard of beer outside the Barley Mow public house. The figures include two women with baskets of fish and a butcher holding a joint of meat

I am half sick of shadows, c1911. Artist: John William Waterhouse
I am half sick of shadows, c1911. Illustration of Tennysons poem of the Arthurian legend, showing the Lady of Shalott bored with her weaving

The Song of the Mad Prince, c1917. Artist: Harry Clarke
The Song of the Mad Prince, c1917. A miniature stained glass panel designed by Harry Clarke (1889-1931). This panel was inspired by the Walter de la Mare (1873?1956) poem of the same name

The Lamb, illustration from Songs of Innocence and of Experience. c1770-1820. Artist: William Blake
The Lamb, illustration from Songs of Innocence and of Experience. c1770-1820

Bamboo in the Wind, early 17th century. Creator: Yi Jeong (Korean, 1541-1626)
Bamboo in the Wind, early 17th century

Faerie Queene, c1900. Artist: Walter Crane
Faerie Queene, c1900. The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser (1553-1599), illustrated by Walter Crane (1845-1915). From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme

Surreal study, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Surreal study, 1952. Illustration for a poem by TS Eliot. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign, 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904)

Lesbia and her Sparrow, 1860. Private Collection

The New Learning, c1910, (c1900-1920). Artist: Frank Cadogan Cowper
The New Learning, c1910, (c1900-1920). Erasmus (right) and Thomas More visit the children of Henry VII at Greenwich in 1499. The boy in the centre is the future King Henry VIII

Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Tyger, ca. 1825. Creator: William Blake
Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Tyger, ca. 1825

Vivien and Merlin, 1874. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Vivien and Merlin, 1874

Landscape—Scene from Thanatopsis, 1850. Creator: Asher Brown Durand
Landscape--Scene from " Thanatopsis", 1850

Kelmscott Press: Page from The Tale of Beowulf Printed in the Troy Type, c. 1895, (1914). Artist: William Morris
Kelmscott Press: Page from The Tale of Beowulf Printed in the Troy Type, c.1895, (1914). Page from The Tale of Beowulf Done Out of the Old English Tongue. Trans. By William Morris and A. J. Wyatt

The Battle of Marathon. A Poem, 1820. The Battle of Marathon by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861). Printed for W Lindsell, 87 Wimpole street, Cavendish Square. From The Connoisseur Volume XXIV

The Silver Age, 1527. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Silver Age, 1527. Aportrayal of the second of the four Ages of the World from Ovids poem. Found in the collection of the Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, Weimar, Germany

Ekalavya, 1913. Artist: Nandalal Bose
Ekalavya, 1913. In the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, Ekalavya is a young prince of the Nishadha tribes and an excellent archer

Thence issuing we again beheld the stars, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
The beautiful lights of heav n dawn d through a circular opening in the cave: thus issuing we again beheld the stars, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil emerge from Hell, and see the stars

We to those beasts, that rapid strode along, drew near, when Chiron took an arrow forth, c1890. Chiron, leader of the centaurs

Banner and poem, c15th century, (1840). Facsimile of a banner attributed to St Edmund, king of the West Saxons (841-870 AD), and a poetical description of the devices represented upon them

Valentine's Morn, drawn by Marcus Stone, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
St. Valentine's Morn, drawn by Marcus Stone, 1864. 'In old times it was customary for a lover to place himself on Valentine's morn under his mistress's window

"Old Christmas", 1862. Creator: Unknown. "Old Christmas", 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Old Christmas", 1862. Lyrics by John George Watts, music by Thomas Murby. 'Fling wide the portals of the heart, Let fullest bliss abound

"The Light of Other Days" - from a painting by J. T. Lucas, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
"The Light of Other Days" - from a painting by J. T. Lucas, 1864. 'Old Watchman, thou who watchest not, We smile on thy non-vigil now: Sleep on, nor dream, thou slumbrous sot

King Cheer - drawn by James Godwin, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
King Cheer - drawn by James Godwin, 1864. Illustration to a poem by George MacDonald. 'King Cheer he reigned in Aureoland

"Home Thoughts:" the Child among the Rocks, 1864. Creator: Dalziel Brothers
"Home Thoughts:" the Child among the Rocks, 1864. Illustration to a book of poetry: "Home Thoughts and Home Scenes"

"Scene from Tennyson's 'Dora'", by A. H. Burr, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"Scene from Tennyson's 'Dora'", by A. H. Burr, 1864. Engraving of a painting. The '...reconciliation scene...We remember nothing finer in the whole exhibition than that

"The Escape", by R. Beavis, from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"The Escape", by R. Beavis, from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1864. Engraving of a painting depicting a '...chivalric and important personage - a [Scottish] Border chieftain

Goodwood Races: The Chesterfield Cup, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Goodwood Races: The Chesterfield Cup, 1864. 'The Chesterfield Cup is a group in oxydised silver, representing a knight rescuing a lady from a dragon

Messrs Cope's Christmas entertainment to their workpeople at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 1864. 'Mr. J. C. Cowper, the tragedian, recited, with great taste and feeling

The Convent of St. Onofrio, near Rome, in which Tasso died, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Convent of St. Onofrio, near Rome, in which Tasso died, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Mariani. 'The painful tale of the life and sufferings of Torquato Tasso

"Winter", drawn by A. Hunt, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson. "Winter", drawn by A. Hunt, 1864
"Winter", drawn by A. Hunt, 1864. 'The sun is sinking-in the wintry sky, And all the landscape lies enwrapp'd in snow; The day is dying, and to see it die Come youth and age

Court Lovers Exchanging Poems, c1811. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Court Lovers Exchanging Poems, c1811

Title Page for Wiesiger's Poems, 1792. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title Page for Wiesiger's Poems, 1792

Illustration for Phil Engelhard's Poems, 1782. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Phil Engelhard's Poems, 1782

Plate 11 for Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, 1772. Creators: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Daniel Berger
Plate 11 for Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, 1772. From Almanac Genealogique, 1772. Italian epic poem written by Ludovico Ariosto in the early 16th century

Plate 5 for Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, 1772. Creators: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Daniel Berger
Plate 5 for Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, 1772. From Almanac Genealogique, 1772. Italian epic poem written by Ludovico Ariosto in the early 16th century

Falling Leaves, 1858. Creator: H. Shepherd
Falling Leaves, 1858. Illustration to a poem or song: "The Wind whose wordless song we hear, The requiem of Autumn sings; Yet, as it sadly fills the ear, A tempered gladness with it brings

"Caught!", 1860. Creator: Unknown. "Caught!", 1860. Creator: Unknown
"Caught!", 1860. Stolen kisses! stolen kisses! O what precious spoil they are! Whether cheek of sleeping miss is Walnut-brown or lily-fair

Cover of "Le Roi des Aulnes" (Der Erlkönig), 1904. Creator: Léon Gruel
Cover of "Le Roi des Aulnes" (Der Erlkonig), 1904. Decorative cover made by Leon Gruel who chose to employ a traditional 16th-century style of decoration featuring interconnected ribbons

Cover of "L'Offrande Lyrique", 1925. Creator: Paul Gruel. Cover of "L'Offrande Lyrique"
Cover of "L'Offrande Lyrique", 1925. This collection of poems by the Bengali poet and composer Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

Mounted warriors, leaf from a Shahnama, 741 AH/AD 1341. Creator: Unknown
Mounted warriors, leaf from a Shahnama, 741 AH/AD 1341. Page from a dispersed illustrated and illuminated manuscript of Firdawsi's Shahnamah (Book of kings)

Cover of "La Sandale Ailée", 1914. Creators: Unknown, Léon Gruel
Cover of "La Sandale Ailee", 1914. Decorative design by Antoine Calbet, bound by Leon Gruel, for a volume of French poetry - "The Winged Sandal" in English) - by Henri de Regnier

Cover of "Halyartès, poème en prose", 1904. Creator: Léon Gruel
Cover of "Halyartes, poeme en prose", 1904. Decorative cover for a prose poem by Ephraim Mikhael, bound by Leon Gruel

Brush Box and Maple Branch with Poem, c1850. Creator: Unknown
Brush Box and Maple Branch with Poem, c1850

Babhruvahana Faces Arjuna's Army with Syamakarna... c1850. Creator: Unknown
Babhruvahana Faces Arjuna's Army with Syamakarna (verso), Scenes from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas) (image 2 of 2), c1850

Babhruvahana Kills Animals to Save Syamakarna (recto), Babhruvahana Faces... c1850. Creator: Unknown
Babhruvahana Kills Animals to Save Syamakarna (recto), Scenes from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas) (image 1 of 2), c1850

Babhruvahana Surrenders the Sacrificial Horse Syamakarna to His Father... c1850. Creator: Unknown
Babhruvahana Surrenders the Sacrificial Horse Syamakarna to His Father Arjuna (verso), Scenes from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas), c1850

Babhruvahana Surrenders the Sacrificial Horse Syamakarna... c1850. Creator: Unknown
Babhruvahana Surrenders the Sacrificial Horse Syamakarna to His Father Arjuna (verso), Scenes from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas), c1850

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