Author Collection (#73)

Thomas Hardy, English writer and poet, c1890. Artist: W&D Downey
Thomas Hardy, English writer and poet, c1890. Hardys (1840-1928) first success came in 1874 with the publication of his novel Far from the Madding Crowd

E (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim, English novelist, 1937. Oppenheim (1866-1946), specialised in stories of espionage and international intrigue. Cigarette card from the Famous British Authors series

George Du Maurier, British writer and artist, c1890. Du Maurier (1834-96) French-born English illustrator, cartoonist and novelist

George Du Maurier, British writer and artist, c1895. Artist: W&D Downey
George Du Maurier, British writer and artist, c1895. Du Maurier (1834-1896) French-born English illustrator, cartoonist and novelist

Homer, Greek epic poet. Homer (fl 9th-8th century BC) is credited with the authorship of the great epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Roman copy of a lost Greek bust of 2nd century BC

William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1609. Portrait in oils dated 1609. This is the portrait engraved by Droeshout for the First Folio edition of his plays published in 1623

William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1623. Artist: Martin Droeshout
William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1623. Title page from the First Folio edition of Shakespeares (1564-1616) plays, published in 1623

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, English poet, c1880. Tennyson (1809-1892) was born at Somersby, Lincolnshire. In 1850 he was appointed Poet Laureate

Charles Dickens (1812-70) giving his last public reading at St Jamess Hall, London, 5 March 1870. He read extracts from A Christmas Carol and the trial scene from Pickwick Papers

Charles Dickens (1812-70), English novelist and journalist, July 1858
Charles Dickens (1812-70), English novelist and journalist. Dickens giving a public reading from his Dombey and Son, July 1858

Charles Dickens addressing a meeting, London, 1856. British author Charles Dickens speaking at The Dulwich College Charity Meeting at the Adelphi Theatre

Charles Dickens giving an after-dinner speech, c1860s. Dickens (1812-1870) began his career as a journalist before becoming one of the greatest English novelists

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-born British historian and essayist, 19th century. Carlyle (1795-1881) reading in his garden in Chelsea, London. Etching after a painting by Helen Allingham

Charles The Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 15th century. Charles (1433-1477), Duke of Burgundy from 1467, accepting a book from Georges Chastellain (c1405 or c1415-1475), the Burgundian chronicler and poet

Bust of Marcus Annaeus Seneca, the Elder (c55 BC-40 AD), Roman Rhetorician, c1st century

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian philosopher and poet, c1930-1941

Karl Marx, German political, social and economic theorist, late 19th century. The father of modern communism, Marx (1818-1883)

William Morris (1834-1896), English socialist, artist, craftsman and poet
William Morris (1834-1896), English socialist, craftsman and poet. Morris, one of the founders of the Arts and Crafts Movement, was also a prominent early British socialist

George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), English novelist, poet and critic, 1877. She chose a male nom de plume in order to improve her chances of publication

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, 1521
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet. The author of Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), the great Italian epic poem which tells the story of Dantes journey through hell, purgatory and heaven

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet. The author of Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), the great Italian epic poem which tells the story of Dantes journey through hell, purgatory and heaven

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), English novelist, poet and critic, 1927. GK Chesterton was the creator of the fictional detective Father Brown (1911)

(Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), French-born British poet, writer and polemicist, 1927. A Roman Catholic, Belloc was a follower of Cardinal Newman

Max Beerbohm (1872-1956), British writer and caricaturist, 1901. Artist: Laurence Houseman
Max Beerbohm (1872-1956), British writer and caricaturist, 1901. Beerbohm succeeded George Bernard Shaw as theatre critic of The Saturday Review in 1898

The Venerable Bede (c673-735), Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian, c1584
The Venerable Bede (c673-735), Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian, 1493. Seen here using a quill pen and a writing slope, Bede was a monk at Jarrow, Northumberland

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), English playwright and poet. Beaumont collaborated with the playwright John Fletcher

Paul Deroulede and his defender Oscar Falateuf, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Paul Deroulede and his defender Oscar Falateuf, 1899. Paul Deroulede (1846-1914) was a French author and politician. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th September 1899

Paul Deroulede, French author and politician, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Paul Deroulede, French author and politician, 1898. In 1882 Deroulede, along with the historian Henri Martin and Felix Faure, founded the Ligue des patriotes

Thomas Carlyle, 19th century Scottish historian and essayist. Carlyle (1795-1881) wrote a history of the French Revolution which gained him popular as well as academic fame when it was published in

Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century Anglo-Irish writer and feminist. Artist: Swan Electric Engraving Company
Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century Anglo-Irish writer and feminist. A writer with radical political views on a range of issues fincluding womens rights, education

Charles Dickens (1812-70) English author, (c1860s?). Photograph of Dickens seated with dog at his side, taken towards end of his life

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), English novelist, essayist and critic. Virginia Woolf (nee Stephen) was a leading figure in London literary circles and was a member of the Bloomsbury group

HG Wells (1865-1946), English novelist, writer and popular historian, c1925. Hubert George Wells is best known for his works of science fiction, including The Time Machine

Virgil (79-19 BC), Roman poet. Virgil (Publius Vergillus Maro) was the author of Aeneid and Georgics

Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1893) English poet, c1880
Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet, c1880. Tennyson succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850

Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet, 1855. Tennyson succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian, c1930. The author of such well known works as Pygmalion and Saint Joan, Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925

John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, 1870. Milton is shown here imagined in later life when blind, seated by a small chamber organ

DH (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885-1930), English novelist and poet, (c1910s?). Lawrence is regarded as one of the greatest figures of 20th century English literature

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963), English essayist and novelist, 1927. Huxley is best remembered for Brave New World, his work of science fiction describing life in a technologically advanced

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author, 1857
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author. Although also a poet and novelist, Andersen is particularly remembered for his famous fairy tales, including The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes

William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882), English historical novelist. Ainsworths works include Old St Paul s, The Tower of London and Windsor Castle

Joseph Addisons torchlight funeral in Westminster Abbey, 1719 (c1850). Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician

Joseph Addisons birthplace at Milston near Amesbury, Wiltshire. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician

Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. Artist: Thornthwaite
Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, playwright and politician, 1794. He was a friend of Richard Steele and Jonathan Swift and edited The Spectator with Steele in 1711-1712

Alexander Adam (1741-1809) Scottish teacher and writer. Headmaster Watsons Hospital, Edinburgh, and of High School, Edinburgh (1768). Engraving after portrait by Raeburn

Novalis (1772-1801), pen-name of Friedrich von Hardenberg, German Romantic poet and novelist. Died of consumption. Known as the Prophet of Romanticism

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), American writer, 1875

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