English Literature Collection

Lollardy, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Lollardy, 19th century. Lollardy or Lollardism was a political and religious movement that existed from the mid 14th century until the English Reformation in the 16th century

Chaucer's Dream of Good Women, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Chaucer's Dream of Good Women, 1900. English poet and writer Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) falls asleep next to a fountain, watched by an angel and a group of women

Bust of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), 1760. Creator: John Michael Rysbrack
Bust of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), 1760

The Earl of Dalkeith, President of the Scott Centenary Festival, Edinburgh, 1871. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. James Russell and Sons. The Right Hon

The Scott Centenary: scene from "Rob Roy", at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, 1871

The Scott Centenary Banquet in the Corn Exchange, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 1871

The Scott Centenary: Jedburgh Abbey, 1871. Creator: William James Palmer
The Scott Centenary: Jedburgh Abbey, 1871. Jedburgh Abbey owed its architectural magnificence to the patronage of the Scottish King David I

The Scott Centenary: a Dream of the Waverley Novels, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary: a Dream of the Waverley Novels, 1871. Sketch which... will probably not require to be explained to the innumerable readers of Sir Walter Scott's admirable stories

The Scott Centenary: exhibition of portraits and relics at Edinburgh, 1871

The Scott Centenary - Lasswade; Ashestiel, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary - Lasswade; Ashestiel, 1871. Houses occupied by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott

Chaucer's Legend of Good Women - Phyllis And Hypermnestra, 1864. Illustration for "The Legend of Goode Wimmen", a poem by English writer Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)

The Grave of Scott in Dryburgh Abbey, 1871. Creator: William James Palmer
The Grave of Scott in Dryburgh Abbey, 1871. Scottish writer...Sir Walter Scott's tomb, under an arch of St. Mary's Aisle, in the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey in Berwickshire, Scotland

The Scott Centenary: views at Abbotsford, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary: views at Abbotsford, 1871....the reputed "Rhymer's Glen, " [was] where True Thomas of Ercildoun had an interview with the Faery Queen...he was a real personage

The Scott Monument, Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Monument, Edinburgh, 1871. Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, in in Princes Street Gardens. Designed by George Meikle Kemp, it was built from Binny sandstone

Abbotsford, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Abbotsford, 1871. View from the River Tweed of Sir Walter Scott's home in the Scottish Borders. From "Illustrated London News", 1871

The Scott Centenary Festival: places associated with Scott's Life and Works
The Scott Centenary Festival: places associated with [Sir Walter] Scott's Life and Works, 1871

The Scott Centenary - Sir Walter Scott, from the bust by Chantrey, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary - Sir Walter Scott, from the bust by Chantrey, 1871. Sculpture of the Scottish writer

Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale - Design, 1862-1864. Sultan of Syria viewing a portrait of Constance, daughter of the Emperor of Rome

The Scott Centenary: fete at Newark Castle, Selkirk, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary: fete at Newark Castle, Selkirk, [Scotland], 1871

Chaucer's Legend of Good Women - Amor and Alcestis, 1864. Illustration for "The Legend of Goode Wimmen", a poem by English writer Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)

The grave of Charles Dickens in Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The grave of Charles Dickens in Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey, 1870

Plan of Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Plan of Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey, 1870. The plan we have engraved, from one drawn by Mr

At the Sign of St. Paul's: Francis Bacon, 1909. Creator: Unknown
At the Sign of St. Paul's: Francis Bacon, 1909. Francis Bacon - Lord Verulam, 1561-1627

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: performance of the oratorio, "The Messiah", in the Festival Pavilion, 1864

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: Mr. E. F. Flower, the Mayor of Stratford, 1864

Cast of Shakspeare's face, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Cast of Shakspeare's face, 1864. Death mask of English playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henley-Street, Stratford-On-Avon, with Shakspeare's House, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Henley-Street, Stratford-On-Avon, with Shakspeare's House, 1864. Celebrating the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth

Messrs. Hunt and Roskell's Shakspeare medal, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Hunt and Roskell's Shakspeare medal, 1864. Commemoration of the Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth. Medal, designed by Mr. John Bell and executed by Mr. L. C. Wyon

Shakspeare salver and jug, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Shakspeare salver and jug, 1864. Commemoration of the Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth. The ale jug and salver, manufactured by Messrs. Minton, Hollis [sic], and Co

The Seal of the National Shakspeare Committee, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Seal of the National Shakspeare Committee, 1864. Commemoration of the Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth

The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: unveiling a bust of Shakspeare at the Agricultural Hall, 1864

The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: monument of Shakspeare at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Event celebrating the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth

The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: planting an oak on Primrose Hill, [London], 1864. The Working Men's Committee plants an oak tree...in honour of the English poet...Mr

The Shakspeare Commemoration: banquet in the pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon...the Earl of Carlisle proposing "The Memory of Shakespeare"

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: exhibition of Shakspeare pictures and relics in the Townhall, 1864. Celebration of the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth

The Shakspeare Commemoration: scene from Shakspeare's play of "King Henry IV.", Part I, as played at Drury Lane - Battle of Shrewsbury, in the last act, 1864

Tableau of Shakspeare characters, designed by John Gilbert, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
Tableau of Shakspeare characters, designed by John Gilbert, 1864. Illustration celebrating the tricentenary of Shakespeare's birth

Box made of the wood of Shakspeare's mulberry-tree, presented to [David] Garrick by the town of Stratford-on-Avon, 1864

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: scene from "Romeo And Juliet", as performed in the Festival Pavilion, 1864

Portraits of Shakspeare, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Portraits of Shakspeare, 1864....according to the best authorities

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: visit to Charlecote, 1864. Celebrating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth

The last sheet of Shakspeare's will, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The last sheet of Shakspeare's will, 1864

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: scene from "The Comedy of Errors", as performed in the Festival Pavilion, 1864

"John Bunyan Reciting The Pilgrim's Progress'
"John Bunyan Reciting The Pilgrim's Progress to his friends in Bedford Gaol", by G. F. Folingsby, of Munich, in the exhibition of Fine Arts at Melbourne, Australia, 1864

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Aldous Huxley, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Aldous Huxley, 1950s, (2023). English writer and philosopher Huxley (1894-1963) wrote novels and non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Aldous Huxley, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Aldous Huxley, 1950s, (2023). English writer and philosopher Huxley (1894-1963) wrote novels and non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems

Sketches in India - Brahmin Students, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in India - Brahmin Students, 1858

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Samuel Johnson, 1760s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Samuel Johnson, 1760s, (2023). Dr Johnson (1709-1784) was a British writer, poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare

AI IMAGE - Portrait of William Shakespeare, 1600s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of William Shakespeare, 1600s, (2023)

AI IMAGE - Portrait of William Shakespeare, 1600s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of William Shakespeare, 1600s, (2023)

AI IMAGE - Lady Macbeth, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Lady Macbeth, 2023. Leading character in William Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth" (c1603-1607)

AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Leading character from "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare, (c1603)

AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Leading character from "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare, (c1603)

AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Leading character from "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare, (c1603)

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare

AI IMAGE - Romeo and Juliet, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Romeo and Juliet, 2023

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare

Monument to Sir James Mackintosh, in Westminster Abbey. Theed, sculptor, 1857

Mr. Bunn on the Stage, at the St

Portrait of Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), 1924. Creator: Reginald Grenville Eves
Portrait of Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), 1924. Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet

The Beaufoy Shakspearian Medal, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Beaufoy Shakspearian Medal, 1854

William Shakespeare, 1876. Creator: Charles William Sherborn
William Shakespeare, 1876

Title-Page Designed by Aubrey Beardsley for Messrs. J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1909, (1914)

Oscar WiIde, Irish writer, wit and playwright, 1882. Artist: Napoleon Sarony
Oscar WiIde, Irish writer, wit and playwright, 1882. Wilde (1854-1900) was an exponent of art for arts sake. His best known novel is The Picture of Dorian Gray

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