Essayist Collection

The late Mr. John Forster, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The late Mr. John Forster, 1876. British writer and journalist: He was editor of the "Examiner" during ten years

Portrait of the author Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), 1902. Creator: Aronson, Naum Lvovich (1872-1943)
Portrait of the author Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), 1902. Private Collection

Le général Léopold Hugo avec deux de ses frères et son fils Abel en uniforme de la... c.1825. Creator: Julie Hugo
Le general Leopold Hugo avec deux de ses freres et son fils Abel en uniforme de la Restauration, c.1825

Portrait of Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol (1829-1870), journalist and diplomat, c1829-1870. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Lucien-Anatole Prevost-Paradol (1829-1870), journalist and diplomat, between 1829 and 1870

Dr. Johnson, n.d. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Johnson, n.d

Sir W. Temple, (1628-1699), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Sir W. Temple, (1628-1699), 1830. Sir William Temple (1628-1699) English statesman and essayist educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge who as a diplomat

Henry T. Tuckerman, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Henry T. Tuckerman, between 1855 and 1865. [Writer, essayist and critic]

Robert Louis Stevenson, Modeled 1887 / 88, cast 1888 / 1928. Creator: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Robert Louis Stevenson, Modeled 1887/88, cast 1888/1928

Leo Tolstoy. Yasnaya Polyana, 1891. Creator: Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844-1930)
Leo Tolstoy. Yasnaya Polyana, 1891. Private Collection

3c American Authors Ralph Waldo Emerson die proof attached to plate proof, 14612. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving

Washington Irving, from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888

Thomas Carlyle, 1867. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Thomas Carlyle, 1867

Statue of Johnson, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Statue of Johnson, 1898. Grade II listed statue of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709 -1784) English writer, poet, moralist and biographer in Lichfield. From " Our Own Country, Volume II"

Plutarch, (c. AD46- c120), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Plutarch, (c.AD46- c120), 1830. Plutarch (c.AD46- c120) Greek biographer and essayist known primarily for his work Parallel Lives

Swift, (1667-1745), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Swift, (1667-1745), 1830. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist and political pamphleteer for the Whigs then the Tories who attended Trinity College, Dublin

Dr. S. Johnson, (1709-1784), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Dr. S. Johnson, (1709-1784), 1830. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and a committed Tory

Hume, (1711-1776), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Hume, (1711-1776), 1830. David Hume (1711-1776) Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known for his influential system of philosophical empiricism, scepticism

G. Colman, (1732-1794), 1830. Creator: Unknown
G. Colman, (1732-1794), 1830. George Colman (1732-1794) English dramatist and essayist, educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, also a theatre owner

Addison, (1672-1719), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Addison, (1672-1719), 1830. Joseph Addison (1672- 1719) English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician, educated at Charterhouse School and Queens College, Oxford

Thomas Carlyle Esquire, 1839. Creator: Richard James Lane
Thomas Carlyle Esquire, 1839. Portrait of Scottish historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881). Carlyle wrote a history of the French Revolution which gained him popular as well as academic

Samuel Johnson, 1777, 1907. Dr Johnson, 18th century English man of letters. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

George Psalmanazar (b. (?) 1679, d. 1763), 1907. George Psalmanazar (c. 1679-1763) was a Frenchman who claimed to be the first native of Formosa (today Taiwan) to visit Europe

Samuel Johnson, 1773, 1907. Dr Johnson, 18th century English man of letters. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

Samuel Johnson, LL. D. 1907
Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 1907. Dr Johnson, 18th century English man of letters. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

Samuel Johnson, 1907. Dr Johnson, 18th century English man of letters. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

Americo Castro (1885-1972) Spanish essayist

Portrait of Eugeni d Ors i Rovira (1882-1954), Spanish essayist, charcoal drawing by Ramon Casas

Joan Maragall i Gorina (1860-1911), Catalan poet and essayist, portrait with his family

Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955), Spanish essayist and philosopher

Eduardo Gomez de Baquero, known as Andrenio (1886-1929), Spanish essayist and literary critic

Alfonso Sastre (1926 -), Spanish essayist and playwright born in Madrid, 1987 photo

Leo Tolstoy in the forest. Private Collection

Leo Tolstoy with His Family, 1900s. Private Collection

Leo Tolstoy reading. Found in the Collection of State Museum of Leo Tolstoy, Moscow

Portrait of the author Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), c. 1901-1902
Portrait of the author Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), c.1901-1902. Found in the collection of I. Turgenev Memorial Museum, Moscow

Portrait of the author Maxim Gorky (1868-1939), 1906. Artist: Gallen-Kallela, Akseli (1865-1931)
Portrait of the author Maxim Gorky (1868-1939), 1906. Found in the collection of the Konstmuseet Ateneum, Helsinki

The author Maxim Gorky reads his poem Children of the sun, 1905. Artist: Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844-1930)
The author Maxim Gorky reads his poem Children of the sun, 1905. Found in the collection of the Museum of Private Collections in A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The reading of the novella The Kreutzer Sonata at the Leo Tolstoy House, 1889. Found in the collection of the Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House), St Petersburg

Angling. Private Collection

Portrait of the author Maxim Gorky (1868-1939), 1936. Artist: Brodsky, Isaak Izrailevich (1884-1939)
Portrait of the author Maxim Gorky (1868-1939), 1936. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Portrait of the author Leo N. Tolstoy (1828-1910), 1900s. Artist: Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844-1930)
Portrait of the author Leo N. Tolstoy (1828-1910), 1900s. From a private collection

Portrait of the author Maxim Gorky (1868-1939), 1926. Artist: Grigoriev, Boris Dmitryevich (1886-1939)
Portrait of the author Maxim Gorky (1868-1939), 1926. Found in the collection of the State M. Gorky Museum, Moscow

Portrait of the author Maxim Gorky (1868-1939), 1921. Artist: Andreev, Nikolai Andreevich (1873-1932)
Portrait of the author Maxim Gorky (1868-1939), 1921. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Portrait of the author Leo N. Tolstoy (1828-1910), 1910. Artist: Styka, Jan (1858-1925)
Portrait of the author Leo N. Tolstoy (1828-1910), 1910. From a private collection

Marcel Proust, French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, late 19th-early 20th century. Artist: Otto
Marcel Proust, French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, late 19th-early 20th century. Portrait of Proust, (1871-1922), author of A la recherche du temps perdu

Charles Lamb, English essayist, (1903). Lamb (1775-1834) is best known for his Essays of Elia and for the childrens book Tales from Shakespeare. Supplement to The Bookman, 1903

Dr. Johnson Discoursing With His Friends, c1900, (1912). Artist: Harold Edward Hughes Nelson
Dr. Johnson Discoursing With His Friends, c1900, (1912). Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), referred to as Dr Johnson, an English writer, poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer

Mrs. Bryan, 1801. Artist: Mackenzie
Mrs. Bryan, 1801. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797?1851), English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or

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