Essayist Collection (page 2)

Ralph Waldo Emerson, c1870, (1911). Artist: Elliot & Fry
Ralph Waldo Emerson, c1870, (1911). Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of c1820. From Bibbys Annual 1911. [J

Sir Thomas Overbury, c16th century, (1904)
Sir Thomas Overbury, c16th century (1904). Sir Thomas Overbury (c1581-1613), English poet and essayist. From James I. and VI, by T. F. Henderson. [Goupil & Co

Richard Wagner, 1870, (1939). Artist: Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl
Richard Wagner, 1870, (1939). Richard Wagner (1813-1883), German composer, conductor, and essayist. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]. (Colorised black and white print)

Walt Whitman, c1862, (1939). Artist: Mathew Brady
Walt Whitman, c1862, (1939). Walter Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist and humanist, From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939

Joseph Addison, English writer and politician, c1870 (1878). Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an essayist, poet, playwright

Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Thomas Carlyle, c1872. Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Arrangement in Grey and Black, No.2: Thomas Carlyle, c1872. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), considered one of the most important social commentators of his time as a Scottish philosopher

Portrait of Voltaire, c18th century. Artist: Johann Huber
Portrait of Voltaire, c18th century. Voltaire (1694-1778), French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXVII. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1927]

GB Stern, 1937
GB Stern (1890-1973), novelist, critic, journalist, essayist and playwright, 1937. Cigarette card 34 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Ian Hay (Major John Hay Beith), 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Major General John Hay Beith, CBE (1876-1952), British schoolmaster and soldier, best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay, 1937

Jose Marti, Fermin Valdes Dominguez and Gomez Toro, Key West, Florida, USA, 1894 (c1910). Jose Marti was a world class poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator

Paul Valery, French poet, essayist and philosopher, 1935. Valery (1871-1945) was a French author and Symbolist poet, he also wrote essays and aphorisms on art, history, letters, music

Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol, French journalist and essayist, 1860. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Marcel Proust, French author, 1922. Proust (1871-1922) is best remembered for his A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) a seven volume work spanning some 3200 pages

Leon Bloy, French novelist, essayist and poet, 1895. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1950, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1850-1950

Washington Irving (1783-1859), American author, 19th century (1908). Best known for his short stories, Irving was also a prolific essayist, biographer and historian

Thomas Mann (1875-1955), German novelist and short story writer, early 20th century. Mann was also a social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1923Artist: Rischgitz Collection
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

Charles Lamb, English essayist, (1912). Lamb (1775-1834) is best known for his Essays of Elia and for the childrens book Tales from Shakespeare

Isaac D Israeli, British writer and scholar, c1840 (1878). Isaac D Israeli (1766-1848) was the father of the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli

Plutarch (c46-120) Greek historian, biographer, and essayist, 1924
Plutarch (c46-120) Greek historian, biographer, and essayist. Known primarily for Parallel Lives and Moralia. Taken from the Leaders of Men cigarette cards produced by Ogdens 1924

Washington Irving, American author, (c1880). Best known for his short stories, Irving was also a prolific essayist, biographer and historian

John Forster, c1860-1900. Artist: CH Jeens
John Forster, c1860-1900

Eliza Lynn Linton (1822-1898), British novelist, essayist, and journalist, 1890. Artist: W&D Downey
Eliza Lynn Linton (1822-1898), British novelist, essayist, and journalist, 1890. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery, first series, Cassell and Company Limited (London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890)

Sir William Temple, 17th century English statesman and essayist, (c1850). Temple (1628-1699) successfully negotiated the marriage of William, Prince of Orange and Princess Mary of England

Thomas Carlyle, 19th century Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, (1903). Carlyle (1795-1881) wrote a history of the French Revolution which gained him popular as well as academic fame when it

Four social theorists: Carlyle, Owen, Fourier and Proudhon, (1903). Robert Owen, Welsh socialist and social reformer; Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist

Letter from Charles Lamb to John Clare, 31st August 1822. Artist: Charles Lamb
Letter from Charles Lamb to John Clare, 31st August 1822. Letter written from India House by Lamb to John Clare the peasant-poet

Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher, 18th century. Portrait of Voltaire (1694-1778) as a young man

Jean de La Bruyere, French essayist and moralist, 17th century. Artist: Saint Jean
Jean de La Bruyere, French essayist and moralist, 17th century. Portrait of La Bruyere (1645-1696) who is best known for his translation of the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, c1873. Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, c1873. Portrait of Carlyle (1795-1881)

Charles Lamb, English essayist, 19th century. Portrait of Lamb (1775-1834)

Lenin and the author Maxim Gorky with the Fishermen at the Capri Island, 1946. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Sotchi

Leo Tolstoy with a newspaper, 1901. Artist: Pasternak, Leonid Osipovich (1862-1945)
Leo Tolstoy with a newspaper, 1901. Found in the collection of the Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House), St Petersburg

Lev Tolstoy at the Plough, 1903. Artist: Pasternak, Leonid Osipovich (1862-1945)
Lev Tolstoy at the Plough, 1903. From a private collection

Napoleon Bonaparte in Moscow, 1840. Adam, Albrecht (1786-1862). Found in the collection of the State United Museum Centre in the Kremlin, Moscow

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

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

Dr Johnson and James Boswell recovering from a hangover after a night on the town. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr Johnson and James Boswell recovering from a hangover after a night on the town. Boswell has a Bible open and reads: be not filled with wine wherein is excess

Dr Johnson, 18th century English man of letters. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet, Dr Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the oustanding personalities of 18th century Britain

Dr Johnson, English man of letters, c1780. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet, Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the oustanding personalities of 18th century Britain

Doctor Johnson in the ante-room of Lord Chesterfield, waiting for an audience, 1748. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

Samuel Johnson, English man of letters, talking to Oliver Goldsmith, English author, c1755-1774
Samuel Johnson, English man of letters, talking to Oliver Goldsmith, English author, 1755-1774. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

Samuel Johnson, 18th century English man of letters in his house off Fleet Street, London, 1852
Samuel Johnson, 18th century English man of letters in his house off Fleet Street, London, attended by his servant, Francis, and Mrs Williams, 1852

Samuel Johnson, English man of letters, 1756-1757. Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Samuel Johnson, English man of letters, 1756-1757. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet, Dr Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the oustanding personalities of 18th century Britain

Charles Lamb, English essayist, early 19th century. Lamb (1775-1834) used the pseudonym Elia. With his sister Mary he wrote Tales from Shakespeare (1807) for children

Charles Lamb, English essayist, c1880. Lamb (1775-1834) used the pseudonym Elia. With his sister Mary he wrote Tales from Shakespeare (1807) for children

James Beattie (1735-1803), Scottish poet, essayist and schoolmaster. He is shown holding his Essay on Truth (1770) attacking David Hume

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