Novelist Collection (page 8)

Phyllis Bentley, 1937
Phyllis Bentley (1894-1977), English novelist and critic, native of Halifax, Yorkshire, 1937. Cigarette card 3 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

John Buchan, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
John Buchan (1875-1940), Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada 1937. He created Baron Tweedsmuir

Denise Robins, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Denise Robins (1897-1985), English romantic novelist and the first President of the Romantic Novelists Association (1960-1966), 1937

Margaret Kennedy, 1937
Margaret Kennedy (1896-1967), English novelist and playwright, 1937. Cigarette card 19 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Francis Brett Young, 1937
Francis Brett Young (1884-1954), English novelist, poet, playwright, and composer, 1937. Cigarette card 40 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Sheila Kaye-Smith, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Sheila Kaye-Smith (1887-1956), English writer, 1937. Cigarette card 18 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Rebbecca West, 1937. Artist: Cicely Isabel Fairfield
Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield DBE (1892-1983), known as Rebecca West, British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer, 1937

Hugh Walpole, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884-1941), New Zealand born English novelist, 1937. Cigarette card 36 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Annies Swan, 1937
Annies Swan CBE (1859-1943), Scottish journalist, novelist, story writer and public speaker, 1937. Cigarette card 35 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

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

Elinor Glyn, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Elinor Glyn (1864-1943), British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction, 1937. Cigarette card 12 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

The Right Honourable the Marchioness of Townshend, 1792, (1903). Artist: Thomas Cheesman
The Right Honourable the Marchioness of Townshend, 1792. After a work by Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807). From The Connoisseur Vol. VII [Otto Limited, London, 1903.]

Mrs Russel Manners, (1917). Artist: Robert Cooper
Mrs Russel Manners. Portrait of Catherine, Mrs. Russell Manners, the later Lady Stepney. Catherine Stepney (1778?1845) was a British novelist and socialite

Lady Betty Foster, c18th century, 1917. Artist: Caroline Watson
Lady Betty Foster, 1917. Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (nee Elizabeth Christiana Hervey, then Lady Elizabeth Foster), (1759-1824), is best known as an early woman novelist

Marguerite, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849) Irish novelist, 1937. Artist: Alexander K MacDonald
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington, (1789-1849) Irish novelist. From an original drawing by A. K. Macdonald. From the John Player & Sons cigarette card series Famous Beauties, 1937

Cirilo Villaverde, Cuban poet, novelist, journalist and freedom fighter, c1910
Cirilo Villaverde, Cuban poet, novelist, journalist and freedom fighter (1812 - 1894). Born to a doctor on a sugar plantation, Villaverde witnessed slavery and all of its evils

Sir Walter Scott, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935
Sir Walter Scott, (1771-1832), Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. Taken from a series of cigarette cards entitled Celebrities of British History produced by Carreas Ltd, 1935

Charles Dickens, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935
Charles Dickens. From the painting by Ary Scheffer, at the National Portrait Gallery. Taken from a series of cigarette cards entitled Celebrities of British History produced by Carreas Ltd, 1935

George Robert Sims, British journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist, 1884. Artist: St Jamess Photographic Co
George Robert Sims, British journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist, 1884. A photograph from The Theatre, A Monthly Review, Volume IV, July to December, 1884, edited by Clement Scott, David Bogue

Swedish author Selma Lagerlof and her mother, Louise, 1909. In 1909 Lagerlof (1858-1940) became the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

The novelist of Society, 1871. Artist: Coide
The novelist of Society, 1871. A caricature of Scottish novelist and poet George Whyte-Melville (1821-1878). A print from Vanity Fair, 23 September 1871

The Heir of the Ages, James Payn, English novelist, 1888. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
The Heir of the Ages, James Payn, English novelist, 1888. A print from Vanity Fair, September 8th 1888

Oscar WiIde, Irish writer, wit and playwright, c1890. Wilde (1854-1900) was an exponent of art for arts sake. His best known novel is The Picture of Dorian Gray

Mark Twain, American novelist, in his later years, c1890s (1955). Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Alfred Townsend, Mark Twain and David Gray, 1871 (1955). The famous American novelist in conversation with Townsend, a journalist, war correspondent and novelist and Gray

Jules Verne, French novelist, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Jules Verne, French novelist, 1877. Verne is best known for his groundbreaking works of science fiction. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate

Wide open spaces: James Fenimore Cooper, American author, 19th century (1956). Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century

Oscar Wilde, Irish-born playwright and wit, c1891 (1956). Pictured at the age of thirty-seven. Wilde (1854-1900) studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Magdalen College, Oxford

Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist, c1900 (1956). Tolstoy (1828-1910) is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina

Henry James, American-born British novelist, 1890 (1956). Although born in the USA, Henry James (1843-1916) travelled extensively to Europe and lived primarily in England from 1876 onwards

Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman, 19th century (1956). Disraeli (1804-1881) was twice Prime Minister of Britain, first in 1868 and then again between 1874 and 1880

Charles Dickens, British novelist, 19th century (1956). Considered one of the English languages greatest writers, Dickens (1812-1870) was the foremost novelist of the Victorian era

Honore de Balzac, French novelist, 19th century (1956). Balzac (1799-1850) qualified as a lawyer, but abandoned the legal profession for literature

Anna de Noailles, French author, 1930. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1855-1915

Octave Mirbeau, French writer, 1905. Mirbeau (1848-1917) was a journalist, art critic, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright. His writings have been translated into thirty languages

Pierre Loti, French naval officer and novelist, 1908. Pierre Loti was the pseudonym of Julien Viaud (1850-1923). A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres

Alphonse Daudet, French novelist, 1890. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1860-1920

Georges Courteline, French dramatist and novelist, 1900. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8

Judith Gautier, French poet and historical novelist, 1900. Judith Gautier (1845-1917) was the daughter of the author Theophile Gautier

Charles Paul de Kock, French novelist, 1870. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1860-1920

Victor Hugo, French author, on his deathbed, 22nd May 1885. Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a central figure in the French Romantic movement

Paul Feval the Elder, French novelist and dramatist, 1868. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Guy de Maupassant, French author, 1890. Maupassant (1850-1893) is regarded as one of the fathers of the modern short story

Alfred de Vigny, French poet, playwright and novelist, 1862. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Jean Richepin, French poet, dramatist and novelist, and Leon Bonnat, French artist, 1901. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album

Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist, 1872. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris

Victor Hugo, French novelist, in exile in Guernsey, 1866. Victor Hugo with, amongst others, Juliette Drouet, and his grandchildren Georges and Jeanne Hugo

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