Poem Collection (page 7)

The late Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A. 1850. Creator: Unknown
The late Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A. 1850. Portrait of Irish painter and...venerable President of the Royal Academy [of Arts]...Sir Martin

Plate 8, from Nella Venuta, 1764. Creator: Franz Edmund Weirotter
Plate 8, from Nella Venuta, 1764

Head study for "Arindal and Daura", around 1820/1855. Creator: Johann Peter Krafft
Head study for "Arindal and Daura", around 1820/1855

Hand study for "Arindal and Daura", around 1820/1855. Creator: Johann Peter Krafft
Hand study for "Arindal and Daura", around 1820/1855

Illustration for the poem "Suzga", 1862-1887. Creator: Mikhail Znamensky
Illustration for the poem "Suzga", 1862-1887. From an album of 32 original watercolors from the library of Tsar Nicholas II

Head study for "Arindal and Daura", around 1820/1855. Creator: Johann Peter Krafft
Head study for "Arindal and Daura", around 1820/1855

Sandals study for “Rüdiger and Angelika”, around 1842. Creator: Johann Peter Krafft
Sandals study for "Rudiger and Angelika", around 1842

The International Exhibition: "Una and the Lion", in metal, modelled by the late John Thomas, 1862. We here engrave one of the best works by the prolific, versatile

Margrave Rüdiger of Bechelaren, 1912. Creator: Franz Metzner
Margrave Rudiger of Bechelaren, 1912

The International Exhibition: "The Peri", a marble statue, by J. S. Westmacott, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: "The Peri", a marble statue, by J. S. Westmacott, 1862. The most beautiful and deservedly-popular tale in Moore's "Lalla Rookh" is

The International Exhibition: The Lady Godiva Ribbon, by J. Ratliff and Son, of Coventry, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: The Lady Godiva Ribbon, by J. Ratliff and Son, of Coventry, 1862. This work consists of a passage from Tennyson's poem "Godiva" illuminated in a masterly

Poem by Gon-Chunagon Sadaie, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), late 18th-early 19th century

Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), ca. 1835

Now was the day departing, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Now was the day departing, and the air, imbrown d with shadows, from their toils released, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil

San Juan de la Cruz (Juan de Yepes Alvarez) (1542-1591), Spanish writer, theologian and religious

The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Artist: T Cobb
The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Miserable, ragged, undernourished children

Bowl with a Majlis Scene by a Pond, Iran, dated A. H. 582 / A. D. 1186. Creator: Abu Zayd
Bowl with a Majlis Scene by a Pond, Iran, dated A.H. 582/ A.D. 1186. Abu Zayd, a proficient poet, composed at least one of the love poems inscribed on this bowl

Cock Eyeing a Free-standing Screen Painted with Cock, Hen, and Chicks, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jo), vol. 1, probably 1813

A Poet and Mount Fuji From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shu), vol. 3, ca. 1820s

Battle Between Iranians and Turanians, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), 1562-83

Bahram Gur in the White Palace on Friday, Folio 235 from a Khamsa... A.H. 931 / A.D
Bahram Gur in the White Palace on Friday, Folio 235 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, A.H. 931/A.D. 1524-25

Gareth and Lynette, 1874. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Gareth and Lynette, 1874. A bearded man (Andrew Hichens) poses as Gareth reclining with head cast down and eyes closed. A woman (May Prinsep Hichens), poses as Lynette

Sir Galahad and the Pale Nun, 1874. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Sir Galahad and the Pale Nun, 1874. A photographic illustration to Alfred Tennysons " Idylls of the King" ; a series of narrative poems based on the legends of King Arthur

The Passing of King Arthur, 1874. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
The Passing of King Arthur, 1874. A melodramatic depiction of Arthurs death scene. A bearded man (William Warder) in profile

King Arthur, September 1874. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
King Arthur, September 1874. A photograph of the torso and head in profile of a bearded and long-haired knight (William Warder) with helmet and chainmail gripping a sword

Bahram Gur in the Yellow Palace on Sunday, Folio 213 from a Khamsa... A.H. 931 / A.D
Bahram Gur in the Yellow Palace on Sunday, Folio 213 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, A.H. 931/A.D. 1524-25

Bahram Gur in the Sandal Palace on Thursday, Folio 230 from a Khamsa... A.H. 931 / A.D
Bahram Gur in the Sandal Palace on Thursday, Folio 230 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, A.H. 931/A.D. 1524-25

Platonic Love, May 30, 1807. May 30, 1807. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Platonic Love, May 30, 1807

Rustam Lassos Rakhsh, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1450. Creator: Unknown
Rustam Lassos Rakhsh, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1450

Bamboo in Wind and Rain, ca. 1694. Creator: Shitao
Bamboo in Wind and Rain, ca. 1694

The Flying Scotsman, famous locomotive No. 4472, leaving Kings Cross, 1935
The " Flying Scotsman", famous locomotive No. 4472, leaving the L.N.E.R.s London terminus at Kings Cross with a night express for the north, 1935

You must know - said the Judge but the Snark exlaimed Fudge!, pub
You must know - " said the Judge but the Snark exlaimed " Fudge!" from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 (b/w engraving)

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Juana Ines de Asbaje y Ramirez de Santillana (1651-1695), Mexican poet and religious

Burns Grace, late 19th century. Artist: Henry John Dobson
Burns Grace, late 19th century. Grace thought by some to have been written by Robert Burns (1759-1796), but which was possibly already in use before his time: Some hae meat and canna eat

Elegy, written in a Country Churchyard, 18th December 1750. Artist: Thomas Gray
Elegy, written in a Country Churchyard, 18th December 1750. Copy, in Grays own hand, of his Elegy, enclosed in a letter written from Cambridge to Dr Thomas Wharton

Persian miniature of battle between Alexander the Great and Darius, 16th century
Persian miniature illustrating a battle between Alexander the Great (20/21 July 356 - 10/11 June 323 BC) and Darius III (c)

Dante protected by Virgil from harm by demons, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante protected by Virgil from harm by demons, 1863. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)

Statue of Odysseus, hero of Homers epic poem The Odyssey

Caricature of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), 1754. German Baroque composer Handel portrayed as a pig, a Charming Brute

An'ei Era [1772-1781] Woman Composing Poems, published in 1891. Creator: Mizuno Toshikata
An'ei Era [1772-1781] Woman Composing Poems, published in 1891. Series: Thirty-six Ways of Loving

Plate 4 for Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, 1772. Creator: Daniel Berger
Plate 4 for Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, 1772. Book: Almanac Genealogique, 1772

Saperlotte!...que je voudrais...que ma femme ait fini.. 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Saperlotte!...que je voudrais...que ma femme ait fini.. 1844. Saperlotte!...que je voudrais donc que ma femme ait fini d'improviser son quatrain sur les beautes de la nature dans la plaine St

The Return of Ulysses. Scene from Homer´s Ulysses, 1812. Creator: CW Eckersberg
The Return of Ulysses. Scene from Homer´s Ulysses, 1812

2 scenes from Pastoral Plays, Wash. D.C. May 1906: Strephon casts off Chloe, 1906. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
2 scenes from Pastoral Plays, Wash. D.C. May 1906: Strephon casts off Chloe, 1906. Miss Wise and Mr. Archibald in "The Oaks"

Hood Memorial Relief - "The Dream of Eugene Aram", 1854. Creator: Unknown
Hood Memorial Relief - "The Dream of Eugene Aram", 1854. Detail on monument commemorating poet Thomas Hood in Kensal Green Cemetery, London

Hood Memorial Relief - "The Bridge of Sighs", 1854. Creator: Unknown
Hood Memorial Relief - "The Bridge of Sighs", 1854. Detail on monument commemorating poet Thomas Hood in Kensal Green Cemetery, London

Venus and the Nymphs Lamenting the Death of Adonis, 1560-65. Creator: Luca Cambiaso
Venus and the Nymphs Lamenting the Death of Adonis, 1560-65

Chrysogone Conceives, in a Ray of Sunshine, Amoretta and Belphoebe (Edmund Spenser, "... 1800-1810)
Chrysogone Conceives, in a Ray of Sunshine, Amoretta and Belphoebe (Edmund Spenser, "The Faerie Queene, III, vi), 1800-1810

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