Poet Collection

Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Creator: Henry Wallis
Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) was an unsuccessful poet whose suicide became a symbol of blighted artistic genius

Dante and the Divine Comedy (The Comedy Illuminating Florence), 1464-1465. Artist: Domenico di Michelino
Dante and the Divine Comedy (The Comedy Illuminating Florence), 1464-1465. From the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653

Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Mr Tennyson, Reading In Memoriam to his Sovereign, 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904)

Seated Voltaire (image 4 of 6), between c.1779 and c.1795. Creator: Jean-Antoine Houdon
Seated Voltaire (image 4 of 6), between c.1779 and c.1795

Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, c1600, (1942). Creator: Paulus van Somer
Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, c1600, (1942). Portrait of author, playwright and poet Mary Sidney Herbert (1561-1621)

Lesbia and her Sparrow, 1860. Private Collection

The Torments of Creative Work. Artist: Pasternak, Leonid Osipovich (1862-1945)
The Torments of Creative Work. From a private collection

Dante and his Poem the Divine Comedy, 1465. Artist: Domenico di Michelino
Dante and his Poem the Divine Comedy, 1465. Found in the collection of the Duomo, Florence, Italy

Dante in Oxford; Proctor: Your Name And College?, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Dante in Oxford; Proctor: Your Name And College?, 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904)

Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer, poet, and actor, 1979. Vysotsky (1938-1980), in the television mini-series The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed

The Bruiser, August 1, 1763. August 1, 1763. Creator: William Hogarth
The Bruiser, August 1, 1763

The Genius of Poetry Finding Burns at the Plough, 1840. Artist: John Rogers
The Genius of Poetry Finding Burns at the Plough, 1840. Robert Burns, Scottish poet. Burns (1759-1796) was a pioneer of the Romantic movement

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table-Talking, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table-Talking, 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904)

Poets and Novelists of the Victorian Era, late 19th century. Charlotte Bronte; William Makepeace Thackeray; George Eliot; Robert Browning; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Tom Hood; Charles Dickens;

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1868, printed 1875. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1868, printed 1875. A work made of carbon print

Young Man Writing. Artist: Meissonier, Ernest Jean Louis (1815-1891)
Young Man Writing. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

Charles Baudelaire, influential French poet, critic and translator, mid-19th century. Portrait of Baudelaire (1821-1867), author of Les fleurs du mal. (Colorised black and white print)

Jules Verne, c1878, (1912). Artist: Gaspard-Felix Tournachon
Jules Verne, c1878, (1912). Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) a French novelist, poet, and playwright known for adventure novels. Verne has a profound influence on the early genre of science fiction

William Morriss study, Kelmscott Manor, Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, 1901. From The Connoisseur magazine (December 1901)

Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and adventurer, 1870. Rimbauds (1854-1891) career as a poet was brief but dazzling. He wrote his last poem at the age of 19

Mr. and Mrs. Craik, 1865 / 75. Creators: Unknown, Benjamin Mulock
Mr. and Mrs. Craik, 1865/75. [Portrait of British novelist and poet Dinah Mulock Craik and her husband George Lillie Craik]. Albumen print, possibly by her brother Benjamin Mulock

Thence issuing we again beheld the stars, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
The beautiful lights of heav n dawn d through a circular opening in the cave: thus issuing we again beheld the stars, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil emerge from Hell, and see the stars

Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas (1580-1645), Spanish writer and poet

Felix Lope de Vega (1562-1635), Spanish poet

Homer. Artist: Leloir, Jean-Baptiste Auguste (1809-1892)
Homer. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, late 19th century. Artist: W H Grove
Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, late 19th century. Born in Camberwell, London, Browning (1812-1889) published his first poem Pauline in 1833

Byron as he appeared after his daily ride at Pisa and Genoa, c1820s, (1911). Artist: Gaspar Netscher
Byron as he appeared after his daily ride at Pisa and Genoa, 1911. George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) commonly known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

Marcus Valerius Martialis, Roman poet, (1814). Artist: Page
Marcus Valerius Martialis, Roman poet, (1814). Marcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet who lived in Hispania (Spain) during the 1st century AD

Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, c1867. Artist: Frederick Hollyer
Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, c1867. Swinburne (1837-1909) was one of the most noted and at times shocking poets of the Victorian era

Anna Akhmatova (Ritratto di Donna Rossa), 1915. Artist: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920)
Anna Akhmatova (Ritratto di Donna Rossa), 1915. From a private collection

The late Walter Savage Landor, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The late Walter Savage Landor, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins. 'Our readers may...look with some interest upon the portrait of a man of great originality

Portrait of writer Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), 1909. Creator: Trubetzkoy (Troubetzkoy)
Portrait of writer Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), 1909. Private Collection

Portrait of poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861), 1861. Creator: Timm, Wassili (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)
Portrait of poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861), 1861. Private Collection

"The Task of Erinna, The Greek Poetess", sculptured by H. S. Leifchild,...Royal Academy, 1864
"The Task of Erinna, The Greek Poetess", sculptured by H. S. Leifchild, from the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1864

Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laureate, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laureate, 1864. Engraving of the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) from a photograph '...by W. Jeffrey, of Great Russell-street; published by Messrs

Portrait of Voltaire, c1740. Creator: Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
Portrait of Voltaire, c1740

Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, 1790-1855, 1831. Creator: Johan Gustaf Sandberg
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, 1790-1855, 1831

The Poet. Verner von Heidenstam, Author, 1911. Creator: Johan Axel Gustav Acke
The Poet. Verner von Heidenstam, Author, 1911

Sophia Elisabet Weber, 1659-1730, married to Elias Brenner, c18th century. Creator: Georg Engelhard Schroder
Sophia Elisabet Weber, 1659-1730, married to Elias Brenner, c18th century

Poetry and Poets, 1800s. Creator: Francisco Goya
Poetry and Poets, 1800s. Poetry is symbolised by a woman with a lyre. She is seated near the top of Mount Helicon, abode of the muses, goddesses of poetry

Jan Jacob Lodewijk ten Kate (1818-1889), Poet, 1875. Creator: Jan Hendrik Neuman
Jan Jacob Lodewijk ten Kate (1818-1889), Poet, 1875

Mrs. Sara Teasdale Felsinger [sic], portrait photograph, 1919 July 11. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Sara Teasdale Filsinger, portrait photograph, 1919 July 11. American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

Karl August Nicander, 1799-1839, 1827. Creator: Olaf Johan Sodermark
Karl August Nicander, 1799-1839, 1827

Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford (née Harington) (158001627), 1610s. Creator: William Larkin
Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford (nee Harington) (1580-1627), 1610s

Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, 1718-1763, mid-late 18th century. Creator: Johan Stålbom
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, 1718-1763, mid-late 18th century

Model study called Lasse Lucidor. Creator: Cornelis Cornelisz. Kunst
Model study called Lasse Lucidor, Unknown date

AI IMAGE - Portrait of John Keats, 19th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of John Keats, 19th century, (2023). John Keats (31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets

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