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Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, c1867. Artist: Frederick HollyerAlgernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, c1867. Swinburne (1837-1909) was one of the most noted and at times shocking poets of the Victorian era
The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Artist: T CobbThe Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Miserable, ragged, undernourished children
Summer at The Pines, c1909, (1934). The Pines, 11 Putney Hill, Putney, the home of Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914) an English critic and poet, seen in the lower window
Swinburne, c1877, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill WhistlerSwinburne, c1877, (1904). Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) a poet and critic From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904]
Isabel and Thomas Crathorne, 1767. Artist: Francis CotesIsabel and Thomas Crathorne, 1767. Painting held in The Huntington Library. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1929]
Swinburne, 19th century (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill WhistlerSwinburne, 19th century (1904). Etching. Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black (London, 1904)
Algernon Charles Swinburne, Victorian era English poet, 1909. Artist: Elliott & FryAlgernon Charles Swinburne, Victorian era English poet, 1909. Swinburnes (1837-1909) poetry was highly controversial in its day, much of it containing recurring themes of sadomasochism, death-wish
Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC), Queen of Egypt, dissolving pearls in wine, 1866. Artist: Frederick Augustus SandysCleopatra VII (69-30 BC), Queen of Egypt, dissolving pearls in wine, 1866. Cleopatra was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, established when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC