Writer Collection (#78)

Paul Deroulede, French author and politician, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Paul Deroulede, French author and politician, 1898. In 1882 Deroulede, along with the historian Henri Martin and Felix Faure, founded the Ligue des patriotes

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

Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century Anglo-Irish writer and feminist. Artist: Swan Electric Engraving Company
Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century Anglo-Irish writer and feminist. A writer with radical political views on a range of issues fincluding womens rights, education

Charles Dickens (1812-70) English author, (c1860s?). Photograph of Dickens seated with dog at his side, taken towards end of his life

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), English novelist, essayist and critic. Virginia Woolf (nee Stephen) was a leading figure in London literary circles and was a member of the Bloomsbury group

HG Wells (1865-1946), English novelist, writer and popular historian, c1925. Hubert George Wells is best known for his works of science fiction, including The Time Machine

Virgil (79-19 BC), Roman poet. Virgil (Publius Vergillus Maro) was the author of Aeneid and Georgics

Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1893) English poet, c1880
Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet, c1880. Tennyson succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850

Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet, 1855. Tennyson succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian, c1930. The author of such well known works as Pygmalion and Saint Joan, Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925

John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, 1870. Milton is shown here imagined in later life when blind, seated by a small chamber organ

DH (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885-1930), English novelist and poet, (c1910s?). Lawrence is regarded as one of the greatest figures of 20th century English literature

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963), English essayist and novelist, 1927. Huxley is best remembered for Brave New World, his work of science fiction describing life in a technologically advanced

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author, 1857
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author. Although also a poet and novelist, Andersen is particularly remembered for his famous fairy tales, including The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes

William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882), English historical novelist. Ainsworths works include Old St Paul s, The Tower of London and Windsor Castle

Joseph Addisons torchlight funeral in Westminster Abbey, 1719 (c1850). Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician

Joseph Addisons birthplace at Milston near Amesbury, Wiltshire. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician

Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. Artist: Thornthwaite
Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, playwright and politician, 1794. He was a friend of Richard Steele and Jonathan Swift and edited The Spectator with Steele in 1711-1712

Alexander Adam (1741-1809) Scottish teacher and writer. Headmaster Watsons Hospital, Edinburgh, and of High School, Edinburgh (1768). Engraving after portrait by Raeburn

Novalis (1772-1801), pen-name of Friedrich von Hardenberg, German Romantic poet and novelist. Died of consumption. Known as the Prophet of Romanticism

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), American writer, 1875

Henry Cole, British designer, civil servant and writer, 1871. Cole (1808-1882) assisted Rowland Hill in designing the worlds first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black

Richard Owen, British zoologist, 1873. Artist: Spy
Richard Owen, British zoologist, 1873. After qualifying and practising as a surgeon, Owen (1804-1892) made major contributions in the fields of anatomy and paleontology

William Somerset Maugham, British author of novels, plays and short stories, 1927. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) qualified as a physician at St Thomass Hospital, London, in 1897

H. G. Wells, English author and popular historian, 1927
H. G. Wells (1866-1946.), English author and popular historian, 1927

The house at Farnham, Kent, in which William Cobbett was born, 1763 (1834)
The house at Farnham, Kent, in which Cobbett was born. William Cobbett (1763-1835), English writer, champion of the poor and radical politician. Print published London 1834

Henry Ward Beecher, American Congregational minister and writer
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-87), American Congregational minister and writer. Brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Woodcut

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), French political philosopher. Artist: Pierre Michel Alix
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), French political philosopher, educationalist and author. Aquatint after portrait by Garneray from Pierre Michel Alix (1752-1817) series of portraits of eminent men

Charles Kingsley fighting a fire, British writer and cleric
Charles Kingsley (1819-75) fighting a fire, British writer and cleric. Christian Socialist: Muscular Christianity. Believed in possibility of reconciling science and religion

Charles Kingsley, British writer and cleric, c1880
Charles Kingsley (1819-75), British writer and cleric, c1880. Christian Socialist, Muscular Christianity. Believed in possibility of reconciling science and religion. Wood engraving

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philospher and writer
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1840-1900), German philospher and writer

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French political author, 1787
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) contemplating the natural beauty of Switzerland. French political author, educationalist and philosopher, 1787. Engraving

Hannah More being introduced to society, English religious writer
Hannah More (1745-1833) English religious writer and playwright, and member of the Blue Stocking circle of intelligent educated women, being introduced to Society by the Duchess of Gloucester

Hannah More, English religions writer, poet and playwright, c1800. English religions writer, poet and playwright. Member of Blue Stocking Circle of learned intelligent women. Engraving as young woman

George Eliot as a young woman, c1840
George Eliot pen name of Mary Ann Evans as a young woman. English novelist of great stature. Author of Adam Bede, Silas Marner, The Mill on the Floss, Romola, Felix Holt, Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda

Lord Byron, English poet. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) was a leading figure in the Romantic movement

Robert Browning, English poet and dramatist, 1882. Born in Camberwell, London, Browning (1812-1889) published his first poem Pauline in 1833

Robert Browning, English poet and dramatist, c1880. Born in Camberwell, London, Browning (1812-1889) published his first poem Pauline in 1833

Victor Hugo, French poet, dramatist and novelist, 1867. Artist: Andre Gill
Victor Hugo, French poet, dramatist and novelist, 1867. Born in Besancon, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a central figure in the French Romantic movement

Francois Rabelais (c1495-1553), 1777. Artist: Pierre Savart
Francois Rabelais, French writer, satirist, humanist, doctor and monk, 1777. Born at Chinon in Touraine, Rabelais (c1495-1553)

George Sand, French Romantic novelist, mid 19th century. Married at 18, after nine years Sand (1804-1876) left her husband Baron Dudevant and went to Paris with their two children

JB Priestley, British novelist, playwright, essayist and broadcaster, c1927. Joseph Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) was born in Bradford in Yorkshire and educated at Cambridge

Arthur Quiller-Couch, English poet, novelist, anthologist and critic, c1927. Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) was born at Fowey, Cornwall

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

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