Images Dated 24th March 2006 (page 2)

Lord Russell, English politician, 1796. Portrait of William, Lord Russell (1639-1683)

William Wordsworth, English romantic poet, 19th century. Portait of Wordsworth (1770-1850), author of the poem popularly known as Daffodils, (1807)

Robert Southey, English poet, 19th century. Southey (1774-1843) belonged to the Romantic movement and was one of the Lake Poets

Alexander Pope, English poet, (1807). Artist: C Picart
Alexander Pope, English poet, (1807). Pope (1688-1744) is considered one of the greatest English poets of the eighteenth century

Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, 1859. Artist: G Cook
Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, 1859. Born in Camberwell, London, Browning (1812-1889) published his first poem Pauline in 1833

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and Whig statesman, c1788, (1830). Artist: R Hicks
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and Whig statesman, c1788, (1830). Portrait of Sheridan (1751-1816), Irish-born dramatist and author of The Rivals

Lord Byron, Anglo-Scottish poet, c1813, (1831). Artist: H Robinson
Lord Byron, Anglo-Scottish poet, c1813, (1831). Portrait of George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824), a leading figure in Romanticism

Kasi Das Prasad Ghosh, Indian poet, 1834. Artist: J Cochran
Kasi Das Prasad Ghosh, Indian poet, 1834. Portrait of Ghosh, (1809-1873)

Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet, 19th century. Artist: John Jenkins
Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet, 19th century. Portrait of Campbell (1777-1844), author of The Pleasures of Hope

Jan Gaspar Gevartius, 19th century. Artist: WH Worthington
Jan Gaspar Gevartius, 19th century. Portrait of Jean Gaspard Gaspar Gevaerts, a lawyer and secretary of the city of Antwerp

Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish artist, early 17th century, (19th century). Artist: W Holl
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish artist, early 17th century, (19th century). Rubens (1577-1640) is considered by many to be one of the greatest painters in European art history

Rembrandt, Dutch painter, 1826. Artist: J Pass
Rembrandt, Dutch painter, 1826. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history and the most important in Dutch history

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, French writer, 1817. Artist: J Chapman
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, French writer, 1817. Portrait of Montaigne (1533-1592), influential French Renaissance writer

St Ignatius Loyola, (1814). Artist: Page
St Ignatius Loyola, (1814). Portrait of the saint (1491-1556)

John Milton, English poet, (1815). Artist: Henry Cooke
John Milton, English poet, (1815). Milton (1608-1674), author of Paradise Lost, became totally blind in about 1652

Sir Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier and soldier, 19th century. Artist: R Cooper
Sir Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier and soldier, 19th century. Sidney (1554-1586) was appointed Governor of Flushing in the Netherlands in 1585

Queen Victoria, c1850s. Artist: DJ Pound
Queen Victoria, c1850s. Alexandrina Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman and essayist, 19th century. Artist: J Thomson
Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, English philosopher, statesman and essayist, 19th century. Bacon (1561-1626) became Lord Chancellor in 1618

Sir Walter Raleigh, writer, poet, courtier and explorer, (19th century). Artist: R Cooper
Sir Walter Raleigh, writer, poet, courtier and explorer, (19th century). Raleigh (1554-1618) was an English adventurer, explorer and writer, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

George Meredith, English novelist and poet, c1909. Artist: Frederick Hollyer
George Meredith, English novelist and poet, c1909. Portrait of Meredith (1828-1909) who was also a war correspondent

Matthew Arnold, English poet and cultural critic, c1880s. Artist: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co
Matthew Arnold, English poet and cultural critic, c1880s. Arnold (1822-1888) was inspector of schools and professor of poetry

John Ruskin, English critic, poet and artist, c1880s. Artist: Barraud
John Ruskin, English critic, poet and artist, c1880s. Ruskin (1819-1900) was a leading art and social critic, author, poet and artist of the Victorian period

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet of the Victorian era, mid-19th century. Artist: Field Talfourd
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet of the Victorian era, mid-19th century. Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) eloped with fellow poet Robert Browning

William Makepeace Thackeray, English novelist, c1864. Artist: Samuel Laurence
William Makepeace Thackeray, English novelist, c1864. Portrait of Thackeray (1811-1863) author of Vanity Fair

Charles Dickens, English novelist, c1860s. Artist: Fradelle & Young
Charles Dickens, English novelist, c1860s. Portrait of Dickens (1812-1870), author of Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, The Pickwick Papers and many other classic Victorian novels

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, c1873. Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, c1873. Portrait of Carlyle (1795-1881)

Isabella and the Pot of Basil, c1867. Artist: William Holman Hunt
Isabella and the Pot of Basil, c1867. Scene inspired by The Decameron by the Italian Renaissance poet Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). Isabellas brothers murder her lover Lorenzo

Thomas Babington, British poet, historian and Whig politician, 19th century. Portrait of Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800-1859)

Lord Byron, Anglo-Scottish poet, 19th century. Portrait of George Gordon (Noel) Byron (1788-1824), a leading figure in Romanticism

Jane Austen, English novelist, 19th century
Jane Austen, English author, 19th century. Portrait of Jane Austen (1775-1817), after a watercolour

Sir Walter Scott and his friends, c1849. Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) and his literary friends at Abbotsford: seated; Thomas Thomson, James Ballantyne, Archibald Constable

William Hazlitt, English writer, 19th century. Portrait of essayist Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Charles Lamb, English essayist, 19th century. Portrait of Lamb (1775-1834)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, critic, and philosopher, 19th century. Portrait of Coleridge (1772-1834), Romantic poet and author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. and Kubla Khan

William Wordsworth, English romantic poet, c1850. Portait of Wordsworth (1770-1850), author of the poem popularly known as Daffodils, (1807)

The Meeting of Burns and Scott, c1786, (late 19th century). Two great Scottish writers, the Romantic poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), and novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) come face-to-face

William Cowper, English poet and hymnodist, 19th century. Cowper (1731-1800) was one of the most widely read English poets of his day

The Vicar of Wakefield, c1850. Scene from Oliver Goldsmiths novel which was written between 1761 and 1762

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer and physician, (19th century). Irish-born British playwright, dramatist, poet and novelist Goldsmith (1730-1774)

Doctor Johnson waiting for an audience with Lord Chesterfield, 19th century. Johnson (1709-1784), the famous English man of letters, waits to see Lord Chesterfield

Samuel Johnson, literary critic, poet, essayist, biographer, (19th century). Portrait of Johnson (1709-1784), the famous English man of letters

Edward Gibbon, British historian, 19th century. Gibbon (1737-1737), influential historian, wrote The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire

Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish writer, 19th century. Swift (1667-1745) is famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub

Alexander Pope, English poet, (19th century). Pope (1688-1744) was one of the most influential poets of the eighteenth century

John Dryden, English poet, literary critic, and playwright, (19th century). John Dryden (1631-1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright

John Milton, English poet, (19th century). Milton (1608-1674), author of Paradise Lost, became totally blind in about 1652

Romeo and Juliet, late 19th century. The balcony scene from Shakespeares play

Edmund Spenser, English poet, (19th century). Spenser (c1552-1599) was Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth I

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