Images Dated 24th March 2006 (page 3)

The Canterbury pilgrims, 19th century. Pilgrims from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343-1400)

Geoffrey Chaucer, English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, and diplomat, (19th century). Portrait of Chaucer, (c1343-1400), author of The Canterbury Tales

William Caxtons press in the Almonry, Westminster, 15th century, (19th century). Caxton (c1422-1491) was the first English printer

Louis XVI, King of France, (1814). Artist: Edward Topham
Louis XVI, King of France, (1814). Portrait of Louis XVI (1754-1793) who was executed during the French Revolution

Duke of Burgundy, (19th century). Artist: Clamp
Duke of Burgundy, (19th century). Portrait of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1396-1467)

Edward of Norwich, (1793). Artist: E Harding
Edward of Norwich, (1793). Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York and 1st Duke of Aumale (1373-1415) died at the Battle of Agincourt. Edward was the major English casualty in that battle

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman, 19th century. Anglo-Irish Wellington (1769-1852) was Governor of Mysore, 1799-1805

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman, 19th century. Artist: H Robinson
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman, 19th century. Anglo-Irish Wellington (1769-1852) was Governor of Mysore, 1799-1805

William Pitt, the Younger, British politician and Prime Minister, 19th century. Artist: J Thomson
William Pitt, the Younger, British politician and Prime Minister, 19th century. Portrait of Pitt the Younger (1759-1806)

William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of India, 19th century. Artist: Freeman
William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of India, 19th century. Amherst (1773-1857) was sent as Ambassador to China in 1816, but as he refused to perform the ceremony of kow-tow

William Pitt, the Younger, British politician and Prime Minister, 1814. Artist: J Brown
William Pitt, the Younger, British politician and Prime Minister, 1814. Portrait of Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) with sword and trident, and above, an owl and the Union Jack

Oliver Cromwell, English military leader and politician, 19th century. Artist: Edwards
Oliver Cromwell, English military leader and politician, 19th century. Portrait of Cromwell (1599-1658), the Lord Protector

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet, 19th century. Artist: Henry Thomas Ryall
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet, 19th century. Portrait of Scott (1771-1832), author of Ivanhoe

Oliver Cromwell, English military leader and politician, 1706. Portrait of Cromwell (1599-1658), the Lord Protector

John Wycliffe, English theologian, 19th century. Artist: J Rogers
John Wycliffe, English theologian, 19th century. Wycliffe (c1330-1384) was a philosopher, religious reformer and a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation

Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leaders of the French Revolution, 19th century. Artist: W H Moll
Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leaders of the French Revolution, 19th century. Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary and protagonist of the Reign of Terror

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot, 19th century. Artist: J Hagger
Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot, 19th century. Portrait of Garibaldi (1807-1882), soldier of the Risorgimento

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and teacher, late 19th century. Born in Portland, Maine, Longfellow (1807-1882) is popularly remembered today for his poem Paul Reveres Ride (1863)

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, dramatist and scientist, 19th century. Polymath Goethe (1749-1832) was a novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher

Martin Luther, German theologian, Augustinian monk, and ecclesiastical reformer, 1814. Artist: J Chapman
Martin Luther, German theologian, Augustinian monk, and ecclesiastical reformer, 1814. Luther (1483-1546) was a major inspiration behind the Reformation

Moliere, French theatre writer, director and actor, (1817). Artist: I Chapman
Moliere, French theatre writer, director and actor, (1817). Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Moliere (1622-1673), was a French theatre writer, director and actor

George Washington, first President of the United States, 19th century. After commanding the American Revolutionary army to victory over the British in the American War of Independence

Sir Walter Raleigh, writer, poet, courtier and explorer, (19th century). Artist: H Robinson
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

Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, 1850. Artist: George Richmond
Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, 1850. Portrait of Bronte (1816-1855), author of Jane Eyre

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

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, c1867. Artist: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, c1867. Tennyson (1809-1892) was born at Somersby, Lincolnshire

George Eliot, English novelist, 19th century. Artist: Frederic William Burton
George Eliot, English novelist, 19th century. Portrait of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880) whose pseudonym was George Eliot

John Keats, English poet, 19th century. Portrait of Keats (1795-1821) who died of tuberculosis

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English romantic poet, 19th century. Portrait of Shelley (1792-1822) who drowned in a sailing accident

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet, 19th century. Portrait of Scott (1771-1832), author of Ivanhoe

Robert Burns, Scottish poet, 19th century. Burns (1759-1796) was a pioneer of the Romantic movement

Joseph Addison, English politician and writer, 19th century. Portrait of Addison (1672-1719) writing

Daniel Defoe, English writer, journalist and spy, (19th century). Portrait of Defoe (1660-1731), author of Robinson Crusoe

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, English philosopher, statesman and essayist, 19t
Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, English philosopher, statesman and essayist, (19th century). Bacon (1561-1626) became Lord Chancellor in 1618

William Shakespeare, English playwright, (19th century). Portrait of the poet and playwright (1564-1616)

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