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APHRA BEHN, 17th CENTURY English NOVELIST & PLAYWRIGHT; LITERATURE; ARTS; HISTORICAL FIGURE

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Portrait engraving circa 1849 of legendary English poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), author of plays such as Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear. The engraving by Samuel Cousins (1801 - 1887) is based on the famous "Chandos" portrait which is believed to have been painted from life between 1600 and 1610. It is named after James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos, who was an early owner of the portrait, but it is not clear who painted it or even if it is definitely Shakespeare. Experts believe however that it does indeed depict the Bard.

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Vintage lithograph portrait print of Alexander Pushkin (1799 - 1837). Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era and is regarded by many as the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. He died after being mortally wounded during a duel with his wife's alleged lover. Print by unknown artist circa 1880s.

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Portrait engraving of Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) published circa 1873 by Johnson, Wilson & Co based on an original family portrait - Austen's works included Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice.

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RUSSIA Yasnaya Polyana -- c. 1880 -- Count Leo Tolstoy, the Russian aristocratic author of War and Peace who later became an anarchist. Portrait sitting at writing desk in study -- Picture by Sass | Lightroom Photos

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Portrait engraving print circa 1896 of Washington Irving. Irving (1783 - 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian who is best known for short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Engraving by William Sartain (1843 - 1924).

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Portrait etching circa 1907 of William Makepeace Thackeray. Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was a 19th century English novelist who was famous for his satirical works and was the author of Vanity Fair. Etching by Jacques Reich (1852 - 1923).

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Portrait engraving print circa 1896 of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe (1809 - 1849) was an American writer and poet and a pioneer of the detective fiction genre. Engraving by William Sartain (1843 - 1924).

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Portrait print of Sir Walter Scott. Scott (1771 - 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet who was popular throughout much of the world. His famous works include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and The Lady of the Lake. Print circa 1890s by unknown artist, based on an 1822 portrait painting by Sir Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823).

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RUSSIA -- 1887 -- Count Leo Tolstoy, the Russian aristocratic author of War and Peace who later became an anarchist. Portrait sitting from a painting by Ilya Efimovich Repin -- Picture by Ilya Repin | Lightroom Photos

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RUSSIA Yasnaya Polyana -- c. 1880 -- Count Leo Tolstoy pictured in a full-length portrait sitting facing left in the garden of his estate in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia -- Picture by Lightroom Photos

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Portrait print circa 1899 of Rudyard Kipling. Kipling (1865 - 1936) was a British author and poet whose work included The Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King and Gunga Din. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. Print by E L Kellogg & Co.

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Black and white print of the famous portrait painting circa 1772 of Samuel Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Johnson (1709 - 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author and literary great who is credited with making major contributions to English literature. His notable works include his Dictionary of the English Language published in 1755.

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Vintage portrait etching of Herman Melville (1819 - 1891). Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet who is best known for his novel Moby Dick (first published in 1851). Etching based on a portrait by Joseph Oriel Eaton (1829 - 1875).

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Portrait photo circa 1900 of Scottish author and dramatist J M (James Matthew) Barrie. Barrie (1860 - 1937) is best known for being the creator of Peter Pan. Photo by Bain News Service.

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Portrait engraving showing Sir Walter Scott in the study at Abbotsford House, his famous home in the Scottish Borders. Scott (1771 - 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet who was popular throughout much of the world. His works include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and The Lady of the Lake. Engraving circa 1846 by Henry S Sadd, based on an 1834 painting by William Allan.

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John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) English novelist, playwright, writer and broadcaster. Card published 1927.

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Portrait print circa 1905 by A W Elson & Co, based on a drawing by M Arnault, of English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. Tennyson (1809 - 1892) was the leading poet of the Victorian age and many of the phrases he penned are in common use today.

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Portrait photo circa 1882 of Irish playwright, poet, author and aesthete Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900). Wilde was one of the most famous and flamboyant personalities of his time and his works included the play The Importance of Being Earnest and the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. At the height of his fame he became embroiled in a series of high-profile trials which ended with him being jailed for two years for "gross indecency" in relation to his homosexual relationships with other men. He subsequently moved to France and died destitute while still only in his forties. Photo by Napoleon Sarony (1821 - 1896).

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Undated portrait photo circa 1880s of Irish playwright, poet, author and aesthete Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900). Wilde was one of the most famous and flamboyant personalities of his time and his works included the play The Importance of Being Earnest and the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. At the height of his fame he became embroiled in a series of high-profile trials which ended with him being jailed for two years for "gross indecency" in relation to his homosexual relationships with other men. He subsequently moved to France and died destitute while still only in his forties.

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James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish playwright and novelist. Peter Pan, The Admirable Crichton, Quality Street among his best known works. Photograph published London c1890

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Portrait photo circa 1882 of Irish playwright, poet, author and aesthete Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900). Wilde was one of the most famous and flamboyant personalities of his time and his works included the play The Importance of Being Earnest and the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. At the height of his fame he became embroiled in a series of high-profile trials which ended with him being jailed for two years for "gross indecency" in relation to his homosexual relationships with other men. He subsequently moved to France and died destitute while still only in his forties. Photo by Napoleon Sarony (1821 - 1896).

Oscar Wilde portrait writer poet playwright author Irish novelist English literature famous literary figure Napoleon Sarony of the 19th century celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest controversial flamboyant infamous notorious vintage photo portraits writers poets playwrights authors novelists play plays wright book books poem poems poetry novel novels British Briton Britons Fingal O'Flahertie Wills UK figures nineteenth Britain GB United Kingdom greats genre genres historic historical history heritage classic classics black and white horizontal landscape archive archival Ireland Irishman Irishmen 1800s 1880s 1882 people person persons comedy social satire man men male males most old early late a an as at in on with by to for from art arts Victorian Victorians Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture seated sitting down photos photograph photographs homosexual homosexuals gay gays personality personalities character characters flamboyance wit wits satirist satirists celebrity celebrities gross indecency trial trials importance being earnest picture Dorian Gray critic critics aesthete aesthetes journalist journalists controversy homosexuality era eras Dublin Dubliner Dubliners sex sexuality intellectual intellectuals drama dramas dramatist dramatists full-length full length

Portrait photo circa 1882 of Irish playwright, poet, author and aesthete Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900). Wilde was one of the most famous and flamboyant personalities of his time and his works included the play The Importance of Being Earnest and the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. At the height of his fame he became embroiled in a series of high-profile trials which ended with him being jailed for two years for "gross indecency" in relation to his homosexual relationships with other men. He subsequently moved to France and died destitute while still only in his forties. Photo by Napoleon Sarony (1821 - 1896).

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UNKNOWN -- c. 1900 -- Count Leo Tolstoy, the Russian aristocratic author of War and Peace who later became an anarchist -- Picture by George Bain | Lightroom Photos

George Bernard Shaw portrait playwright critic author writer Irish English literature famous literary figure Pygmalion of the 19th 20th G B G.B. century Nobel Prize winner 1925 Oscar 1938 Laureate celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo play plays wright portraits playwrights critics authors writers British Briton Britons UK figures nineteenth twentieth Britain GB United Kingdom greats genre genres historic historical history heritage drama dramas dramatic classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Ireland Irishman Irishmen 1900s 1800s people person persons comedy satire man men male males most photos major photograph photographs winners laureates old early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts Victorian Victorians Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture head shoulder shoulders half-length half length beard beards bearded facial hair winning novelist novelists short story stories book books novel novels dramatist dramatists society social issue issues problem problems Fabian Fabians Oscars socialist socialists socialism essayist essayists working class classes personality personalities radical radicals reform reformer reformers wit wits Shavian orator orators activist activists

Undated portrait photo of Irish playwright and literary critic George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950). Shaw wrote more than 60 plays and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925. He also won an Oscar in 1938 for his screenplay for a non-musical movie version of his own play Pygmalion and is the only person to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize. Photo by Bain News Service.

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Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894-1958), British novelist playwright and critic. In 1926 he was appointed principal dramatic critic of The Times of London. From a series of cards of Famous British Authors (London, 1937).

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James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish playwright and novelist; Peter Pan, The Admirable Crichton, Quality Street among his best known works. House at Kirriemuir, Angus, where Barrie was born and which features in autobiographical novel A Window

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James Matthew (JM) Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish playwright and novelist, born at Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. Quality Street (1901), Peter Pan (1904), What Every Woman Knows (1906) and Dear Brutus (1917) are among his best known works.

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James Matthew (JM) Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish playwright and novelist, born at Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. Quality Street (1901), Peter Pan (1904), What Every Woman Knows (1906) and Dear Brutus (1917) are among his best known works.

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James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish playwright and novelist; Peter Pan, The Admirable Crichton, Quality Street, among his best known works. Barrie c1895

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(John) Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) British novelist, actor, playwright and writer. From a series of cards of Famous British Authors (London, 1937).

George Bernard Shaw portrait playwright critic author writer Irish English literature famous literary figure Pygmalion of the 19th 20th G B G.B. century Nobel Prize winner 1925 Oscar 1938 Laureate celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo play plays wright portraits playwrights critics authors writers British Briton Britons UK figures nineteenth twentieth Britain GB United Kingdom greats genre genres historic historical history heritage drama dramas dramatic classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Ireland Irishman Irishmen 1900s 1800s people person persons comedy satire man men male males most photos major photograph photographs winners laureates old early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts Victorian Victorians Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture head shoulder shoulders half-length half length wearing hat headwear beard beards bearded facial hair winning novelist novelists short story stories book books novel novels dramatist dramatists society social issue issues problem problems Fabian Fabians Oscars socialist socialists socialism essayist essayists working class classes personality personalities radical radicals reform reformer reformers wit wits Shavian orator orators activist activists

Portrait photo circa 1909 of Irish playwright and literary critic George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950). Shaw wrote more than 60 plays and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925. He also won an Oscar in 1938 for his screenplay for a non-musical movie version of his own play Pygmalion and is the only person to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize. Photo by Bain News Service.

Mark Twain Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn Samuel Langhorne Clemens Sam Huck portrait author writer novelist American literary figure English Literature great greatest famous authors writers novelists figures greats US USA Mississippi River Deep South famed noted acclaimed celebrated renowned eminent distinguished most popular Americans United States America the adventures of history historic historical heritage 19th 20th nineteenth twentieth century wearing glasses spectacles moustache moustaches facial hair black and white portraits photo photos photograph photographs arts people person persons man men male males horizontal landscape a an on at with by to from for in into north

Photo taken in 1909 by Bain News Service of American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Clemens (1835 - 1910), better known by his pen name of Mark Twain, is remembered for classic novels such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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Undated portrait photo by Bain News Service of American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Clemens (1835 - 1910), better known by his pen name of Mark Twain, is remembered for classic novels such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish playwright, novelist, poet and wit. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne from his 'Fancy Portraits' series for Punch London, 25 June 1881, showing Wilde as a sunflower. Wood engraving

Mark Twain Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn Samuel Langhorne Clemens Sam Huck portrait author writer novelist American literary figure English Literature great greatest famous authors writers novelists figures greats US USA Mississippi River Deep South famed noted acclaimed celebrated renowned eminent distinguished most popular Americans United States America the adventures of history historic historical heritage 19th 20th nineteenth twentieth century sitting down seated on chair holding pipe smoking moustache moustaches facial hair black and white portraits photo photos photograph photographs arts people person persons man men male males horizontal landscape a an at with by to from for in into north

Undated photo circa 1900 – 1910 by unknown photographer of American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens sitting in a chair and holding a pipe. Clemens (1835 – 1910), better known by his pen name of Mark Twain, is remembered for classic novels such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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Jerome K(lapka) Jerome (1859-1927) English novelist, playwright and writer. Author of Three Men in a Boat (1889). From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery (London, 1890-1894). Woodburytype after photograph by W & D Downey.

Gerhart Hauptmann portrait dramatist playwright German author writer novelist poet Nobel Prize winner in Literature 1912 for Laureate famous 1900s of the 1910s late 19th early 20th century celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed eminent prominent leading great greatest key influential distinguished respected major literary figure 1800s vintage photo Johann Robert dramatists drama dramas dramatic playwrights authors writers novelists Germans Germany Europe European Europeans figures old archive archival history historic historical heritage art arts play plays prizes winners laureates poets poetry nineteenth twentieth greats wright wrights book books novel novels portraits Gerhard Hauptman dramatics leader leaders world world's intellectual intellectuals pioneer pioneers pioneering national icon icons iconic man men male males popular people person persons half-length half length head shoulder shoulders upright vertical personality personalities character characters and a as an at on from with by be up to into 1862 - 1946 black white genius brilliant mind minds thinker thinkers naturalist naturalists naturalism naturalistic Weavers Rats most ever headshot headshots social issue issues society culture cultural Prussia Prussian Prussians craft crafts poem poems artist artists artistic movement movements photograph photos photographs

Vintage portrait photo circa 1900 of German dramatist and novelist Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) - winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912. Hauptmann, whose notable works included The Weavers and The Rats, was awarded his Nobel Prize "primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art". Photo By Bain News Service.

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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish playwright, novelist, poet and wit, left England to tour America.Cartoon from Punch London, 4 February 1882, showing Aestheticism, as Ariadne on Naxos, lamenting the departure of Oscar. Wood engraving .

HG Wells H G portrait Herbert George H.G. author writer science fiction novelist British English literature UK famous literary figure of the 19th 20th century celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo portraits authors writers novelists Briton Britons figures nineteenth twentieth book books novel novels fictional Britain GB United Kingdom greats genre genres Time Machine War Worlds historic historical history heritage England classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Englishman Englishmen 1900s 1800s 1920s 20s twenties people person persons man men male males most photos photograph photographs old early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts father Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture travel alien aliens standing up

Undated photo of English author H G (Herbert George) Wells. Wells (1866 - 1946) is best known for books such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine and is sometimes referred to as the "father" of science fiction. Photo by Bain News Service.

Victor Hugo portrait poet playwright author novelist writer French dramatist famous Romantic Romanticism The Hunchback of Notre Dame Les Misérables Miserables Victor-Marie Marie artist celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed eminent prominent 19th century great greatest leading distinguished key influential literature literary figure figures 1800s 1870s poets playwrights authors novelists writers Frenchman Frenchmen dramatists France artists essayist essayists poetry drama dramatic dramas poems Romantics novel novels book books art arts visual culture cultural greats leader leaders people person persons man men male males politics political exile exiles politician politicians statesman statesmen portraits Republican Republicans vintage photo old archive archival historic historical history heritage Republicanism Notre-Dame popular human rights activist activists activism campaigner campaigners nineteenth national icon icons iconic personality personalities character characters social issues society hunch-back hunch back play wright plays wrights Europe European Europeans work works craft crafts campaign campaigns exiled upright vertical head shoulder shoulders headshot headshots half-length half length photos photograph photographs movement movements style styles artistic late early age advocate advocates leadership black and white a as an at in on for from with by be into up to genius brilliant 1802 - 1885

Vintage portrait photo circa 1870s of French poet, playwright, novelist and artist Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885). His most famous works include the novels The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). Photographer unknown.

Literature; English; Fiction; Theatre; Playwright

Ian Hay (1876-1952) pen name of Major John Hay Beith, Scottish dramatist and popular novelist. Director of public relations at the War Office 1938-1941. From a series of cards of Famous British Authors (London, 1937).

British; Writer; Author; Theatre; English; Literature; Medicine

John Fletcher (1579-1625) English playwright, early 19th century. Fletcher collaborated with Francis Beaumont on a number of plays and with Jonson, Chapman and Massinger. He died of plague.

CARTOON; 17th CENTURY LIFE; AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL; ART

British; Author; Writer; Literature; English; 19th centuryNineteenth century

Charles Dickens (1812-70) English novelist and journalist. Engraving.

HG Wells H G portrait Herbert George H.G. author writer science fiction novelist British English literature UK famous literary figure of the 19th 20th century celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo portraits authors writers novelists Briton Britons figures nineteenth twentieth book books novel novels fictional Britain GB United Kingdom greats genre genres Time Machine War Worlds historic historical history heritage England classic classics black and white upright vertical head shoulder shoulders close-up close up closeup archive archival Englishman Englishmen 1900s 1800s people person persons man men male males most photos photograph photographs old young youth early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts moustache mustache moustaches mustaches facial hair father Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture headshot shot travel alien aliens

Undated portrait photo of English author H G (Herbert George) Wells. Wells (1866 - 1946) is best known for books such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine and is sometimes referred to as the "father" of science fiction.

Charles Dickens portrait author English writer novelist famous British of the literary figure great popular leading vintage Victorian 19th century historic historical fiction Oliver Twist celebrated renowned acclaimed greatest noted famed prominent eminent distinguished Jeremiah Gurney literature Victorians era period fictional book books classic classics greats nineteenth 1800s John Huffam Boz story stories history heritage portraits authors writers England novelists novel novels Britain figures old photo photograph people person persons 1860s 1867 black and white upright vertical head shoulder shoulders close-up close up closeup a as an at on in with by to for from into Briton Britons Englishman Englishmen headshot shot UK GB United Kingdom social issue issues society culture reform art arts Christmas Carol man men male males moustache moustaches face facial hair most ever icon icons iconic London poverty Europe European Europeans

Vintage portrait photo circa 1867 of English author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870). Dickens was one of the greatest novelists of the Victorian era, remembered for a string of classic books such as Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol. Photo by Jeremiah Gurney (1812 - 1886).

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, English ROMANTIC POET; LITERATURE; HISTORICAL FIGURE; ARTS

William Butler Yeats WB W B W.B. poet portrait writer dramatist Irish playwright author British English literature UK famous literary figure of the 19th 20th century Nobel Prize winner 1923 Laureate celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo portraits authors writers poets Briton Britons figures nineteenth twentieth Britain GB United Kingdom drama dramatists revival poetry playwrights play plays poem poems greats genre genres historic historical history heritage dramas classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Irishman Irishmen Ireland 1900s 1800s people person persons man men male males most photos key influential major photograph photographs winners laureates old early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture head shoulder shoulders standing up half-length half length dramatic Abbey Theatre Dublin founder co-founder 1920s 20s twenties

Portrait photo circa 1920s of Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats. Yeats (1865 - 1939) was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. He was also a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Photo by Bain News Service.

British; Literature; Navy; 17th century; Seventeenth century

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) English diarist and naval administrator. Became Secretary to the Admiralty. Portrait by Godfrey Kneller.

William Butler Yeats WB W B W.B. poet portrait writer dramatist Irish playwright author British English literature UK famous literary figure of the 19th 20th century Nobel Prize winner 1923 Laureate celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo portraits authors writers poets Briton Britons figures nineteenth twentieth Britain GB United Kingdom drama dramatists revival poetry playwrights play plays poem poems greats genre genres historic historical history heritage dramas classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Irishman Irishmen Ireland 1900s 1800s people person persons man men male males most photos key influential major photograph photographs winners laureates old early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture head shoulder shoulders sitting down seated half-length half length dramatic Abbey Theatre Dublin founder co-founder 1920s 20s twenties

Portrait photo circa 1920s of Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats. Yeats (1865 - 1939) was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. He was also a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Photo by Bain News Service.

British; Author; Writer; Literature; English; 19th centuryNineteenth century

Charles Dickens (1812-70) English novelist and journalist, as a young man. Lithograph.

British; Author; Writer; Literature; English; 19th centuryNineteenth century

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English novelist and journalist giving an after dinner speech. Engraving.

THREE FIGURES WALKING IN GREEN LANDSCAPE; ROMANTIC CHILDREN'S STORY ILLUSTRATION; LITERATURE; BOOKS; THE ARTS; ART

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir portrait author Sherlock Holmes detective writer fiction novelist British Scottish English literature UK famous literary figure of the 19th 20th century celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo portraits crime authors writers novelists Briton Britons figures nineteenth twentieth book books novel novels fictional Britain GB United Kingdom Doctor Dr Scot Scots Scotland greats genre genres historic historical history heritage London England classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Scotsman Scotsmen 1900s 1800s 1920s 20s twenties Ignatius people person persons man men male males most photos photograph photographs old early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture seated sitting down moustache moustaches mustache mustaches facial hair half-length half length physician physicians doctors character characters logic

Undated photo of Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle (1859 - 1930) is best known for his books about the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Photo by Bain News Service.

Washington Irving portrait author writer historian novelist American fiction English literature famous literary figure of the 19th century celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo portraits authors writers novelists historians essayist essayists figures nineteenth book books novel novels short story stories Romanticism genre genres fictional greats historic historical history heritage Americans US USA classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival 1800s people person persons man men male males most photos photograph photographs old early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts United States America North icon icons iconic ever culture head shoulder shoulders close-up close up closeup Legend Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle 1850s Mathew B Brady half-length half length daguerreotype daguerreotypes biographer biographers 18th eighteenth Romantic Romantics movement movements biography biographies diplomat diplomats diplomacy magazine editor editors

Daguerreotype portrait photo circa 1850s of American author, essayist, biographer and historian Washington Irving (1783 - 1859). Irving is best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Photo by Mathew B Brady.

Leo Tolstoy; writer; writers; famous; Russian; Imperial; Russia; Count Tolstoy; counts; aristocracy; European; eastern; east; 1800s; 19th; century; C19th; Count Leo Tolstoy; Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy; novelists; novelist; War and Peace; Anna Karenina; anarchist; Christian; Christians; fame; literary; giant; figure; figures; man; male; old; elderly; portrait; portraits; beard; 1880s; 1890s

RUSSIA Yasnaya Polyana -- c. 1900 -- Count Leo Tolstoy pictured in a half-length portrait, facing right in the garden of his estate in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia. Mono copy

Robert LOUIS STEVENSON PORTRAIT; English WRITER; THE ARTS; LITERATURE; HISTORICAL FIGURE

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir portrait author Sherlock Holmes detective writer fiction novelist British Scottish English literature UK famous literary figure of the 19th 20th century celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo portraits crime authors writers novelists Briton Britons figures nineteenth twentieth book books novel novels fictional Britain GB United Kingdom Doctor Dr Scot Scots Scotland greats genre genres historic historical history heritage London England classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Scotsman Scotsmen 1900s 1800s Ignatius people person persons man men male males most photos photograph photographs old young early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture head shoulder shoulders close-up close up closeup moustache moustaches mustache mustaches facial hair half-length half length physician physicians doctors character characters logic wearing hat

Portrait photo circa 1900 of Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle (1859 - 1930) is best known for his books about the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Photo by Bain News Service.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; WRITER; DRAMATIST; ARTS; LITERATURE; ; HISTORICAL FIGURE; CULTURE; ARTS

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir portrait author Sherlock Holmes detective writer fiction novelist British Scottish English literature UK famous literary figure of the 19th 20th century celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo portraits crime authors writers novelists Briton Britons figures nineteenth twentieth book books novel novels fictional Britain GB United Kingdom Doctor Dr Scot Scots Scotland greats genre genres historic historical history heritage London England classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Scotsman Scotsmen 1900s 1800s Ignatius people person persons man men male males most photos photograph photographs old young early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture head shoulder shoulders close-up close up closeup moustache moustaches mustache mustaches facial hair half-length half length physician physicians doctors character characters logic 1890s Elliott & Fry

Undated portrait photo circa 1890s of Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle (1859 - 1930) is best known for his books about the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Photo by Elliott & Fry.

Thomas Hardy portrait author writer poet novelist fiction British English dramatist literature UK famous literary figure of the 19th 20th century celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo portraits authors writers novelists poets Briton Britons figures nineteenth twentieth book books novel novels fictional Britain GB United Kingdom drama dramatists poetry greats genre genres historic historical history heritage dramas England classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Englishman Englishmen 1900s 1800s people person persons man men male males most photos photograph photographs old early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture head shoulder shoulders close-up close up closeup moustache moustaches mustache mustaches facial hair character characters poem poems Victorian Victorians dramatic naturalist movement movements naturalists short story stories Wessex Far Madding Crowd Mayor Casterbridge Tess D'Urbervilles Naturalism

Portrait photo circa 1900 of English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy. Hardy (1840 - 1928) is remembered for books such as Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge and Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Photo by Bain News Service.

RABBIE BURNS, Scottish POET; ARTS; LITERATURE; HISTORICAL FIGURE; ARTS

Robert Burns portrait poet Scottish Rabbie famous of the Scot Scots poets Bard Ayrshire lyricist songwriter song writer vintage illustration poetry celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished literature literary 18th eighteenth century figure figures historic historical heritage history great greats greatest favourite son icon icons iconic legendary influential writers songwriters portraits Scotsman Scotsmen Scotland lyricists old illustrations English people person persons man men male males colour color upright vertical poem poems art arts and painting paintings head shoulder shoulders UK United Kingdom British Briton Britons Britain a an at as on in with by to from for into Europe European Europeans print prints engraving engravings Ploughman Scotland's language national hero heroes pioneer pioneers pioneering Romantic movement movements culture cultural Auld Lang Syne Tam o' Shanter folk songs

Portrait print circa 1890s of famous Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns. Burns (1759 - 1796) is also known as Rabbie Burns, "Scotland's favourite son", the "Ploughman Poet" and the "Bard of Ayrshire". His works included Auld Lang Syne and Tam o' Shanter. Print by the Detroit Publishing Company.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge portrait poet writer illustration painting of author literary critic philosopher famous poetry Romantic Movement English poets writers philosophers critics romantics the Englishman Englishmen figure figures Literature great greatest leading greats and history authors Kubla Khan 18th 19th eighteenth nineteenth century portraits illustrations paintings etching etchings engraving engravings historic historical heritage celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished print prints black white upright vertical people person persons man men male males England British Briton Britons Britain UK United Kingdom Europe Europeans European art arts artwork artworks works a an at in by on to into for from with head shoulders sitting down seated three-quarter three quarter length movements Lake philosophy drug addict addicts addiction opium opiate opiates depression depressive Rime Ancient Mariner culture cultural

Portrait print circa 1854 of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Coleridge (1772 - 1834) was an English poet, writer, literary critic and philosopher who, along with his friend William Wordsworth, was one of the founders of the Romantic Movement. He is best remembered for poems including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan and suffered from crippling anxiety and depression which he treated with opium, becoming an addict in the process. Engraving by Samuel Cousins (1801 - 1887), based on a painting by Washington Allston (1779 - 1843).

Thomas Carlyle portrait of painting writer author Scottish essayist social commentator historian famous satire satirical English literature literary figure Victorian Victorians the 19th century great greats greatest leading vintage Scot Scots celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed eminent prominent Scotsman Scotsmen distinguished portraits paintings writers authors essayists comment commentators historians figures nineteenth old popular late early 1800s book books Scotland historic historical history heritage black and white upright vertical archive archival people person persons man men male males most influential a an at as in on with by to for from into up art arts icon icons iconic culture cultural society head shoulder shoulders close-up closeup close half-length half length era eras Calvinist Calvinists Calvinism illustration illustrations Romanticism satirist satirists Ernst Hader Sartor Resartus print prints teacher teachers

Vintage portrait painting of Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian, teacher and controversial social commentator Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881). Carlyle's works included Sartor Resartus (1836), The French Revolution (1837) and On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History (1841). Painting circa 1880s by Ernst Hader.

LORD BYRON, POET; LITERATURE; ARTS; HISTORICAL FIGURE; ARTS

British; Literature

(William) Harrison Ainsworth(1805-1882) English historical novelist; works include Old St Paul's, The Tower of London, Windsor Castle. Photograph published London 1881. Woodburytype

British; Literature

(William) Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) English historical novelist; works include Old St Paul's, The Tower of London, Windsor Castle. Woodcut portrait published 1882.

British; Literature

(William) Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) English historical novelist; works include Old St Paul's, The Tower of London, Windsor Castle. Engraving after portrait by Daniel Maclise.

British; Literature

(William) Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) English historical novelist; works include Old St Paul's, The Tower of London, Windsor Castle. Engraving after Alfred Crowquill (1804-1872) for Fraser's Magazine c1835.

BRONTE SISTERS, WRITERS, ; ANNE (LEFT), EMILY (CENTRE), CHARLOTTE (RIGHT); LITERATURE; HISTORICAL FIGURES; ARTS

leo Tolstoy Russian writer author novelist Count Lyev Nikolayevich famous portrait fiction literature literary figure of the 19th century great greatest leading vintage photo War and Peace Anna Karenina Russians celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular portraits authors writers novelists essayist essayists dramatist dramatists late early 20th figures nineteenth twentieth 1800s 1900s book books novel novels story stories realist Russia fictional greats historic historical history heritage classic classics black white upright vertical archive archival people person persons man men male males most photos photograph photographs old a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts influential icon icons iconic ever culture cultural social society half-length half length world world's head shoulder shoulders pacifist pacifists pacifism Christian Christians life lives attitude attitudes education educational reformer reformers Russia's peasant peasants class classes Nikolaevich drama reform

Undated photo of Russian writer leo Tolstoy (Count Lyev Nikolayevich Tolstoy). Tolstoy (1828 - 1910) is regarded as one of the greatest ever novelists and his works included War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Photo by Bain News Service.

Rudyard Kipling portrait author poet writer Jungle Book British English literature UK famous literary figure of the 19th 20th century Nobel Prize winner 1907 Laureate celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo controversial children children's books short story stories novelist portraits authors writers poets novelists Briton Britons figures poetry poem poems Gunga Din novel novels nineteenth twentieth England Britain GB United Kingdom fiction fictional greats genre genres historic historical history heritage classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Englishman Englishmen India Indian sub-continent sub continent 1900s 1800s people person persons man men male males most Joseph photos major photograph photographs winners laureates old early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts Empire Imperial Victorian Victorians Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture head shoulder shoulders headshot shot close-up close up closeup wearing moustache moustaches mustache mustaches facial hair winning spectacles glasses

Undated portrait photo of British author and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936). Indian-born Kipling was one of the most popular writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. His works included The Jungle Book (1894), The Man Who Would Be King (1888) and Gunga Din (1890).

HENRY FIELDING, WRITER; LITERATURE; HISTORICAL FIGURE; ARTS

BOY AT WINDOW WATCHING TWO FIGURES IN GARDEN; NURERY RHYME ILLUSTRATION ORIGINALLY "COCK A DOODLE DO"; LITERATURE; ART; BOOKS; THE ARTS

author; building; Buildings; death; deceased; English; famous; house; Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice; Winchester; IPSV1164; IPSV2677; Jane Austen; author; novelist; writer; prestigious; famous; illustrious; famed; eminent; typewriter; prominent; literary; important; personality; celebrity; novel; social; nineteenth; literature; name; English; classical; tourism; figure; successful; historical; history; writing; tourist; book; place; died; house; property; abode; residential; home; front door; residence; town house; residency; died; 19th century

Rudyard Kipling portrait author poet writer Jungle Book British English literature UK famous literary figure of the 19th 20th century Nobel Prize winner 1907 Laureate celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed prominent eminent distinguished popular great leading greatest vintage photo controversial children children's books short story stories novelist portraits authors writers poets novelists Briton Britons figures poetry poem poems Gunga Din novel novels nineteenth twentieth England Britain GB United Kingdom fiction fictional greats genre genres historic historical history heritage classic classics black and white upright vertical archive archival Englishman Englishmen India Indian sub-continent sub continent 1900s 1800s people person persons man men male males most Joseph photos major photograph photographs winners laureates old early late a an as at in on with by to for from into art arts Empire Imperial Victorian Victorians Europe European Europeans icon icons iconic ever culture head shoulder shoulders standing up half-length half length wearing hat smoking cigarette moustache moustaches mustache mustaches facial hair winning headwear spectacles glasses

Undated photo of British author and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936). Indian-born Kipling was one of the most popular writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. His works included The Jungle Book (1894), The Man Who Would Be King (1888) and Gunga Din (1890).

Christopher Columbus portrait explorer navigator mariner America 1492 Americas history maritime famous explorers discovery of the New World historic voyage voyages historical fifteenth century 15th celebrated renowned people person exploration USA US United States Atlantic Ocean crossing sailor heritage Genoa Genoese figure figures man men male males navigators portraits vertical art artwork painting illustration paintings illustrations drawing drawings European Europeans Italian Italians Italy Europe pioneer pioneers pioneering mariners sail sailors discover discoverer Genoan discoveries

Portrait print of Christopher Columbus published circa 1892 by Girsch & Roehsler to mark the 400th anniversary of his landing in America. Columbus (circa 1451 – 1506) was a Genoese navigator and explorer who famously reached the Americas in 1492.

DR SAMUEL JOHNSON, WRITER; LITERATURE; ARTS; HISTORICAL FIGURE; ARTS

British; English; Exploration; Tudor; Colonialism; Jacobean; Sixteenth century; 16th century; Seventeenth century; 17th century

Walter Raleigh (1552-1612) English courtier and navigator. Favourite of Elizabeth I. Half-brother of Humphrey Gilbert. Said to have introduced Tobacco and Potatoes into England. Engraving by Michiel van der Gucht (1660-1725) for Clarendon's History

British; English; Exploration; Tudor; Jacobean; Colonialism; Sixteenth century; 16th century; Seventeenth century; 17th century

Walter Raleigh (1552-1612) English courtier and navigator, with members of his expedition on the island of Trinidad, 1595. Late 19th century illustration c1890.

United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; Edinburgh; city; cities; urban; buildings; architecture; summer; spring; autumn; pavement; sidewalk; people; figures; Walter Scott; Sir Walter Scott; Waverley; novels; literature; writer; writers; famous; statue; statues; sights; travel; tourism; Princes Street; downtown; central; novelists; history; historical; Victorian; Gothic; spire; spires; literary; novelists; acclaimed

UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- Pedestrians pass under the gothic monument to Sir Walter Scott - the famous author of the Waverley novels and Ivanhoe -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

British; Literature; English; Theatre; Playwright

Ben Jonson (1572-1637) English dramatist. Scene from his play The Alchemist (1610), a satire on cupidity. Abel Drugger, a tobacconist, taking plans of his new shop for advice on its arrangement to Subtle, the false alchemist. Engraving published London, 1791.

British; Literature; English; Theatre; Playwright

Ben Jonson (1572-1637) English dramatist. Scene from his play The Alchemist (1610), a satire on cupidity. Abel Drugger the tobacconist, the main comic role, here played by English actor James William Dodd (1734-1796). Engraving published London, 1791.

UK; Elizabeth I; James I; courtier; courtiers; literature; poet; dress; ruff; fashion; aristocrats; aristocrat; aristocracy; baron; clothes; hat; Elizabethan; Jacobean; politics; political; statesman; male; England; English; writer; writers; drama; playwright; dramatist; Britain; British; century; 16th century; 17th century; 19th century; portrait; engraving; standing; facing right; 1500s; 1600s; Welsh Marches; Fulke Greville; 1st Baron Brooke; de jure; 13th Baron Latimer; 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke; Areopagus; lit; closet; tragedies; sonnets; writing; government; civil; service; servants; crown; Warwickshire; parliament; parliamentarian; MP; MPs; member; 1st; lords; knights; realm; Willoughby

UK England -- 16th Century -- Portrait of Sir Fulke Brooke ( 1554-1628 ) - the First Lord Brooke on an engraving by W Hilton. This famous Elizabethan courtier was successively, Treasurer of the Royal Navy, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Commissioner of the Treasury, under Elizabeth I and James I. Tragically, he was fatally stabbed by his servant, Ralph Heywood - who subsequently killed himself. Apparently, motivated by being cheated out of the Baron's estate. Aside from his contributions to the government of the day and his great literary achievements, it is thought by some that Greville was the true author of several plays attributed to William Shakespeare -- Picture by W Hilton | Lightroom Photos

British; Theatre; English; Literature

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) English playwright and poet. Collaborated with playwright John Fletcher. Engraving

Elizabeth Barrett Browning poet Victorian famous poets portrait poetry English UK 19th nineteenth century Victorians United Kingdom England literary figure figures popular great greatest most celebrated noted famed acclaimed distinguished eminent renowned literature art arts writer writers portraits of upright vertical age era black and white history heritage historic historical people person period author authors poem poems Britain Briton Britons British Europe European Europeans woman women female females with by to from in on the a at for Robert head shoulders

Portrait print circa 1850 from a photo by Elliott & Fry of English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Browning (1806 – 1861) was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era and her work was widely popular in both England and the USA.

Massachusetts, Boston, Huntington Avenue, Museum of Fine Arts, collection, art, 17th-Century Tibet painted copper, Vajrabhairava and his Consort, Buddhist, sculpture, relic, detail,

Russian Religious Icon, 17th Century, Ornate Historic History Painting Art Artifact God In Heaven Heavenly Host Saint's Middle Ages Christian Religion Holy Relic Christianity Church

British; Literature; English

Henry James Byron (1834-1884) English playwright, actor and theatre manager. A prolific author of melodramas, burlesques, extravaganzas and pantomimes. Wrote a novel Our Boys (1875). Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne in the Punch's Fancy Portraits series from Punch (London, 3 December 1881).

Sevenoaks Kent UK deer park birthplace of Vita Sackville-West novelist and poet part 18th century part 17th century

Sevenoaks Kent UK deer park birthplace of Vita Sackville-West novelist and poet part 18th century part 17th century

Art Deco; Art Nouveau; Doulton Tiles; NURSERY RHYME; LITTLE JACK HORNER; NURSERY RHYME ILLUSTRATION; LITERATURE; BOOKS; THE ARTS; ART

Nursery rhyme illustration in Doulton tiles.

Old Mother Hubbard; Art Deco; Art Nouveau; Doulton Tiles; NURSERY RHYME; NURSERY RHYME ILLUSTRATION; LITERATURE; BOOKS; THE ARTS; ART

Nursery rhyme illustration of Old Mother Hubbard in Doulton tiles

Old Mother Hubbard; Art Deco; Art Nouveau; Doulton Tiles; NURSERY RHYME; NURSERY RHYME ILLUSTRATION; LITERATURE; BOOKS; THE ARTS; ART

Nursery rhyme illustration of Old Mother Hubbard in Doulton tiles

British; Theatre; Writer; Author; Playwright; Literature; English

Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English dramatist, c1890. After a series of comedies, in 1893 with The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Pinero began a series of realistic tragedies. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery. (London, 1890-1894). Photograph. Woodburytype.