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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.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, fist Barron Tennyson, poet, poet laureate, born Somersby, Lincolnshire, 1809-1892, statue of Lord Tennyson, Lincoln Cathedral
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
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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.
Alfred Lord Tennyson's Holiday Cottage, Poet, the Lincolnshire Poet (1809-92) Poet-Laureate (1850), Red Brick Structure, Pan Tile Roof, Afternoon Sunlight
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Scanned directly from an original Victorian print dated March 22, 1884. This engraving shows Alfred Lord Tennyson, the poet laureate, in his study on the Isle of Wight. From a series of prints entitled 'Celebrities of the day'. Alfred Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire in 1809. He began writing as a child and published some of his best-known poems when he was only twenty. TS Eliot called him "the great master of melancholia". He was made a peer in 1884 and died in 1892.
Alfred the Great: Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1893) English poet. Succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne in the Punch's Fancy Portraits series from Punch (London, 15 March 1882).
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 19 Jan 2011 -- Liz Lochhead - the new Makar (National Poet) pictured at a press conference to announce her appointment attended by First Minister Alex Salmond and two former First Ministers, Lord McConnell and Henry McLeish -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 19 Jan 2011 -- Liz Lochhead - the new Makar (National Poet) at a press conference to announce her appointment attended by First Minister Alex Salmond and two former First Ministers, Lord McConnell (pictured here) and Henry McLeish -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
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The upper half of the bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
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
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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).
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
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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).
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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 19 Jan 2011 -- Liz Lochhead - the new Makar (National Poet) at a press conference to announce her appointment attended by First Minister Alex Salmond and two former First Ministers, Lord McConnell and Henry McLeish (pictured here) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 19 Jan 2011 -- First Minister Alex Salmond and two former First Ministers, Lord McConnell and Henry McLeish announces Liz Lochhead - the new Makar (National Poet) at a press conference to announce her appointment -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; Makar; national; poet; First Minister; Alex Salmond; Lord McConnell; Henry McLeish; Liz Lochhead; Liz; Lochead; portrait; poets; people; portraits; culture; arts; 19th; January; 2011; 2010s
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 19 Jan 2011 -- Liz Lochhead - the new Makar (National Poet) pictured at a press conference to announce her appointment attended by First Minister Alex Salmond and two former First Ministers, Lord McConnell and Henry McLeish -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; Makar; national; poet; First Minister; Alex Salmond; Lord McConnell; Henry McLeish; Liz Lochhead; Liz; Lochead; portrait; poets; people; portraits; culture; arts; 19th; January; 2011; 2010s
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 19 Jan 2011 -- Liz Lochhead - the new Makar (National Poet) pictured at a press conference to announce her appointment attended by First Minister Alex Salmond and two former First Ministers, Lord McConnell and Henry McLeish -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; Makar; national; poet; First Minister; Alex Salmond; Lord McConnell; Henry McLeish; Liz Lochhead; Liz; Lochead; portrait; poets; people; portraits; culture; arts; 19th; January; 2011; 2010s
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 19 Jan 2011 -- Liz Lochhead - the new Makar (National Poet) pictured at a press conference to announce her appointment attended by First Minister Alex Salmond and two former First Ministers, Lord McConnell and Henry McLeish -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; Makar; national; poet; First Minister; Alex Salmond; Lord McConnell; Henry McLeish; Liz Lochhead; Liz; Lochead; portrait; poets; people; portraits; culture; arts; 19th; January; 2011; 2010s
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 19 Jan 2011 -- Liz Lochhead - the new Makar (National Poet) pictured at a press conference to announce her appointment attended by First Minister Alex Salmond and two former First Ministers, Lord McConnell and Henry McLeish -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
Rudyard Kipling portrait author poet novelist writer of the famous English authors writers novelists poets poetry Jungle Book celebrated noted famed renowned acclaimed prominent eminent children children's literature literary figure figures arts and art portraits great greats greatest people person persons illustration painting black white vintage distinguished 19th nineteenth century 20th twentieth poem poems upright vertical head shoulder shoulders history historic heritage historical England UK United Kingdom British Briton Britons Britain a an at as on in with by to from for into Europe European Europeans short story stories fiction fictional genre genres novel novels books man men male males Englishman Englishmen print prints engraving engravings Gunga Din India Indian Indians born Indian-born 1907 Nobel Prize winner winners glasses spectacles wearing bespectacled facial hair moustache moustaches Victorian Victorians Joseph illustrations paintings
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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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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 19 Jan 2011 -- Liz Lochhead - the new Makar (National Poet) pictured at a press conference to announce her appointment attended by First Minister Alex Salmond and two former First Ministers, Lord McConnell and Henry McLeish -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral, with the cathedral's chapter house in the background
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 19 Jan 2011 -- Liz Lochhead - the new Makar (National Poet) pictured at a press conference to announce her appointment attended by First Minister Alex Salmond and two former First Ministers, Lord McConnell and Henry McLeish. From left to right: Henry McLeish, Robyn Marsack, Alex Salmond, Liz Lochhead, Lord McConnell -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
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The bronze statue (1905) of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, looking at a flower in his hand and with his Siberian wolfhound (borzoi) Karenina at his side, by George Frederic Watts, in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
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
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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.
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Portrait engraving circa 1878 by Stephen Alonzo Schoff, based on a drawing by Samuel Worcester Rowse, of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson (1803 – 1882) was an American poet and philosopher who led the Transcendentalist movement of the early nineteenth century.
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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
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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.
The Anglican parish church of St Margarets Somersby Lincolnshire Wolds.The Birth place of Lord Alfred Tennyson.The church has the tomb of his Father in the foreground .
Tennyson Monument, Tennyson Down, Freshwater, Isle Of Wight, 1892, Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet, sunset, silhouette, dark clouds, atmospheric, lone figure, history
Lord Byron, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, British poet, Grand Tour, Early 19th Century, Historical Figure, Georgian male portrait, Born 1788 Died 1824,
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Engraving by C. Turner after a painting by R. Westall, published in 1814.
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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.
Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1893) English poet. Succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate, 1850. Tennyson reading his poem Maud. After sketch by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1855.
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Philip Sidney (1554-1586) English soldier, statesman, poet, and patron of poets. Governor of Flushing (1585). Mortally wounded in the thigh at the Battle of Zutphen in which the Dutch and English defeated the Spanish, 22 September 1586. Died at Arnhem 26 days later. Engraving c1840.
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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).
Alfred Austin (1835-1913) British poet laureate from 1896. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne (1844-1910) in the Fancy Portraits series in Punch, London, 3 March 1883, when Austin became editor of National Review. Engraving.
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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).
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Plaque commemorating Lord Byron's home; Bust of Lord Byron; English Poet, celebrated; famous; honoured; honored; respected; remembered; Influential notorious British poet; Romantic Poetry; Satirist; local Greek hero; Metaxata; Cephalonia; Greece, Ionian sea, Greek islands, Greece, popular holiday vacation tourism travel destinations, [Island famous for film "Captain Correlli's mandolin", Vertical image, Copyright Keith Erskine 2008
Bust of Lord Byron; English Poet, celebrated; famous; honoured; honored; respected; remembered; Influential notorious British poet; Romantic Poetry; Satirist; local Greek hero; Metaxata; Cephalonia; Greece, Ionian sea, Greek islands, popular holiday vacation tourism travel destinations, [Island famous for film "Captain Correlli's mandolin", Vertical image, Copyright Keith Erskine 2008
Bust of Lord Byron; English Poet, celebrated; famous; honoured; honored; respected; remembered; Influential notorious British poet; Romantic Poetry; Satirist; local Greek hero; Metaxata; Cephalonia; Greece, Ionian sea, Greek islands, popular holiday vacation tourism travel destinations, [Island famous for film "Captain Correlli's mandolin", Vertical image, Copyright Keith Erskine 2008
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 upright vertical 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 cane stick 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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Manuscript of 'The Throstle' the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). The Throstle is an alternative name for the Song Thrush and the rhythm of the poem borrows from the bird's song.
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Vintage portrait of American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882). Longfellow's works included "Paul Revere's Ride" and "Evangeline". Portrait circa 1880s by Mensing & Stecher.
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Vintage portrait of American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882). Longfellow's works included "Paul Revere's Ride" and "Evangeline". Photogravure circa 1907 by John Andrew & Son.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow portrait poet American writer US author leading literary figure 19th century nineteenth 1800s famous English Literature educator of poetry W W. H H. HW H.W. USA celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed eminent prominent popular distinguished respected major influential poets Americans North writers authors United States America the and culture cultural leader leaders figures 1880s 1870s 1807 - 1882 late vintage illustration engraving etching print illustrations engravings etchings prints archive archival history historic historical heritage professor prof prof. great greats greatest old age national world best most ever educators people person persons man men male males education poem poems portraits upright vertical black white art arts Romanticism important a an at as in on with by be to for from into up head shoulder shoulders half-length half length key icon icons iconic pioneer pioneers pioneering character characters personality personalities society Paul Revere Revere's Ride Evangeline modern language languages Romantic Romantics elderly brilliant Armstrong & Co lithograph lithographs
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Vintage portrait print circa 1875 of American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882). Longfellow's works included "Paul Revere's Ride" and "Evangeline". Lithograph by Armstrong & Co.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow portrait poet American writer US author leading literary figure 19th century nineteenth 1800s famous English Literature educator of poetry W W. H H. HW H.W. USA celebrated renowned acclaimed noted famed eminent prominent popular distinguished respected major influential poets Americans North writers authors United States America the and culture cultural leader leaders figures 1880s 1870s 1807 - 1882 late vintage illustration engraving etching print illustrations engravings etchings prints archive archival history historic historical heritage professor prof prof. great greats greatest old age national world best most ever educators people person persons man men male males education poem poems portraits upright vertical black white art arts Romanticism important a an at as in on with by be to for from into up head shoulder shoulders half-length half length key icon icons iconic pioneer pioneers pioneering character characters personality personalities society Paul Revere Revere's Ride Evangeline modern language languages Romantic Romantics elderly brilliant Armstrong & Co lithograph lithographs
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Vintage portrait print of American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882). Longfellow's works included "Paul Revere's Ride" and "Evangeline". Lithograph circa 1888 by Armstrong & Co.
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Undated portrait of Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833 – 1896) – Swedish chemist, engineer, industrialist and the inventor of dynamite. He used his large fortune in his will to create the Nobel Prizes.
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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.
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Vintage portrait engraving circa 1880s of American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882). Longfellow, whose works included "Paul Revere's Ride" and "Evangeline", is depicted sitting in his study and holding a quill pen. Engraving by Samuel Hollyer.
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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.