RMG9C75G–Dame Muriel Spark, winner of the David Cohen British literature Prize, with Colin Finlayson, present Headmaster at her former school, James Gillespie's High School. Dame Muriel has donated a third of her 30,000 pound prize to the school.
RMKD6NXB–E M Forster - portrait of the English novelist. 1 January 1879 - 7 June 1970.
RF2C8MB9D–Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. This English novelist is best known for his romantic adventure King Solomon’s Mines, published in 1885. He was also a practical farmer and was part of the literary reaction against domestic realism that has been called a romance revival.
RMTXH12N–George Eliot - pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). English novelist poet and critic. Etching after portrait by Frederick Burton
RM2GGA30E–Robert Browning (1812-1889). British poet and playwright. Husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Portrait by Michele Gordigiani (1830-1909). Oil on canvas (72,4 x 58,7 cm), 1858. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.
RMMPNE4M–Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher and mathematician. Artist: Unknown.
RMD95NNB–John Milton (1608-1674) English poet, born at Cheapside, London. Engraving. British Literature
RMB7KBCJ–A.P.HERBERT English writer and politician 1890-1971 on a 1930s cigarette card
RMM05GCB–Bronze Sculpture of William Shakespeare
RMD181Y8–Portrait of William Shakespeare
RMRY8DXR–Charles Dickens American Notes 1842 and Having His Wet Pipe Presented to Him
RMMBD7KF–Twenty demon-sigils, from the Solomonic literature. This series have been copied from a seventeenth-century manuscript, in the British Library. Reading from left to right, from the top, the sigils represent the demons: ANDREALPHUS BALAM BERITH IPOS SYSTRY ANDROMALIUS BATHIN AGAROS GOMORY VINE ASODAI BELETH MARBAS SHAX ZEPAR ASTAROTH BELIAL BARBATOS SEERE VAPULA
RMA8FFRA–Gulliver in Lilliput as described by Jonathan Swift in Gullivers Travels. Hand-colored woodcut
RM2D1PNE4–A late 19th Century collage illustrating various aspects of the life of William Shakespeare
RMBTJWK0–Thomas Hughes (1822-1896) English novelist best known for 'Tom Brown's School Days' 1857.
RFD85037–Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873) on engraving from 1873. English novelist, poet, playwright and politician.
RM2ARBF3N–Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853-1931), British author, poet and critic. Date: 1901
RM2B5F1FP–Wellington, New Zealand. 8th Mar, 2020. People visit the exhibition 'Wonderland' at the Te Papa National Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, March 8, 2020. The three-month exhibition 'Wonderland' ended on Sunday, which displayed more than 300 objects and props related to the famous British literature 'Alice in Wonderland'. Credit: Guo Lei/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMRMTHY2–Sir Paul Dukes (1889-1967), British MI6 Officer and Author, Three-Quarter Length Portrait, 1922
RMGBHKXA–British Literature - Books - The Good Loo Guide - London - 1987
RMM4RGMK–WILLIAM GOLDING British author and Nobel prize laureate in literature at Nobel Banquete with wife Anne 1983
RF2BMPWXN–William Shakespeare (died 1616) was an English poet and playwright - and is considered by many to be the best English writer ever.
RMTXH13C–George Eliot - pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). English novelist, poet and critic. From sketch by Lady Alma Tadema, 1877
RM2GFNT94–Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). Known by her pseudonym George Eliot. English novelist. Portrait by Frederic William Burton (1816-1900). Chalk (51,4 x 38,1 cm), 1865. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.
RMA4JKBJ–William Black, British novelist, 1877.Artist: Lock & Whitfield
RMD95X36–Robert Southey (1774-1843) English poet of the Romantic school, born at Bristol. Brother-in-law of his friend Coleridge and one of the Lake Poets. Appointed Poet Laureate 1813. Lithograph after the portrait by Robert Hancock. British Literature English
RMAWKMYT–Quinto Bookstore, Charing Cross Road, London
RMTB0719–A portrait of John Galsworthy aged 27 (1867-1933) - Edwardian English novelist and playwright who wrote (amongst others) The Forsyte Saga trilogy. - Nobel Prize winner in Literature. - Trained as a lawyer - Pen name for first novel was John Sinjohn. Turned down knighthood
RMGY63MH–Murray Pittock FRSE, the British cultural historian, Bradley Professor of Literature and author, , at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland. 22nd August 2016
RMRY8DXY–Charles Dickens Pictures from Italy 1846 an Italian Dream
RMA2EJGN–THE WRITER ADAM SISMAN AT THE CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2006 UK
RMDBGBB2–British author Samuel Johnson, with autograph. Hand-colored woodcut
RMCNRKHH–Addison, Joseph, 1.5.1672 - 17.6.1719, British author / writer and politician, portrait, steel engraving by Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger, 18th century, Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared
RMBTJWY0–H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) English novelist of adventure stories, best known for 'King Solomon's Mines' and 'She'. Ca. 1920
RMCWART5–Winston Churchill, (1874-1965) British Prime Minister and 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature. On being returned to being Prime
RMM1PNHG–Statue by George Frederick Watts of Alfred Lord Tennyson in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral
RM2B5F0RC–Wellington, New Zealand. 8th Mar, 2020. People visit the exhibition 'Wonderland' at the Te Papa National Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, March 8, 2020. The three-month exhibition 'Wonderland' ended on Sunday, which displayed more than 300 objects and props related to the famous British literature 'Alice in Wonderland'. Credit: Guo Lei/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMAAY6X6–british library new literature collection book
RMGBRR38–Former showbusiness promoter turned author, Mr Joe Collins, 83, father of the actress Joan Collins and authoress Jackie Collins, with their half-sister Natasha, 18, at a London reception tonight to mark the publication of the Collin's life story 'A Touch of Collins'
RMM4RGMJ–WILLIAM GOLDING British author and Nobel prize laureatet in literature at Nobel Banquete table with Princess Christina of Sweden 1983
RMJEM6BW–Ed Vere , British writer and illustrator of children's books, appearing at the 2017 Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts, Hay on Wye, Wales UK
RMTXH128–Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) English novelist, poet and critic. Friend of Belloc. Roman Catholic convert. Creator of fictional detective Father Brown (1911). Card published 1927
RMBY64BR–CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881). British writer. Colored engraving.
RMMPR0WJ–'Don Quixote. Pen Sketch from 'Line: An Art Study', 1923. Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan.
RMRJAAWF–Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book A Bear Called Paddington and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum and other artists
RMBF59X0–Booksellers on Charing Cross Road, London, England
RM2HN9G3N–A late 19th century American Puck Magazine cover showing Samuel S. Cox, Abram S. Hewitt, and William E. Robinson (waving a paper that states 'The demands of 20,000,000 Irish-Americans') pulling on the tail of the British Lion who is resting its front paws on the body of a man with a handgun in one hand and a paper labeled 'Assassin O'Donnell' in the other; a gibbet stands in the background. Patrick O'Donnell was executed by hanging in London on December 17, 1883, for the murder of James Carey.
RMGY63MY–Murray Pittock FRSE, the British cultural historian, Bradley Professor of Literature and author, , at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland. 22nd August 2016
RMRY8DXH–Charles Dickens American Notes 1842 in the Cabin of the Canal Boat
RM2DEF42T–rudolph ackermann repository of arts year 1809 volume 1 january plate 3
RM2ARBF25–Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish author and philosopher. Date: 19th century
RMBA7XTA–Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Baron, 6.8. 1809 - 6.10.1892, British author / writer, 'Idylls of the King'), 1859, scene, wood engraving by Gustave Dore, 19th century, , Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared
RMBTJW7B–Laurence Housman (1865-1959) popular English playwright set his plays in Victorian England, best known for 'Victoria Regina' (1934). Ca. 1915.
RM2CP4Y0F–Author Dame Muriel Spark listens to speeches in her honour after receiving the 1997 David Cohen British Literature Prize during a ceremony at Coutts & Co. March 19. Spark, the third to win Britain's highest monetary value award of 40,000 Sterling ($60,000), joins previous winners Harold Pinter and V.S. Naipaul. BRITAIN
RMTB072T–A portrait of John Galsworthy (1867-1933) - Edwardian English novelist and playwright who wrote (amongst others) The Forsyte Saga trilogy. - Nobel Prize winner in Literature. - Trained as a lawyer - Pen name for first novel was John Sinjohn. Turned down knighthood
RM2B5F0RH–Wellington, New Zealand. 8th Mar, 2020. People visit the exhibition 'Wonderland' at the Te Papa National Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, March 8, 2020. The three-month exhibition 'Wonderland' ended on Sunday, which displayed more than 300 objects and props related to the famous British literature 'Alice in Wonderland'. Credit: Guo Lei/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RF2AJNGWB–Babylonian science and literature artifacts in British museum
RMG9C75H–David Cohen British literature Prize 1997
RMM4RGMF–WILLIAM GOLDING British author and Nobel prize laureatet in literature at Nobel Banquete table with Princess Christina of Sweden 1983
RMJEM6C7–Ed Vere , British writer and illustrator of children's books, appearing at the 2017 Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts, Hay on Wye, Wales UK
RM2A5YKYK–Manuscript of Sonnet XIX 'I never gave a lock of hair away ...' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) from her sequence 'Sonnets from the Portugese' first published in 1850.
RMCYJPXD–John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Colored engraving. 19th century.
RMA4JTJX–'Alice in Wonderland', 1917. Artist: Arthur Rackham
RMRJAAWD–Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book A Bear Called Paddington and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum and other artists
RMARJFM1–BERNARD SHAW at left with fellow British writer HG Wells about 1936
RM2HN9GYJ–A late 19th century American Puck Magazine illustration showing William E. Gladstone, dressed as a Greek marathon runner, passing an 'Altar of Peace' on which there's a small fire and a rifle labelled 'Coercion'. Several dogs labelled 'Assassin, Ribbon Man, Desperado, Secret Society and Fenian' attack Gladstone. Charles S. Parnell and Michael Davitt who has stumbled over John Dillon, holds a leash labelled 'Land League', struggles to hold onto dogs. In the background, a man runs into the forest after stabbing two men who may have been British government officials.
RMGY63NP–Murray Pittock FRSE, the British cultural historian, Bradley Professor of Literature and author, , at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland. 22nd August 2016
RMRY8DXB–Charles Dickens American Notes 1842 When Suddenly' the Lively Hero Dashes in to the Rescue
RM2DEF48F–rudolph ackermann repository of arts year 1809 volume 1 january plate 5
RM2ARBF3K–Alfred Austin (1835-1913), English poet and Poet Laureate. Date: 1901
RFR23XMP–Open dog eared book with glasses
RMBTJX1R–Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) English novelist of seafaring adventures, including 'The King's Own' (1830), 'Peter Simple' (1834), and 'Mr. Midshipman Easy' (1836).
RMB38947–John Ruskin memorial near Keswick Cumbria England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain
RMW2K0YY–John Galsworthy (1867-1933) on his favourite horse Peggy at Wingstone Manor, Manaton,village - The Edwardian English novelist and playwright wrote (amongst others) The Forsyte Saga trilogy. - Nobel Prize winner in Literature. - Trained as a lawyer - Pen name for first novel was John Sinjohn. Turned down knighthood
RM2B5F0R8–Wellington, New Zealand. 8th Mar, 2020. People visit the exhibition 'Wonderland' at the Te Papa National Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, March 8, 2020. The three-month exhibition 'Wonderland' ended on Sunday, which displayed more than 300 objects and props related to the famous British literature 'Alice in Wonderland'. Credit: Guo Lei/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RME9KDEP–British literary critic, and emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, John Carey.
RMG5YFWY–Literary Critic Alex Clark at a press conference at the British Library, in central London, to announce the Folio Society as new sponsors of the Literature Prize, which will now be called the Folio Prize.
RMP7HN6H–RUTH RENDELL British crime writer 1993
RMJEM6C8–Ed Vere , British writer and illustrator of children's books, appearing at the 2017 Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts, Hay on Wye, Wales UK
RM2A5YKW9–The birthplace of Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) at Honington, Suffolk. Bloomfield, English farm labourer, shoemaker and poet, remembered now mainly as the author of 'The Farmer's Boy' (1800) a verse tale illustrated by Thomas Bewick. Woodcut from 'The Table Book' by William Hone (London, 1828).
RMCYNJB7–Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). British author. Portrait after an engraving by E. Finden. 18th century.
RMW7CR58–The Fairy Queen's Messenger, c1870. Artist: Richard Doyle
RMD9CWH1–Henry Morley (1822-1894) English author and editor, professor of English Literature at University College London 1865-1889, pictured c1890. The Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore was one of Morleys pupils.
RM2ECNYMB–Graham Macdonald Robb FRSL, a British author and critic specialising in French literature, photographed at his home near Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK. 23 Apr 2010
RMMB0MFX–Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett, 1849 – 1924. British-American novelist and playwright. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900
RMGY63N9–Murray Pittock FRSE, the British cultural historian, Bradley Professor of Literature and author, , at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland. 22nd August 2016
RMRY8DXT–Charles Dickens American Notes 1842 the Malle Poste
RM2DEF4MK–Rudolph Ackermann repository of arts year 1809 volume 1 june plate 26 gothic furniture
RM2ARBF2P–Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Date: 19th century
RFR23XMG–Open Book with glasses and vase of pink roses
RMBTJWW5–W.W. Jacobs (1863-1943) English author of horror stories, best known for “The Monkey's Paw” 1902. 1920 portrait.
RMBAAN6F–Dibdin, Charles, 15.3.1745 - 25.7.1814, British author / writer, composer, portrait, engraving, 19th century,
RM2C93MDY–A selection of classic 20th century literature books by British and American authors. Concept: literature, reading, literacy, fiction, novels
RM2B5F1XJ–Wellington, New Zealand. 8th Mar, 2020. A visitor tours the exhibition 'Wonderland' at the Te Papa National Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, March 8, 2020. The three-month exhibition 'Wonderland' ended on Sunday, which displayed more than 300 objects and props related to the famous British literature 'Alice in Wonderland'. Credit: Guo Lei/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RME9KDER–British literary critic, and emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, John Carey.
RMG7TKE3–British writer William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, who has won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature.
RMM83WAC–FREDRICK FORSYTH British author 1972 who get a dozen of his titles adapted to film
RMJEM6C0–Ed Vere , British writer and illustrator of children's books, appearing at the 2017 Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts, Hay on Wye, Wales UK
RMTXGXYY–Virginia Woolf (born Stephen - 1882-1941). English novelist, essayist and critic Photograph
RMD0K2MG–Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). British author. Portrait after an engraving by E. Finden. 18th century. Colored.
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