Poet Collection

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Victor Hugo
4th March 1868: French poet, author and leader of the French Romantic movement Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885). (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Burns Cottage
1759: Burns Cottage in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland, the birthplace of Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1759. Engraving by G. Cook after a drawing by J. O. Brown from an old engraving

William Morris (1834 - 1896), English designer, poet and socialist. (Photo by Fred Hollyer/Getty Images)

Sophocles ( circa 496a'406 bc ), Greek playwright. His seven surviving plays are notable for their complexity of plot and depth of characterization

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

WB Yeats
Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ulysses weeps at the song of Demodocus
Ulysses weeping as he listens to the songs of the blind musician, Demodocus. From "Stories From Homer" by the Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A.; illustrations from designs by John Flaxman

Eminent Victorians - Portrait of Robert Browning
Vintage colour engraving of Robert Browning (7 May 1812 to 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets

Poet's Inspiration, 1785 (oil on canvas) by Mariano Rossi
Arkhangelsk Cathedral Museum, Moscow, Russia (Photo by Art Images via Getty Images)

Blondel de Nesle
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from the third crusade Blondel hears the voice of the imprisoned Richard the Lionheart

Albrecht Durer Visiting Hans Sachs
Engraving from 1894 showing the painter Albrecht Durer visiting the poet Hans Sachs

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, German writer, artist, and politician (XXXL)
Portrait of Goethe engraving by Posselwhite from a picture by george Dawe (1855) Now in the public domain

Sir Walter Raleigh, English Aristocrat
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 - 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer

Portraits of writers and poets

Sir Walter Raleigh (XXXL)
" Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh ( 1552-1618) engraved by W.Holl(1807-1871), published by A.Fullarton and Co in 1870.Adobe RGB.Very high resolution.Queen Elisabeth I:"

Lord Byron
Portrait of Lord Byron 1788-1824Engraved and published by John Tallis & Compagny en 1882.Digital restoration by PictoreVoltaire:

Sir Philip Sidney
" Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)Engraved by H.Robinson from the original of Sir Antoine More in the collection of the Duke of Bedford

Thomas Percy
Portrait of thomas Percy ( 1794)

Alexander Pope (XXXL)
" Portrait of alexander Pope ( 1688-1744), engraved by James Posselwhite (1798-1884) from the picture by Hudson and edited by William Mackenzie in 1850.Very high resolution available.George

Voltaire, French Writer And Philosopher
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

Corneille (XXXL)
Portrait of Corneille engraved by woolmoth from an original picture by C.Lebrun (1840).Photo by pictore

Voltaire (XXXL)
Portrait of Monsieur de Voltaire, engraved by Ja Mollisson (around 1850), from an original picture by largilhere.Image now in the public domain

Walter Scott (XXXL)
Portrait of Walter scott(1771-1832) engraved by J.Thomson (1778-1840) from a painting by John Graham Gilbert(1794-1866) and published by Fisher son & Co in 1832.Now in the public domain.Restored by

Petrarch (XXXL)
Francis Petrarch.Portrait engraved by Robert Hart (around 1850) from a printing by Raffaello Morghan

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)English poet and Playwrightengraved by Sir John Gilberts (1881) edited by Howard Staunton in 1882 & Published by George Routledge

DANTE ALIGHIERI (XXXL)
Portrait of DANTE ALIGHIERI.engraved by Wagstaff(1855)from a print by Raffaelle Morghen after a picture by Tofanelli

Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Vintage engraving of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 to 1882. An American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. The London Illustrated News, 1882

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Poet
Engraving from1890 featuring the poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Frances Sargent Osgood - Poet And Edgar Allan Poe Friend
Engraving from 1885 featuring Frances Sargent Osgood who was a poet and friend of Edgar Allan Poe. She lived from 1811 until 1850

Edgar Allan Poe January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement

Portrait of William Shakespeare
This 1849 vintage print features the portrait of William Shakespeare

Vanity Fair Print of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Victorian caricature of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victorias reign and remains one of the most popular British poets

Vanity Fair Print of Matthew Arnold
Victorian caricature of Matthew Arnold, an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. By James Tissot. Vanity Fair 1871

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - English Poet
Engraving from 1885 featuring the English poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. She lived from 1806 until 1861

Victor Hugo engraving 1894
Engraving illustration from the book " Great Men and Famous Women" 1894

The Distressed Poet, by William Hogarth
Photo of an original engraving from the Works of William Hogarth published in 1833

The Distrest Poet by William Hogarth
Vintage engraving of The Distrest Poet by William Hogarth. It depicts a scene in a small, dingy attic room where a poet sits at his desk in the dormer and, scratching his head

Victorian satirical cartoon, Society Poets full of Hot Air
Vintage engraving of a Victorian satirical cartoon on Society Poets full of Hot Air. Their ambiguities I wis, Their paltry themes do well express: They soar on nothing, just like this

Euripides (ancient Greek dramatist)
Illustration of a Euripides (ancient Greek dramatist)

Greek ornament with Lykurgus and Solon
Illustration of a Greek ornament with Lykurgus and Solon

Homer - Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He is the greatest ancient Greek epic poets. When he lived is not exactly known. It is estimated about 770 - 700 BC

Lord Byron
English romantic poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron of Rochdale (1788 - 1824). Original Artwork: Fred Bruckmann Studio (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Emily Bronte
circa 1835: English poet and author of Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte (1818 - 1848). Original Artwork: Painting by Charlotte Bronte. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Oedipus Rex
Russian born composer, conductor, pianist and writer Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) conducts a BBC performance of his opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex, with text by French poet

Famous Writers - Dickens, Wadsworth Wadsworth Longfellow & Bulwer
Vintage engraving from 1874 showing Charles Dickens, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Henry Bulwer

Roman literature
illustration of a Tullius Cicero, Horatius flaccus, Terentius Afer, Virgilius maro, plinius Secund, Titus Livius

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