1795. Copper-line engraving. 1795. 70mmm by 60mm (platemark) 225mm by 120mm (sheet). Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was an English poet. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, his first volume of verse, Poetical Blossoms, was published in 1633 when he was fifteen and included poems written from the age of ten. As a......
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830 - 1908) was an American sculptor.Some faint foxing in margins. A very light horizontal soft crease."
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Eliza Cook (1818 - 1889) was an English author, Chartist poet and writer born in London Road, Southwark.A couple of small foxing spots outside the image area."
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Frances Sargent Osgood (1811-1850) was an American poet and one of the most popular women writers during her time and was also famous for her exchange of romantic poems with Edgar.....
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1810 - 1850), commonly known as Margaret Fuller, was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first.....
C1870. Steel-engraving. C1870. 185mm by 133mm (image only). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the.....
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (1731-1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington is.....
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Mary Somerville (1780-1872) was a Scottish 19th century pioneer woman mathematician and scientist.Alonzo Chappel was an American artist who depicted many historical scenes and portraits. Right hand margin has a very.....
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (1768 - 1793), known as Charlotte Corday, was a figure of the French Revolution. In 1793, she was executed under the guillotine for the assassination of.....
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Anna Brownell Jameson (1794 - 1860) was a British writer, feminist and art historian.Alonzo Chappel was an American artist who depicted many historical scenes and portraits."
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867) was an American novelist of what is sometimes referred to as ""domestic fiction"". She promoted Republican motherhood."
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L. E. L."
C1835. Lithograph. C1835. 225mm by 155mm (image). James Sheridan Knowles (1784 - 1862) was an Irish dramatist and actor. His best-known play, The Hunchback, was produced at Covent Garden in 1832, and Knowles won praise acting in the work as Master Walter.
C1835. Lithograph. C1835. 230mm by 145mm (sheet). The Author of Waverley' . Sir Walter Scott, 1st Bt (1771-1832) was a Scottish novelist and poet. He was an immensely successful writer before turning to the great historical romances for which he is now best known. Works like Waverley (1814) and Rob.....
C1835. Lithograph. C1835. 225mm by 145mm (sheet). The Author of 'The Sketch Book''. Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian. His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith and Muhammad, and several histories of fifteenth-century Spain. After moving to England for the family business in.....
1872. Steel engraving. 1872. 175mm by 125mm (image only) 275mm by 205mm (sheet). Printed facsimile signature below the image. Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855) was an English author and dramatist. She was famous as the author of Our Village.One small spot outside the image area."
1817. Stipple engraving. 1817. 235mm by 140mm (sheet). Marguerite Georges (1787-1867) was a French stage actor. She was one of the most famous French actresses of her time. She is also known for her affair with Napoleon, but also claimed to have had an affair with the Duke of Wellington.....
1817. Stipple engraving. 1817. 235mm by 140mm (sheet). Mrs Weston played roles in the West Country, Liverpool an then Coventry Garden. Accompanied by original text description.Water stain to top of the sheet. A couple of small spots."
C1750. Copper-line engraving. C1750. 165mm by 95mm (sheet). Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was an English poet. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, his first volume of verse, Poetical Blossoms, was published in 1633 when he was fifteen and included poems written from the age of ten. As a Royalist during the English.....
C1870. Steel-engraving. C1870. 190mm by 130mm (image) 275mm by 210mm (sheet). Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855) was a British novelist, the eldest of the three famous Bronte sisters whose novels have become standards of English literature. She is best known for Jane Eyre.
C1855. Steel engraving. C1855. 270mm by 200mm (sheet). Mr Macready as Othello' "
C1850. Steel-engraving. C1850. 270mm by 200m (sheet). Depicts the statue of Mozart surrounded by classical vignettes. Music interest.Two very unobtrusive small spots."
1816. Stipple engraving. 1816. 235mm by 140mm (sheet). Miss Nash performed at Bath and Drury Lane. Accompanied by original text description.Scattered foxing."
C1865. Steel engraving. C1865. 270mm by 200mm (sheet). Mr Couldock as Iago, Othello Act II, Scene I' "
1816. Stipple engraving. 1816. 235mm by 140mm (sheet). Accompanied by original text description. Scattered foxing and faint off-setting."