The Author Collection

Dante and Virgil in Inferno, crossing the cocytus, 1885 (engraving)
XEE746645 Dante and Virgil in Inferno, crossing the cocytus, 1885 (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Inferno)

The Honourable Mrs. Caroline Norton and her Sisters, c. 1847 (oil on canvas)
MAN430854 The Honourable Mrs. Caroline Norton and her Sisters, c.1847 (oil on canvas) by Etty, William (1787-1849); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808-77)

Thomas Day (oil on canvas)
701604 Thomas Day (oil on canvas) by Wright of Derby, Joseph (1734-97); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Thomas Day (22 June 1748 - 28 September 1789) was a British author and abolitionist

Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore, Berlin, 1930 (b/w photo)
1700702 Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore, Berlin, 1930 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info)

Miss Havisham (engraving)
1000751 Miss Havisham (engraving) by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration by Harry Furniss for the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations)

Representation of Don Quixote in his library surrounded by the creatures of his books Engraving by Gustave Dore
ELD4869231 Representation of Don Quixote in his library surrounded by the creatures of his books Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

LEON TOLSTOI LABOURANT, 1887 (oil on cardboard)
7215383 LEON TOLSTOI LABOURANT, 1887 (oil on cardboard) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: 1887//Oil on cardboard At Iasnaya Polyana in August 1887)

Anna Louise Karsch, 1789 (watercolour)
8914721 Anna Louise Karsch, 1789 (watercolour) by Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726-1801) (after); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Anna Louise Karsch)

Franz Grillparzer, 1872 (lithograph)
8914930 Franz Grillparzer, 1872 (lithograph) by Axmann, Ferdinand (1838-1910); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Grillparzer, Franz)

Franz Grillparzer, 1872 (lithograph)
8914926 Franz Grillparzer, 1872 (lithograph) by Axmann, Ferdinand (1838-1910); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Grillparzer, Franz)

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1930 (etching)
8915489 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1930 (etching) by Michalek, Ludwig (1859-1942); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von)

Franz Grillparzer, 1930 (etching)
8915479 Franz Grillparzer, 1930 (etching) by Michalek, Ludwig (1859-1942); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Grillparzer, Franz, etching by Ludwig Michalek)

Karl Marx, 1930 (print)
8915448 Karl Marx, 1930 (print) by Friedrich, Otto (1862-1937); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Marx, Karl)

Picture of Emil Ertl 1889, 1927 (charcoal)
8915237 Picture of Emil Ertl 1889, 1927 (charcoal) by Engelhart, Josef (1864-1941); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Picture Emil Ertl (1860-1935)

Arsene Lupin banker, police operetta at the Theatre des Bouffes-Parisiens - partition¿
LSE4103045 Arsene Lupin banker, police operetta at the Theatre des Bouffes-Parisiens - partition¿ by Unknown Artist; Private Collection; (add.info.: Arsene Lupin banker)

The Three Musketeers
LLM462617 The Three Musketeers by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Three Musketeers. Liebig card, early 20th century. Chromolithograph.); © Look and Learn.

Aleksey Konstantinovich count Tolstoj, 1930 (engraving)
8915696 Aleksey Konstantinovich count Tolstoj, 1930 (engraving) by Kraemer, Peter (1823-1907); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Tolstoj, Aleksey Konstantinovich count)

Grillparzer, 1930 (etching)
8915304 Grillparzer, 1930 (etching) by Michalek, Ludwig (1859-1942); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Grillparzer)

Heine, 1868 (lithograph)
8914903 Heine, 1868 (lithograph) by Rohrbach, Paul (1817-c.1862); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Heine)

The Three Musketeers
LLM462618 The Three Musketeers by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Three Musketeers. Liebig card, early 20th century. Chromolithograph.); © Look and Learn.

The Three Musketeers
LLM462615 The Three Musketeers by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Three Musketeers. Liebig card, early 20th century. Chromolithograph.); © Look and Learn.

The Three Musketeers
LLM462619 The Three Musketeers by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Three Musketeers. Liebig card, early 20th century. Chromolithograph.); © Look and Learn.

The Three Musketeers
LLM462614 The Three Musketeers by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Three Musketeers. Liebig card, early 20th century. Chromolithograph.); © Look and Learn.

Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, 1930 (print)
8915531 Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, 1930 (print) by Graefle, Albert (1809-89); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Jean Paul, painting by Albert Graefle)

Dante Alighieri, 1930 (engraving)
8915446 Dante Alighieri, 1930 (engraving) by Comerio, Agostino (1784-1834); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Dante Alighieri)

Beranger, 1930 (lithograph)
8915706 Beranger, 1930 (lithograph) by Couture, Thomas (1815-79); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: B)

Goethe, 1930 (lithograph)
8915632 Goethe, 1930 (lithograph) by Jagemann, Ferdinand (1780-1820); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Goethe, lithograph by C)

Pencil Jakob Michael Reginald Lenz, 1775 (watercolour)
8914697 Pencil Jakob Michael Reginald Lenz, 1775 (watercolour) by Pfenninger, Heinrich (1749-1815); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Jakob Michael Reginald Lenz)

Shakespeare, 1890 (etching)
8915050 Shakespeare, 1890 (etching) by Flameng, Leopold (1831-1911); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (litho)
5999684 William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (litho) by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Shakespeare, (1564-1616), English poet and playwright

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1930 (heliograph)
8915644 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1930 (heliograph) by Kolbe, Heinrich Christoph (1771-1836); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von)

Niccolo Machiavelli, 1930 (drawing)
8915498 Niccolo Machiavelli, 1930 (drawing) by Comerio, Agostino (1784-1834); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Machiavelli, Niccolo)

August Wilhelm Iffland, 1759 - 1814. German actor and dramatic author. From Nuestro Siglo, published 1883
745846 August Wilhelm Iffland, 1759 - 1814. German actor and dramatic author. From Nuestro Siglo, published 1883..

Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist (colour litho)
5999665 Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist (colour litho) by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist

Fagin from Oliver Twist (colour litho)
8635506 Fagin from Oliver Twist (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fagin from Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1930 (heliograph)
8915573 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1930 (heliograph) by Jagemann, Ferdinand (1780-1820); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von)

Tableau of Hungarian writers, 1930 (lithograph)
8915509 Tableau of Hungarian writers, 1930 (lithograph) by Rohn, Alois (19th-20th century); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Tableau of Hungarian writers, 34 images)

Schiller, 1818 (lithograph)
8914781 Schiller, 1818 (lithograph) by Jagemann, Ferdinand (1780-1820); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Schiller, lithograph by C)

The Three Musketeers
LLM462616 The Three Musketeers by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Three Musketeers. Liebig card, early 20th century. Chromolithograph.); © Look and Learn.

Couverture du livre "Arsene Lupin et le mystere de l'aiguille creuse" de Maurice Leblanc (1864 Ð 1941)
GIA4768723 Couverture du livre "Arsene Lupin et le mystere de l'aiguille creuse" de Maurice Leblanc (1864 Ð 1941)

Oscar Wilde in America in 1882 (print)
3701783 Oscar Wilde in America in 1882 (print) by Sarony, Napoleon (1821-96) (after); (add.info.: After a work by American photographer Napoleon Sarony)

Leo Tolstoy - portrait
3766230 Leo Tolstoy - portrait; (add.info.: Leo Tolstoy-portrait of the Russian writer, aesthetic philosopher, moralist and mystic 1828-1910); Lebrecht Authors.

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, aka Leo Tolstoy, from Hutchinson's History of the Nations, pub.1915
3533937 Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, aka Leo Tolstoy, from Hutchinson's History of the Nations, pub.1915; (add.info.: Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1828 - 1910, aka Leo Tolstoy)

Portrait of Katherine Mansfield
673177 Portrait of Katherine Mansfield; (add.info.: Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry (14 October 1888 - 9 January 1923)

Leo Tolstoy on horseback to Yasnaya Poliana
LSE4403122 Leo Tolstoy on horseback to Yasnaya Poliana. by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Leo Tolstoy (b/w photo)
XJF394225 Leo Tolstoy (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leo Tolstoy or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian writer;).

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In this captivating collection of portraits, we catch a glimpse into the world of "the author. " From the intellectual brilliance of Albert Einstein to the poetic genius of Rabindranath Tagore, these photographs transport us back to Berlin in 1930. The black and white photo captures their deep connection and shared pursuit of knowledge. Moving on to Lytton Strachey's oil painting from 1916, we are introduced to a different side of "the author. " With bold brushstrokes and vibrant colors, Strachey brings his subject to life. Emily Bronte's portrait follows suit, painted with delicate strokes that reveal her enigmatic spirit, and is as if we can almost hear the words she penned in Wuthering Heights. Frederick Lemaitre's lithograph takes us into the realm of theater and drama. The intensity in his eyes hints at the passion he brought to every performance. Meanwhile, William Hogarth's illustrations depict scenes from Don Quixote, showcasing both humor and heroism. Albrecht Durer's etching transports us further back in time, capturing him at the tender age of 26. His youthful determination shines through as he gazes directly at us. RB Cunninghame Graham's oil painting adds a touch of mystery with its intriguing composition. We wonder what stories lie behind those piercing eyes. Little Tom Thumb makes an appearance in a charming print from 1938—a reminder that even small voices can have a big impact on literature. Don Quixote appears once again—this time immortalized for an advertisement for Globeol—an unexpected twist blending fiction with commerce. Finally, Francois Boucher's engraved illustration takes us into Moliere’s world—a whimsical depiction filled with love and longing. The collection concludes with Georges de Porto Riche captured by late 19th-century photography—a moment frozen in time for future generations to admire his contributions as a playwright and poet.