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Author Collection (#7)

In the world of literature, authors have left an indelible mark through their words and stories

Background imageAuthor Collection: Man, woman and baby of Corea, Korea, 1818

Man, woman and baby of Corea, Korea, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton

Background imageAuthor Collection: Ian Fleming Author the creator of James Bond. 7th November 1963

Ian Fleming Author the creator of James Bond. 7th November 1963

Background imageAuthor Collection: Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist with a Donor, 1410. Creator: Joan Mates

Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist with a Donor, 1410. Creator: Joan Mates
Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist with a Donor, 1410.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Saint John the Evangelist in Patmos, 1470. Creator: Cosmè Tura

Saint John the Evangelist in Patmos, 1470. Creator: Cosmè Tura
Saint John the Evangelist in Patmos, 1470.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, 1904. Creator: John Singer Sargent

Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, 1904. Creator: John Singer Sargent
Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, 1904.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Saint Mark the Evangelist, 1655. Creator: Carlo Maratti

Saint Mark the Evangelist, 1655. Creator: Carlo Maratti
Saint Mark the Evangelist, 1655.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Portrait of Antonio Anselmi, 1550. Creator: Titian

Portrait of Antonio Anselmi, 1550. Creator: Titian
Portrait of Antonio Anselmi, 1550.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Former home of Joaquin Miller (poet), Wash., D.C., between c1910 and c1915

Former home of Joaquin Miller (poet), Wash., D.C., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Former home of Joaquin Miller (poet), Wash., D.C., between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Mrs. H.S. Blatch in Wall St., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. H.S. Blatch in Wall St., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. H.S. Blatch in Wall St., between c1910 and c1915. Shows suffragist Harriot Stanton Blatch (1856-1940) speaking with a crowd gathered below her.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Dix, Gaynor, Cropsey, Gen. Grant, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Dix, Gaynor, Cropsey, Gen. Grant, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Dix, Gaynor, Cropsey, Gen. Grant, between c1910 and c1915. Shows John Alden Dix, Governor of New York; New York Mayor William Jay Gaynor, Police Commissioner James A

Background imageAuthor Collection: Theo. Roosevelt at Polo Match, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Theo. Roosevelt at Polo Match, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Theo. Roosevelt at Polo Match, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageAuthor Collection: D.H. Woolf and wife arriving in N.Y.C., 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

D.H. Woolf and wife arriving in N.Y.C., 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
D.H. Woolf and wife arriving in N.Y.C., 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Dougherty, Dix, Gaynor, Cropsey, Gen. Grant, between 1910 and 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Dougherty, Dix, Gaynor, Cropsey, Gen. Grant, between 1910 and 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Dougherty, Dix, Gaynor, Cropsey, Gen. Grant, between 1910 and 1915. Shows George Samuel Daugherty, John Alden Dix, Governor of New York; New York Mayor William Jay Gaynor

Background imageAuthor Collection: Polo Game, T. Roosevelt, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Polo Game, T. Roosevelt, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Polo Game, T. Roosevelt, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Mrs. Hitt & Mrs. Longworth, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. Hitt & Mrs. Longworth, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Hitt & Mrs. Longworth, 1912.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Earle Ovington & wife, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Earle Ovington & wife, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Earle Ovington & wife, 1911. Shows aviator Earle Lewis Ovington (1877-1839) with his wife Adelaide. Possibly taken in New York at start of the Hearst Transcontinental Flight.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Jessie Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, 1912

Jessie Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Jessie Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, 1912.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Elihu Vedder, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Elihu Vedder, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Elihu Vedder, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Mrs. A. Crocker Gourand [i.e., Gouraud], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. A. Crocker Gourand [i.e., Gouraud], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. A. Crocker Gourand [i.e., Gouraud], 1911. American heiress Aimee Crocker (1863-1941) whose third husband was musical author Jackson Gouraud.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Georgette Leblanc, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Georgette Leblanc, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Georgette Leblanc, 1911.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Laura Jean Libbey, White, NY, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Laura Jean Libbey, White, NY, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Laura Jean Libbey, White, NY, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Frank Munsey, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Frank Munsey, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Frank Munsey, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Wm. H. Hotchkiss, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Wm. H. Hotchkiss, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Wm. H. Hotchkiss, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Paula Marr and Wm. Collier holding picture, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Paula Marr and Wm. Collier holding picture, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Paula Marr and Wm. Collier holding picture, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Agnes Repplier, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Agnes Repplier, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Agnes Repplier, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Sir Arthur Pinero, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Sir Arthur Pinero, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir Arthur Pinero, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: S.L. Clemens reclining in porch chair, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

S.L. Clemens reclining in porch chair, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
S.L. Clemens reclining in porch chair, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Henry James, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Henry James, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Henry James, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Thos. Nelson Page, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Thos. Nelson Page, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Thos. Nelson Page, 1912.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Mrs. S. Loebinger, New York, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. S. Loebinger, New York, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. S. Loebinger, New York, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Maxim Gorky, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Maxim Gorky, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Maxim Gorky, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Mrs. Millicent Fawcett, portrait bust, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. Millicent Fawcett, portrait bust, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Millicent Fawcett, portrait bust, 1913.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Beatrice Harraden, 1913. Creators: Bain News Service, George Graham Bain

Beatrice Harraden, 1913. Creators: Bain News Service, George Graham Bain
Beatrice Harraden, 1913.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1912.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Robt. Browning, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Robt. Browning, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Robt. Browning, 1912.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Marshall Wilder, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Marshall Wilder, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Marshall Wilder, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wilder, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wilder, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wilder, 1910.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Alexandre Dumas Fils, 1873. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Alexandre Dumas Fils, 1873. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Alexandre Dumas Fils, 1873.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Study For The 'Monument To Balzac', 1898. Creator: Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere

Study For The "Monument To Balzac", 1898. Creator: Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere
Study For The "Monument To Balzac", 1898. This sculpture is a clay study for a marble monument to Honore de Balzac, one of the most celebrated French authors of the nineteenth century

Background imageAuthor Collection: Poet no. 6: Chünagon (Ötomo no) Yakamochi, from the series Hyakunin isshu..., c.1844

Poet no. 6: Chünagon (Ötomo no) Yakamochi, from the series Hyakunin isshu..., c.1844. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Poet no. 6: Chunagon (-tomo no) Yakamochi, from the series Hyakunin isshu (One Hundred poemsone hundred poets), c.1844.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Willie Collier and son, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Willie Collier and son, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Willie Collier and son, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Felipe De Guevara, 1531. Creator: Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

Felipe De Guevara, 1531. Creator: Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen
Felipe De Guevara, 1531. The Spanish historian Felipe de Guevara is shown writing a letter and holding a pair of spectacles

Background imageAuthor Collection: Neil Munro, 1920. Creator: William Strang

Neil Munro, 1920. Creator: William Strang
Neil Munro, 1920. Neil Munro (1863-1930) was a popular and important Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic, who also wrote under the pseudonym 'Hugh Foulis'

Background imageAuthor Collection: Robin H. Brown, E. Hatfield, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Robin H. Brown, E. Hatfield, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Robin H. Brown, E. Hatfield, 1912. Shows a group at the White House, Washington, D.C., including Luther A. Brewer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, standing to the left of President William Howard Taft

Background imageAuthor Collection: Portrait of Petrus Scriverius, 1626. Creator: Jan van de Velde II

Portrait of Petrus Scriverius, 1626. Creator: Jan van de Velde II
Portrait of Petrus Scriverius, 1626.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Cup (Tasse Jasmin À Pied Cannelé, 1St Size) With Portrait Of Antoinette Du Ligier De La..., 1812

Cup (Tasse Jasmin À Pied Cannelé, 1St Size) With Portrait Of Antoinette Du Ligier De La..., 1812. Creator: Unknown
Cup (Tasse Jasmin A Pied Cannele, 1St Size) With Portrait Of Antoinette Du Ligier De La Garde Deshoulieres (1638-1694), 1812.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Etienne Pivert De Senancour, 1833. Creators: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, Etienne Pivert de Senancour

Etienne Pivert De Senancour, 1833. Creators: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, Etienne Pivert de Senancour
Etienne Pivert De Senancour, 1833.

Background imageAuthor Collection: Jacques Antoine Dulaure, 1829. Creator: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers

Jacques Antoine Dulaure, 1829. Creator: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
Jacques Antoine Dulaure, 1829.




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In the world of literature, authors have left an indelible mark through their words and stories. From the Bronte Sisters, who brought us timeless classics like Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, to Benjamin Lay, a lesser-known author but a prominent abolitionist in the 18th century. We cannot forget Lawrence of Arabia, whose memoirs shed light on his extraordinary adventures in the Middle East. And then there's Winston Churchill, not only known for his political prowess but also for giving us the iconic V for Victory sign during World War II. Anton Lavey may be controversial as an author and founder of the Church of Satan, but he undeniably made waves with his writings. Leonard Bernstein's compositions continue to captivate audiences worldwide with their melodic brilliance. Flying Officer W E Johns took us on thrilling adventures through his Biggles stories in Modern Boy magazine. Meanwhile, Beatrix Potter enchanted generations with her charming children's books set amidst the picturesque landscapes of Hilltop in Sawrey. Daphne du Maurier mesmerized readers with her haunting tales such as Rebecca and Jamaica Inn while Nikola Tesla fascinated both Mark Twain and countless others with his groundbreaking inventions like the Tesla Coil. These authors shaped our literary landscape and ignited our imaginations. Whether they resided in grand estates or humble abodes like Daphne du Maurier at Menabilly in Cornwall, their creativity knew no bounds. Their legacies endure through their works that continue to inspire readers across time and place.