Author Collection (#8)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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'

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

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

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.

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

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

F. Couturier, 1830. Creator: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
F. Couturier, 1830.

Honoré De Balzac, 1877. Creator: Pierre Eugene Emile Hebert
Honore De Balzac, 1877. The relief on the base refers to a chapter in Balzac's treatise The Physiology of Marriage (1829)

H.A. Vachell, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
H.A. Vachell, between c1915 and c1920. Shows English writer Horace Annesley (1861-1955).

Mrs. Margaret H. McCarter, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Margaret H. McCarter, between c1915 and c1920.

Canon Carnegie, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Canon Carnegie, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Rev. William Hartley Carnegie, rector of St. Margaret's and a canon of Westminister who married Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain on August 3, 1916.

Dr. Alice Hamilton, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Dr. Alice Hamilton, between c1915 and c1920.

Maurice Maeterlinck, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Maurice Maeterlinck, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Belgian poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949).

Rabasa [and] Rodriguez, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Rabasa [and] Rodriguez, 1914. Shows Mexican delegates to the Niagara Peace Conference of 1914 including Mexican writer and diplomat Jose´ Emilo Rabasa Estebannell (1856-1930) and Agustin Rodriguez.

Hugh Walpole, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Hugh Walpole, 1919. Shows British author Hugh Seymour Walpole upon his arrival in New York City from Southampton, England, upon the Cunard liner Mauretania on September 26, 1919.

Pres. of Panama -- Dr. B. Porras, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Pres. of Panama -- Dr. B. Porras, 1914. Shows Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942), a Panamanian politician who served as President of Panama.

John Drinkwater, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
John Drinkwater, between c1915 and c1920.

Helen Keller, standing next to tree, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Helen Keller, standing next to tree, 1912.

Irvin Cobb, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Irvin Cobb, 1916. Shows Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944), an American journalist who wrote humorous stories of Kentucky color.

Serge Mercouroff and "Tolstoi", between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Serge Mercouroff and "Tolstoi", between c1910 and c1915. Shows Russian sculptor Sergei Dmitrievich Merkurov (1881-1952) working on his statue of Leo Tolstoy.

J.K. Jerome, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
J.K. Jerome, between c1910 and c1915. Shows English writer and humorist Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927).

Irving Bertman presents flowers to Helen Keller, Flower Show, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Irving Bertman presents flowers to Helen Keller, Flower Show, 1913. Shows Helen Keller (1880-1968) with her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936)

Takeshi Kanno & wife, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Takeshi Kanno & wife, 1914. Shows Japanese writer Takeshi Kanno with wife, sculptor Gertrude Farquharson Boyle Kanno (1878-1937).

Luis Cabrera, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Luis Cabrera, 1914. Shows Luis Vicente Cabrera Lobato (1876-1954), a Mexican lawyer, politician and writer.

The late Judge Haliburton, author of "Sam Slick", 1865. Creator: Unknown
The late Judge Haliburton, author of "Sam Slick", 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Herbert Watkins, '...of Mr. T. C

The late Mr. Wingrove Cooke, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Dedication of the Monument on the battle-field of Bull Run, Virginia, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Maull and Polyblank

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: Mr. E. F. Flower, the Mayor of Stratford, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: Mr. E. F. Flower, the Mayor of Stratford, 1864. Portrait of '...Edward Fordham Flower, the Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon

Cast of Shakspeare's face, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Cast of Shakspeare's face, 1864. Death mask of English playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare (1564-1616). The cast from the face of Shakspeare

The Seal of the National Shakspeare Committee, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Seal of the National Shakspeare Committee, 1864. Commemoration of the Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth. 'We have engraved the design of the official seal of the National Shakspeare

The late Alaric Alexander Watts, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The late Alaric Alexander Watts, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. J. and C. Watkins. Alaric Watts was '...the editor...of "The Literary Souvenir"...It was the first of

Portraits of Shakspeare, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Portraits of Shakspeare, 1864. '...according to the best authorities, there is not even a portrait for which it can be asserted that he sat...The centre...[portrait] is the most authenticated

The late Walter Savage Landor, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The late Walter Savage Landor, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins. Our readers may...look with some interest upon the portrait of a man of great originality and force of mind

"John Bunyan Reciting The Pilgrim's Progress'...in Bedford Gaol, ...by G. F. Folingsby... 1864
"John Bunyan Reciting The Pilgrim's Progress to his friends in Bedford Gaol", by G. F. Folingsby, of Munich, in the exhibition of Fine Arts at Melbourne, Australia, 1864

Homer L. Ferguson, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Homer L. Ferguson, between c1915 and c1920

Carlos M. de Cespedes, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Carlos M. de Cespedes, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Cuban writer and diplomat arlos Manuel de Ce´spedes y Quesada (1871-1939), who served as the President of Cuba

Gen. Villalba, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Villalba, between c1915 and c1920

Maxim Gorky, seated with heavy coat on, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Maxim Gorky, seated with heavy coat on, 1910

The late Mr. James Sheridan Knowles, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The late Mr. James Sheridan Knowles, 1862. Portrait of...one of the best dramatic writers of his time, was...a cousin-german of the Right Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan...Mr

Portrait of writer Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), 1909. Creator: Trubetzkoy (Troubetzkoy)
Portrait of writer Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), 1909. Private Collection

The late Mr. J. E. M'Culloch, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The late Mr. J. E. M'Culloch, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. J. and C. Watkins, of...Mr. M'Culloch, the well-known author of many books of high authority upon topics of

The late William Makepeace Thackeray, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The late William Makepeace Thackeray, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins, of the English novelist and illustrator. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Mariani....especially on Sundays after mass

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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.