James Woodhouse, shoemaker and poet. Etching, 1765.

Amusing Productions present Lighthouse poets : Tuesday 27th July 1992, 7.30 pm : readings by Tomm Gunn, John Heath-Stubbs, Maureen Duffy, Jeremy Reed, Clive Wilmer introduced by Brenda Dean / London Lighthouse.

Walt Whitman. Photographic postcard after N. Sarony, 190-.

John Dryden, Samuel Garth, John Vanbrugh, and Richard Steele. Mezzotint by J. Simon after Sir G. Kneller.

Poets: twenty portraits of writers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

An eye; according to Lavater, belonging to a German poet. Drawing, c. 1794.

John Dryden: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

King James I and VI, with four Scottish writers: Robert Burns, John (?) Home, Allan Ramsay, and James Beattie. Engraving.

Poets: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Five men: Robert Burns, Richard Baxter, Francis Bacon, Judge Blackstone, and James Beattie. Engraving, 1811.

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0012914: Portrait of Phillip Sidney (1554-1586)

Four poets: Thomas Campbell, George Crabbe, Lord Byron, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

More than 200 photographs : colour 35mm transparencies in 4 wooden slide cabinets and one Kodak paper box ; containers approximately 40 x 30 x 40 cm

Statues and personalia of eminent persons in Europe. Photographs by H. Avery.

The eye in the door / Pat Barker.

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

M0016714: Portrait of Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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Poets

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M0012914: Portrait of Phillip Sidney (1554-1586)

Four poets: Thomas Campbell, George Crabbe, Lord Byron, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

Statues and personalia of eminent persons in Europe. Photographs by H. Avery.

The eye in the door / Pat Barker.

M0016714: Portrait of Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Poets

Images from the collections

Images about Poets

Works from the collections

M0012914: Portrait of Phillip Sidney (1554-1586)

Four poets: Thomas Campbell, George Crabbe, Lord Byron, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

Statues and personalia of eminent persons in Europe. Photographs by H. Avery.

The eye in the door / Pat Barker.

M0016714: Portrait of Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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