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Ralph Waldo Emerson - 19th Century

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Author, American Culture

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Harriet Martineau - 19th Century

Author, Fame, Females

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Alexandre Dumas père french novelist portrait 1884

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Eliza Cook - 19th Century

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Mary Somerville

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Portrait of Frederick Douglass engraving 1897

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was one of the greatest English Romantic poets. Born into an aristocratic family, he became famous for his rebellious spirit...

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Frederick Douglass

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Frances Sargent Osgood - 19th Century

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Amelia Edwards - 19th Century

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Robert Burns - 18th Century

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Hans Christian Andersen in his home town Odense

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Antique portraits of important people - Non American authors: Ouida

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Aristotle ancient Greek philosopher portrait

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William Shakespeare

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Portrait of poet Walt Whitman engraving 1893

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David Garrick, Painting by Robert Edge Pine - 18th Century

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Portrait of Frederick Douglass (1818–1895)

Frederick Douglass, Portrait

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Literary Landmarks of Venice

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Alexandre Dumas Père - 19th Century

Alexandre Dumas - Père, Author, Fame

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Robert Burns scottish poet portrait with handwritten text and signature from 1787

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Portrait of famous authors from the past: William Cullen Bryant

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Verse of the Unpublished Song “Hitherto” by Robert Emery with Signature/Autograph - 19th Century

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Portrait of famous authors from the past: Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe, Portrait, Author

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Virgil, Laurel Wreath, Ancient

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Birthplace of Jonathan Swift in Dublin, Ireland - 19th Century

Engraved Image, Outdoors, Ireland

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Antique portrait of famous women: Millicent Garrett Fawcett

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Antique portrait of famous women: Frances Willard (Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard)

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MOLIÈRE (XXXL)

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Typewriter - http://www.

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Beckett, Samuel - Writer, Dramatist, Ireland *13.04.1906-22.12.1989+ - Portrait with a cigar - Photographer: Rosemarie Clausen - 1976 Vintage property of ullstein bild

Samuel Beckett, Author

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Jansen, Johannes - Writer, Germany

Copenhagen, Denmark- World-famed Danish authoress Countess Karen Blixen, better known under her pen nmae of Isak Dinesen, relaxes with a cigarette as...

Countess Karen Blixen Relaxes with Cigarette

Full-length view of American author and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo walking down a TWA ramp after exiting an airplane, La Guardia airport, New York....

Dalton Trumbo, Author

Writer and comedian Fortune Feimster attends the premiere of Netflix's "The Hawk" at the Directors Village in Los Angeles, on July 9, 2026.

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Literary Landmarks of Florence and Tuscany, Galileo's House, Arcetri

Author, Famous Place, Residential Building

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Author Book Signing at Small Bookshop

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Famous Female Writers

19th Century, Victorian Style

Novelist Jack Schaefer, 1907-1999, author of Shane and numerous other novels, in his writing studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1978.

Novelist Jack Schaefer, author of Shane

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Painting - Art Product, Author

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Alfred Tennyson

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Capri, Anacapri, Villa San Michele, Italy

Villa, San Michele, Capri - Italy

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