Poetess Collection

Sappho - House of Muses
Atthis, Telesippa, Megara, Anactoria and Euneica sitting at the feet of the poetess Sappho as she recites some of her work. No

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)

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)

Homer, Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, , 1731 (engraving)
7235561 Homer, Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, , 1731 (engraving) by Bodart, Pieter (1676-1712); Private Collection; (add.info.: Homer, Greek poet)

Athena guiding Telemachus in his search for Odysseus (colour litho)
7201988 Athena guiding Telemachus in his search for Odysseus (colour litho) by Bonamy, Armand Joseph (fl.1900-30); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athena, disguised as Mentor)

The Iliad: Andromache and Astyanax meet Hektor prepared for war (engraving)
6026365 The Iliad: Andromache and Astyanax meet Hektor prepared for war (engraving) by Jacomb-Hood, George Percy (1857-1930); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sir W Raleigh, The History of the World, W Stansby for W Burre 1614 (b / w photo)
5988844 Sir W Raleigh, The History of the World, W Stansby for W Burre 1614 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir W Raleigh)

Gil Vicente at the court of King Manuel I of Portugal (colour litho)
8672915 Gil Vicente at the court of King Manuel I of Portugal (colour litho) by Gameiro, Alfredo Roque (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for Homer's Odyssey (litho)
8666609 Illustration for Homer's Odyssey (litho) by Wilson, Patten (1868-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odysseus and Laertes)

Illustration for Homer's Odyssey (litho)
8666602 Illustration for Homer's Odyssey (litho) by Wilson, Patten (1868-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The arrival at Ithaca)

Giovanni Battista Niccolini, Italian poet and playwright (engraving)
8626290 Giovanni Battista Niccolini, Italian poet and playwright (engraving) by Ussi, Stefano (1822-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giovanni Battista Niccolini (1782-1861)

Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Italian poet (engraving)
8626285 Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Italian poet (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863), Italian poet

Giacomo Leopardi, Italian philosopher, poet and philologist (engraving)
8626279 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian philosopher, poet and philologist (engraving) by Morelli, Domenico (1826-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), Italian philosopher

Giosue Carducci, Italian poet and critic (engraving)
8626263 Giosue Carducci, Italian poet and critic (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giosue Carducci (1835-1907), Italian poet and critic

The Judgment of Paris (colour litho)
8626204 The Judgment of Paris (colour litho) by Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Judgment of Paris)

Girolamo Frascatoro, 1891 (engraving)
8766932 Girolamo Frascatoro, 1891 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1483-1553,Girolamo Frascatoro, italian physicist, botanist, astronomer)

Statue of a Poetess
7287251 Statue of a Poetess; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of a Poetess. The body is a 2nd century AD Roman copy of a 4th century BC original)

Portrait of Dante d'apres the fresco in the Bargello chapel, post 1840 (pencil, w/c and white chalk on paper)
8683375 Portrait of Dante d'apres the fresco in the Bargello chapel, post 1840 (pencil, w/c and white chalk on paper) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Frontispiece of "the Psalms of David" set in verse by Clement Marot (1496-1544)
AIS5355279 Frontispiece of "the Psalms of David" set in verse by Clement Marot (1496-1544) and Theodore de Beze (1519-1605)

"Triumph of Renown" Allegory on the frontispiece of a manuscript by Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374)
AIS5386913 "Triumph of Renown" Allegory on the frontispiece of a manuscript by Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374) 15th century.

Frontispiece of "Metamorphoses" of the Latin poet Publius Ovidius Naso called Ovide (43 BC 18)
AIS5352020 Frontispiece of "Metamorphoses" of the Latin poet Publius Ovidius Naso called Ovide (43 BC 18) 1584 (engraving); © Iberfoto.

Dante meeting Beatrice, 1898 (colour litho)
8683386 Dante meeting Beatrice, 1898 (colour litho) by Martin, Henri Jean Guillaume (1860-1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Dante meeting Beatrice", by Henri Jean Guillaume Martin)

Portrait of Dante, by Cesare Mussini, about 1844 (w/c on cardboard)
8683374 Portrait of Dante, by Cesare Mussini, about 1844 (w/c on cardboard) by Mussini, Cesare (1804-70); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Portrait of Dante", by Cesare Mussini, about 1844)

Dante and Beatrice, 1864-7 (oil on cardboard)
8683388 Dante and Beatrice, 1864-7 (oil on cardboard) by Ranzoni, Danielle (1843-1889); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Dante and Beatrice", by Daniele Ranzoni, 1864-7)

Dante, Beatrice, second half XIX century (marble)
8683387 Dante, Beatrice, second half XIX century (marble) by Tuscan School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Dante", "Beatrice" by Tuscan workshop)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, nee Moulton-Barrett, 1806 - 1861
3083237 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, nee Moulton-Barrett, 1806 - 1861.; Private Collection; (add.info.: English poet. Her husband was Robert Browning)

Friedrich Ruckert, 1788-1866 (engraving)
8632296 Friedrich Ruckert, 1788-1866 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Friedrich Ruckert, 1788-1866)

Ludwig Tieck, 1773-1853 (engraving)
8632273 Ludwig Tieck, 1773-1853 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ludwig Tieck, 1773-1853)

Georg Rollenhagen, 1542-1609 (engraving)
8632122 Georg Rollenhagen, 1542-1609 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Georg Rollenhagen, 1542-1609)

Thomas Murner, 1475-1537 (engraving)
8632112 Thomas Murner, 1475-1537 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thomas Murner, 1475-1537)

Ferdinand von Schill, 1776-1809 (engraving)
8632195 Ferdinand von Schill, 1776-1809 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ferdinand von Schill, 1776-1809)

Johann Heinrich Voss, 1751-1826 (engraving)
8632190 Johann Heinrich Voss, 1751-1826 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Heinrich Voss, 1751-1826)

Ships of the British Navy (engraving)
8631456 Ships of the British Navy (engraving) by Ingram, William Ayerst (1855-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ships of the British Navy. Illustration from Black and White)

Pope's "Iliad," Book IV 490 (engraving)
8622191 Pope's "Iliad," Book IV 490 (engraving) by Barclay, Edgar (1842-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pope's "Iliad," Book IV 490)

Pope's "Iliad," Book III 20 (engraving)
8622187 Pope's "Iliad," Book III 20 (engraving) by Barclay, Edgar (1842-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pope's "Iliad," Book III 20)

The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (engraving)
8634734 The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pied Piper Of Hamelin)

William Ernest Henley (b/w photo)
8634665 William Ernest Henley (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Ernest Henley)

The young John Keats (colour litho)
8634461 The young John Keats (colour litho) by Crane, Donn P. (1878-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: The young John Keats)

Poetry: How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix (coloured engraving)
8650496 Poetry: How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix (coloured engraving) by Lawson, John (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix)

Poetry: The Pied Piper of Hamelin (coloured engraving)
8650492 Poetry: The Pied Piper of Hamelin (coloured engraving) by Lawson, John (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pied Piper of Hamelin)

Andrew Marvell (coloured engraving)
8652750 Andrew Marvell (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Andrew Marvell)

Wilhelm Busch, German artist, caricaturist and poet (coloured photo)
8655483 Wilhelm Busch, German artist, caricaturist and poet (coloured photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908), German artist

Sonnet (engraving)
8648178 Sonnet (engraving) by Halswelle, Keeley (1832-91); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sonnet. Illustration for Pen and Pencil Pictures from the Poets (NImmo, Hay and Mitchell)

A Churchyard Scene (engraving)
8648176 A Churchyard Scene (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Churchyard Scene)

Excelsior (engraving)
8648173 Excelsior (engraving) by Halswelle, Keeley (1832-91); Private Collection; (add.info.: Excelsior. Illustration for Pen and Pencil Pictures from the Poets (NImmo, Hay and Mitchell)

Summer (engraving)
8648170 Summer (engraving) by Hay, George (1831-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Summer. Illustration for Pen and Pencil Pictures from the Poets (NImmo, Hay and Mitchell)

Man was made to Mourn (engraving)
8648193 Man was made to Mourn (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man was made to Mourn)

Rover and Hector (colour litho)
8645249 Rover and Hector (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rover and Hector)

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"Poetess: A Journey Through Time and Imagination" Step into the world of poetry, where words dance on the pages like melodies. From Sappho's lyrical verses to the House of Muses' enchanting tales, immerse yourself in the beauty of poetic expression. In a captivating black and white photo from 1930, Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore engage in an intellectual conversation, proving that poets can ignite scientific minds. Athena guides Telemachus through his search for Odysseus in a vibrant lithograph, reminding us that even ancient myths were woven by poet's hands. Homer, the legendary Greek poet behind the Iliad and Odyssey, comes alive in an intricate engraving from 1731. The meeting between Andromache and Astyanax before Hektor goes to war is captured with emotion and depth in another striking engraving. Sir W Raleigh's "The History of the World" takes us back to 1614 with its monochromatic photograph. Meanwhile, Thomas Gray's poems come alive through delicate watercolor paintings - "The Fatal Sisters" depicting haunting visions while "The Triumphs of Owen" exudes strength. William Blake's Songs of Innocence transports us to a realm where innocence reigns supreme. "On Another's Sorrow" evokes empathy while "Nurse's Song" brings forth memories of childhood laughter. In contrast, "A Cradle" lulls us into peaceful slumber as we explore these timeless works. Finally, we encounter Songs of Innocence’s title page – a relief etching bursting with colors that invite readers into this magical collection. Join us on this journey through time as we celebrate the power and grace wielded by these remarkable poetesses throughout history. Let their words inspire your own creative spirit as you embark on your own poetic odyssey.