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Sully Prudhomme, René-François-Armand, BNF Gallica

Sully Prudhomme, René-François-Armand, BNF Gallica

Français : Sully-Prudhomme, René François Armand Prudhomme, dit (1839 - 1907), écrivain français.English: Sully-Prudhomme, René François Armand Prudhomme, known as (1839 - 1907), french writer.

Albert Laberge - Public domain portrait photograph

Albert Laberge - Public domain portrait photograph

Albert Laberge Public domain photograph, Quebec politician, 20th-century male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gustave Chadeuil, France, 19th century

Gustave Chadeuil, France, 19th century

Gustave Chadeuil, b. 1823, French writer and journalist.

Proudhon with book and armrest by Nadar – BNF (cropped)

Proudhon with book and armrest by Nadar – BNF (cropped)

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865), seated in three-quarter view with arms on a book and armrest

Kimura Shigeharu

Kimura Shigeharu

日本語: 木村 重治

Bunzo Saito, former superintendent of the Girls' High School attached to the Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School

Bunzo Saito, former superintendent of the Girls' High School attached ...

Bunzō Saitō, former superintendent of the Girls' High School attached to the Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School. 日本語: 東京女子高等師範学校附属高等女学校前主事 斎藤文蔵。

Kanzo Uchimura in 1918. 1910s Japan, public domain image.

Kanzo Uchimura in 1918. 1910s Japan, public domain image.

日本語: 再臨運動時代の内村鑑三

Mr. Daisui Sugitani. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Mr. Daisui Sugitani. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Mr. Daisui Sugitani. 日本語: 杉谷代水氏。

Guillaume Apollinaire foto during World War I

Guillaume Apollinaire foto during World War I

Photograph of Guillaume Apollinaire soldier in spring 1916 after his shrapnel wound to the temple. Français : Photographie de Guillaume Apollinaire soldat au printemps 1916 après sa blessure à la tempe. Polsk... More

Pauline Kael (1968) - A black and white photo of a woman smiling

Pauline Kael (1968) - A black and white photo of a woman smiling

Dust jacket portrait of American film critic Pauline Kael.

Gérard de Nerval - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Gérard de Nerval - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) - par Felix Nadar (1820-1910)

Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) - par Felix Nadar (1820-1910)

Public domain photograph of Adrien Tournachon, also known as Nadar, 19th-century France, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adrien Tournachon, also known as... More

Victor Hugo 001 - A black and white photo of a man with a beard
Edgar Allan Poe 2 retouched and transparent bg

Edgar Allan Poe 2 retouched and transparent bg

Somewhat retouched and with transparent background. Original daguerreotype taken by Edwin H. Manchester, photographer employed by the Masury & Hartshorn firm (second floor of 25 Westminster Street) of Providenc... More

Lyubov Dostoyevskaya - A black and white photo of a little girl sitting in a chair

Lyubov Dostoyevskaya - A black and white photo of a little girl sittin...

Lyubov Dostoyevskaya (1869—1926), second daughter of author Fyodor Dostoyevsky Public domain photograph - child portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Victor Hugo-Brooding - A black and white photo of a man in a tuxedo
Antonio Machado - A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie

Antonio Machado - A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie

Portrait of Antonio Machado (cropped) Public domain photograph related to history of Spain, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emile Nelligan 1 - A black and white photo of a woman in a coat

Emile Nelligan 1 - A black and white photo of a woman in a coat

Français : Émile Nelligan Public domain photograph, male portrait, history of Quebec, politician, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masaoka Shiki - Imperial Japan - Public domain portrait

Masaoka Shiki - Imperial Japan - Public domain portrait

Portrait of Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規, 1867 – 1902) Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hitoshi Yamakawa by Shigeru Tamura

Hitoshi Yamakawa by Shigeru Tamura

Hitoshi Yamakawa.日本語: 山川均。

Charles-Darwin-and-William-Darwin,-1842

Charles-Darwin-and-William-Darwin,-1842

Published photograph of the only known daguerreotype of Charles Darwin

Aankomst op Schiphol van de Amerikaanse schrijver Henry F. Miller, Bestanddeelnr 910-3816

Aankomst op Schiphol van de Amerikaanse schrijver Henry F. Miller, Bes...

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst op Schiphol van de Amerkaanse schrijver Henry F. Miller Datum : 19 mei 1959 Fotograaf : Rossem, Wi... More

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki photographed by Shigeru Tamura

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki photographed by Shigeru Tamura

日本語: 谷崎潤一郎 (明治19年-昭和40年) English: Japanese novelist, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)

Mr. Nihei Kato. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Mr. Nihei Kato. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Mr. Nihei Katō. 日本語: 加藤仁平先生。

Shigeharu Kimura. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Shigeharu Kimura. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Shigeharu Kimura.日本語: 木村重治。 Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Guy de Maupassant fotograferad av Félix Nadar 1888

Guy de Maupassant fotograferad av Félix Nadar 1888

Guy de Maupassant. Français : Guy de Maupassant par Félix Nadar, 1888. Guy de Maupassant. मराठी: गी. द. मोपासां. Svenska: Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893). Guy de Maupassant, foto av Félix Nadar från 1888.

Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye author portrait)

Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye author portrait)

Photo portrait of Toni Morrison for the first-edition back cover of her debut novel, The Bluest Eye (1970).

Walt Whitman - NARA - 526439. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Walt Whitman - NARA - 526439. American Civil War photograph by Mathew ...

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

John O'Hara cph.3b08576

John O'Hara cph.3b08576

John O'Hara, American author, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right

Shigeru Nanbara by Shigeru Tamura

Shigeru Nanbara by Shigeru Tamura

Shigeru Nambara.日本語: 南原繁。

Stina Aronsson

Stina Aronsson

Svenska: Stina Aronsson.

Raymond Carver (1988 author portrait - Where I'm Calling From)

Raymond Carver (1988 author portrait - Where I'm Calling From)

Portrait of American author Raymond Carver for his 1988 book, Where I'm Calling From: New & Selected Stories.

Charles and William Darwin, daguerreotype portrait

Charles and William Darwin, daguerreotype portrait

Charles Darwin (age 33) and his son William (notably the only picture known of Charles Darwin and another member of his family). Scanned from Karl Pearson, The Life, Letters, and Labours of Francis Galton. Dagu... More

Kato Totsudo 05. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Kato Totsudo 05. Japanese empire during World War Two.

日本語: 加藤咄堂(作家) Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Icon Osamu Dazai, public domain photograph

Icon Osamu Dazai, public domain photograph

Osamu Dazai, taken in February, 1948日本語: 太宰治、昭和23年2月撮影

Portrait of Mr. Kagen studying abroad

Portrait of Mr. Kagen studying abroad

Portrait of Mr. Kagen studying abroad. 日本語: 禾原先生留学中小照。

Ryuzo Torii 01. Public domain image of 1950s Japan.

Ryuzo Torii 01. Public domain image of 1950s Japan.

Ryuzo Torii日本語: 鳥居龍蔵 Public domain image of Japan during Meiji period, Japanese history, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cormac McCarthy (Child of God author portrait)

Cormac McCarthy (Child of God author portrait)

Photo portrait of Cormac McCarthy used for the first-edition back cover of Child of God (1973).

Cormac McCarthy (Outer Dark author portrait)

Cormac McCarthy (Outer Dark author portrait)

Portrait of Cormac McCarthy from the dust jacket of his second novel, Outer Dark.

Raymond Chandler (Lady in the Lake portrait, 1943)

Raymond Chandler (Lady in the Lake portrait, 1943)

American author Raymond Chandler circa 1943.

Man Who Laughs (Estes and Lauriat 1869) V Hugo

Man Who Laughs (Estes and Lauriat 1869) V Hugo

Portrait of Victor Hugo from the title page of the 1869 Estes and Lauriat edition of The Man Who Laughs.

Theodor Herzl (Sport und Salon 1900)

Theodor Herzl (Sport und Salon 1900)

Theodor Herzl (1860–1904), Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism Deutsch: Theodor Herzl (1860-1904), österreichisch-jüdischer Schriftsteller, Publizist und Journalist und Begr... More

Edgar Allan Poe 2 (oval cropped)

Edgar Allan Poe 2 (oval cropped)

Version with transparent background: File:Edgar Allan Poe 2 retouched and transparent bg.png

Feuillet de Conches, Félix Sébastien, Nadar, Gallica

Feuillet de Conches, Félix Sébastien, Nadar, Gallica

Français : Félix-Sébastien Feuillet de Conches (1798 - 1887), diplomate, journaliste, écrivain et collectionneur français.

Shoyo Tsubouchi cropped - Imperial Japan

Shoyo Tsubouchi cropped - Imperial Japan

Portrait of Tsubouchi Shoyo (坪内逍遥, 1859 – 1935) Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Pynchon, high school senior portrait, 1953

Thomas Pynchon, high school senior portrait, 1953

High school senior of American author Thomas Pynchon, age 16, from the 1953 Oyster Bay High School yearbook.

Thomas Pynchon, Navy Sailor - Public domain  print

Thomas Pynchon, Navy Sailor - Public domain print

Photo portrait of American author Thomas Pynchon, age 18, as a U.S. Navy recruit in training. Pynchon served in the Navy between 1955 and 1957. The photo was taken in 1955 for a Navy "cruise book" (i.e., a year... More

Jean Cocteau b Meurisse 1923 (cropped2)

Jean Cocteau b Meurisse 1923 (cropped2)

Français : Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), poète, graphiste, dessinateur, dramaturge et cinéaste français, en 1923 : négatif sur verre, épreuve retouchée et recadrée. Español: Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), poeta, novel... More

Leo Tolstoy 1897, black and white, 37767u

Leo Tolstoy 1897, black and white, 37767u

Leo Tolstoy 1897 فارسی: لئو تولستوی در ۱۸۹۷، نویسنده شهیر روسی است. رمان‌های جنگ و صلح و آنا کارنینا تولستوی از بهترین‌های ادبیات داستانی جهان است.

Utako Shimoda. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Utako Shimoda. Japanese empire during World War Two.

日本語: 下田歌子 English: Utako Shimoda (1854–1936)

Yuriko Miyamoto photographed by Shigeru Tamura

Yuriko Miyamoto photographed by Shigeru Tamura

日本語: 宮本百合子 (明治32年-昭和26年) English: Japanese critic and novelist, Miyamoto Yuriko (1899-1951)

Photo portrait of Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird dust jacket, 1960) (cropped)

Photo portrait of Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird dust jacket, 1960)...

Truman Capote's photo portrait of Harper Lee from the back cover of the first-edition dust jacket for Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

F. Scott Fitzgerald in a Hat circa 1924

F. Scott Fitzgerald in a Hat circa 1924

A publicity photograph of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald published in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Sunday, March 9, 1924. The photograph accompanied journalist B.F. Wilson's printed interview with Fitzgerald entitl... More

F. Scott Fitzgerald Publicity Photograph circa 1920

F. Scott Fitzgerald Publicity Photograph circa 1920

A publicity photograph of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald published in hundreds of U.S. newspapers during the early 1920s to promote his novel "This Side of Paradise". This photo was published in The New York Heral... More

Hermann Hesse 1927 Photo Gret Widmann

Hermann Hesse 1927 Photo Gret Widmann

German author Hermann Hesse Deutsch: Hermann Hesse

Nadar - Lo scrittore Edmond About (1828-1885)

Nadar - Lo scrittore Edmond About (1828-1885)

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait - Harry Alix, 1875-1895

Portrait - Harry Alix, 1875-1895

Français : Jules-Hippolyte Percher, alias Harry Alix, photogravure English: French author Jules-Hippolyte Percher, alias Harry Alix, Photogravure

Lorca (1914)

Lorca (1914)

Español: Federico García Lorca en 1914. Foto anónima hallada en la Universidad de Granada en 2007, proveniente de una ficha de estudiante.

Ilya Ehrenburg (1959) - A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie
Marie-Claire Daveluy c1940

Marie-Claire Daveluy c1940

Français : Photographie de Marie-Claire Daveluy (1880-1968). Femme de lettres (bibliothécaire, historienne et écrivaine pour les jeunes). Membre fondatrice de l’Académie canadienne-française.

Barbès, Armand, De Lavieter La Haye, BNF Gallica

Barbès, Armand, De Lavieter La Haye, BNF Gallica

Armand Barbès (1809 - 1870), french politician, Republican revolutionary. Français : Armand Barbès (1809 - 1870), homme politique français, républicain révolutionnaire.

Edmond About BNF Gallica - Public domain portrait print

Edmond About BNF Gallica - Public domain portrait print

Français : Edmond About (1828-1885) écrivain, journaliste, critique d'art et académicien français.English: Edmond About (1828-1885), french writer (novelist), journalist and art critic, member of the Académie française

Toudouze, Gustave, BNF Gallica, France, 19th century

Toudouze, Gustave, BNF Gallica, France, 19th century

Français : Gustave Toudouze (1847 - 1904), romancier, auteur dramatique et journaliste français.

Sylvia Plath, Italy - A black and white photo of a woman wearing a hat
Mallarmé, Stéphane, par Dornac, BNF Gallica

Mallarmé, Stéphane, par Dornac, BNF Gallica

Français : Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), poète français.English: Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), french poet.

Shoyo Tsubouchi - Imperial Japan

Shoyo Tsubouchi - Imperial Japan

Portrait of Tsubouchi Shoyo (坪内逍遥, 1859 – 1935) Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ernest Hemingway - Public domain dedication image

Ernest Hemingway - Public domain dedication image

Hemingway posing for a dust jacket photo by Lloyd Arnold for the first edition of "For Whom the Bell Tolls", at the Sun Valley Lodge, Idaho, late 1939.

Tetsuro Watsuji by Shigeru Tamura

Tetsuro Watsuji by Shigeru Tamura

Dr. Tetsurō Watsuji.日本語: 和辻哲郎。

Kunio Yanagita. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Kunio Yanagita. Japanese empire during World War Two.

日本語: 柳田國男 English: Kunio Yanagita (1975–1962)

Ogai Mori - A black and white photo of a man in uniform

Ogai Mori - A black and white photo of a man in uniform

a Japanese man 森鴎外 (Ogai Mori) Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shinshichi Miura (1936). 1930s Japan, public domain image.

Shinshichi Miura (1936). 1930s Japan, public domain image.

Shinshichi Miura (1936). 日本語: 三浦新七(昭和11年)。

Cormac McCarthy (The Orchard Keeper author portrait)

Cormac McCarthy (The Orchard Keeper author portrait)

Portrait of Cormac McCarthy from the dust jacket of his debut novel, The Orchard Keeper.

J. D. Salinger (Catcher in the Rye portrait)

J. D. Salinger (Catcher in the Rye portrait)

Portrait of American author J. D. Salinger photographed by Lotte at Atelier Jacobi in New York City, October 11, 1950 (source: Fine Books & Collections). The photo was used as an author portrait on the first-e... More

Salvador Dalí, Federico García Lorca, Barcelona, 1925

Salvador Dalí, Federico García Lorca, Barcelona, 1925

Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca, Turó Parc, Barcelona, 1925 Català: Fotografia dedicada per Salvador i Federico a les germanes del poeta, realitzada com a record del Turó Parc de la Guineueta, 1925

Walt Whitman photographed by Thomas Eakins

Walt Whitman photographed by Thomas Eakins

Black and white photograph of poet Walt Whitman by the American painter and photographer Thomas Eakins. Image courtesy of the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Erich Kästner by Grete Kolliner, c. 1930

Erich Kästner by Grete Kolliner, c. 1930

Deutsch: Der Schriftsteller Erich Kästner, um 1930

Walery - Victor Hugo - A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair

Walery - Victor Hugo - A black and white photo of a man sitting in a c...

Français : Victor Hugo, photogravure English: French poet Victor Hugo, Photogravure

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1929 photo portrait by Nickolas Muray)

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1929 photo portrait by Nickolas Muray)

Photo portrait of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald used in a year-long print advertising campaign for the Woodbury Soap Company, in which Fitzgerald featured as one of three judges—the two others being actor John Ba... More

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from a photograph taken in middle life

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from a photograph taken in middle life

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from a photograph taken in middle life Identifier: memoriesofhostes02howe (find matches) Title: Memories of a hostess : a chronicle of eminent friendships, drawn chiefly from the dia... More

Rémusat, Charles de, Reutlinger, BNF Gallica

Rémusat, Charles de, Reutlinger, BNF Gallica

Français : Charles de Rémusat (1797 - 1875), homme politique, écrivain et philosophe français. English: Charles de Rémusat (1797 - 1875), french politician, writer and historian.

Taguchi Teiken at 45 years old - Public domain portrait print

Taguchi Teiken at 45 years old - Public domain portrait print

Portrait of Taguchi Ukichi (田口卯吉, 1855 – 1905) Public domain photograph of politician, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe. Pearl S. Buck cph.3a12720. Public domain artistic photography.

Arnold Genthe. Pearl S. Buck cph.3a12720. Public domain artistic photo...

Pearl S. Buck, American author Public domain photograph related to Chinese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Karl Hans Strobl by Rudolf Koppitz, 1927

Karl Hans Strobl by Rudolf Koppitz, 1927

Deutsch: Portrait Karl Hans Strobl von Rudolf Koppitz, als Photogravüre in der Zeitschrift 'Der getreue Eckart', 1927

Kanzo Uchimura in 1912. 1910s Japan, public domain image.

Kanzo Uchimura in 1912. 1910s Japan, public domain image.

日本語: 柏木の自宅の書斎での内村鑑三

Uchimura Kanzo. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Uchimura Kanzo. Japanese empire during World War Two.

内村鑑三(Uchimura Kanzo,1861-1930) Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ayn Rand (1957 Phyllis Cerf portrait)

Ayn Rand (1957 Phyllis Cerf portrait)

Photo portrait of Russian-American writer Ayn Rand used for the first-edition back cover of her novel Atlas Shrugged (1957).

Victor Hugo - A black and white photo of a man with a beard
Juan Valera - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Juan Valera - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paul Verlaine 2 - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Paul Verlaine 2 - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Français : Portrait photographique de Paul Verlaine. [Paris, 1893]. Négatif original sur plaque de verre (11,7 x 17,8 cm), légendé au verso sur une bande de papier collé Verlaine. Photographe d'origine suédois... More

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1921 portrait - crop) Retouched

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1921 portrait - crop) Retouched

Retouched version of cropped publicity photograph of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald published in The World's Work (June 1921 issue). This image has been considerably altered. Modifications include: Removed scratch... More

Ballet: Jean Cocteau b Meurisse 1923

Ballet: Jean Cocteau b Meurisse 1923

Français : Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), poète, graphiste, dessinateur, dramaturge et cinéaste français, en 1923 : négatif sur verre, épreuve retouchée et recadrée. Español: Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), poeta, novel... More

Boston days, the city of beautiful ideals; Concord, and its famous authors; the golden age of genius; dawn of the twentieth century (1902) (14765968885)

Boston days, the city of beautiful ideals; Concord, and its famous aut...

Sarah Holland Adams, author and translator Identifier: bostondayscityof02whit (find matches) Title: Boston days, the city of beautiful ideals; Concord, and its famous authors; the golden age of genius; dawn of... More

Helen Hunt Jackson oac

Helen Hunt Jackson oac

Helen Hunt Jackson

De Roberto

De Roberto

Italiano: Copia Foto di Federico De Roberto,autore Pietro Rizzo

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1927 publicity portrait) Cropped Retouched

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1927 publicity portrait) Cropped Retouched

Publicity photograph of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald published in a variety of U.S. newspapers in 1926 as well as in Motion Picture Magazine in its July 1927 issue.

Jorge Luis Borges by Annemarie Heinrich, 1967

Jorge Luis Borges by Annemarie Heinrich, 1967

Portrait of Jorge Luis Borges, by Annemarie Heinrich, 1967

Chevalier, Pierre Michel François, dit Pitre-Chevalier, Bayard et Bertall, BNF Gallica

Chevalier, Pierre Michel François, dit Pitre-Chevalier, Bayard et Bert...

Français : Pierre-Michel-François Chevalier, dit Pitre-Chevalier (1812 - 1863), auteur, historien et journaliste français. Public domain photograph by Hippolyte Bayard, 19th-century French early photography, f... More

Ségalas, Anaïs, BNF Gallica, France, 19th century

Ségalas, Anaïs, BNF Gallica, France, 19th century

Français : Anaïs Ségalas (1819 - 1895), poétesse, dramaturge et romancière française.Italiano: Anaïs Ségalas (1819 - 1895), scrittrice francese.

Proudhon with book and armrest by Nadar – BNF

Proudhon with book and armrest by Nadar – BNF

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865), seated in three-quarter view with arms on a book and armrest

Okakura Kakuzo Portrait c1905

Okakura Kakuzo Portrait c1905

Portrait of Okakura Kakuzo (1863-1913), (also known as 岡倉 天心 Okakura Tenshin). 日本語: 岡倉覚三の肖像(1863-1913年)。岡倉 天心(おかくら てんしん)としても知られています。

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