Fictional Author Collection

Titania and Bottom from William Shakespeares A Midsummer-Nights Dream
1199541 Titania and Bottom from William Shakespeares A Midsummer-Nights Dream, (pencil and w/c on paper) by Fitzgerald, John Anster (1832-1906)

The Wrestling Scene in As You Like It, 1854 (oil on canvas)
1199485 The Wrestling Scene in As You Like It, 1854 (oil on canvas) by Maclise, Daniel (Croquis, Alfred) (1806-70); 129x177.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

The Tea Party, 1916 (oil on canvas)
984927 The Tea Party, 1916 (oil on canvas) by Dunn, Harvey T. (1884-1952); 76.8x97 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tea Party. Harvey T. Dunn (1884-1952). Oil on canvas. Dated 1916

Battle scene between archers and cavalry, with castle and ships, c. 1495-1500 (gouache and gold paint on vellum)
986282 Battle scene between archers and cavalry, with castle and ships, c.1495-1500 (gouache and gold paint on vellum) by French School

The King and his Courtiers Playing Chess, 1493 / 4 (woodcut)
986344 The King and his Courtiers Playing Chess, 1493/4 (woodcut) by Italian School, (15th century); 19.7x12.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The King and his Courtiers Playing Chess)

Engraving of a child in the womb from A Set of Anatomical Tables, with Explanations
1764836 Engraving of a child in the womb from A Set of Anatomical Tables, with Explanations, and an Abridgement, of the Practice of Midwifery, 1754 (engraving) by Smellie

Message Found in a Bottle, 1918 (pencil, pen and black ink, on vellum)
1199587 Message Found in a Bottle, 1918 (pencil, pen and black ink, on vellum) by Clarke, Harry (1889-1931); 21x15.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Irish, out of copyright

Upper and lower covers, with two oval portraits of Charles Dickens
1195365 Upper and lower covers, with two oval portraits of Charles Dickens, 1931 (green crushed levant morocco with gilt fillet, ivy border and mi) by English School

Olivia and Viola (oil on panel)
1767280 Olivia and Viola (oil on panel) by Hook, James Clarke (1819-1907); 60.4x74.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Olivia and Viola. James Clarke Hook (1819-1907). Oil on panel

A Chancay painted vessel, c. 1100-1400
1767134 A Chancay painted vessel, c.1100-1400 by Pre-Columbian; 52 high cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Chancay painted vessel, ca. A.D. 1100-1400)

Costume design for Oedipus at Colonnus- Antigone, c. 1899 to 1909 (pencil
1195675 Costume design for Oedipus at Colonnus- Antigone, c. 1899 to 1909 (pencil, pen and black ink, w/c on paper) by Bakst

Ophelia, (pencil, pen and black ink and brown wash, on paper)
1199574 Ophelia, (pencil, pen and black ink and brown wash, on paper) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); 22.3x17.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

The Death of Ophelia; La Mort d Ophelie, (oil on canvas)
826387 The Death of Ophelia; La Mort d Ophelie, (oil on canvas) by Redon, Odilon (1840-1916); 30x40 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Death of Ophelia; La Mort d Ophelie)

Title page from Coryats Crudities hastily gobled up in five moneths travells in
985935 Title page from Coryats Crudities hastily gobled up in five moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia, commonly called the Grisons Country, Helvetia alias Switzerland

Descartes Composing His World System, c. 1786-1792 (colour aquatint)
985865 Descartes Composing His World System, c.1786-1792 (colour aquatint) by Desfontaines, (fl.1800) (after); 32x22.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Descartes Composing His World System)

Asseola, A Seminole Leader, 1844 (coloured lithograph)
985813 Asseola, A Seminole Leader, 1844 (coloured lithograph) by King, Charles Bird (1785-1862) (after); 53x37.5 (folio) cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Asseola, A Seminole Leader)

Portia (oil on canvas)
990284 Portia (oil on canvas) by Corneille, Michel des Gobelins (1642-1708); 64.8x52.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portia. Corneille, Michel des Gobelins (1642-1708). Oil on canvas

Certain ladies of her companionship gathered themselves with Beatrice when she kept alone
989855 Certain ladies of her companionship gathered themselves with Beatrice when she kept alone in her weeping, and as they passed in and out, I would hear them speak concerning her

Ophelia, 1909 (oil on canvas)
989709 Ophelia, 1909 (oil on canvas) by Dagnan-Bouveret, Pascal Adolphe Jean (1852-1929); 156.8x103.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ophelia. Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929)

Binding for the book The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
985747 Binding for the book The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (chestnut levant morocco leather, green, red and black morocco leather, gilt, mother of pearl)

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To-kat-con, after 1875 (hand-finished coloured lithoraph)
985681 To-kat-con, after 1875 (hand-finished coloured lithoraph) by King, Charles Bird (1785-1862) (after); 53.1x37.5 (folio) cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: To-kat-con; A Sioux Chief)

The Lover, (painted enamelled earthenware, hammered copper frame)
985572 The Lover, (painted enamelled earthenware, hammered copper frame) by Marks, Henry Stacey (1829-98) (after); 44.6x72.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lover)

Rosa Damascena Coccina (Portland rose), 1817-1824 (stipple-engraving printed in colours
991246 Rosa Damascena Coccina (Portland rose), 1817-1824 (stipple-engraving printed in colours and finished by hand) by Redoute

The Meeting of Dante and Beatrice, 1889 (oil on canvas)
658945 The Meeting of Dante and Beatrice, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Valles, Lorenzo (1831-1910); 169x107 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Meeting of Dante and Beatrice)

Ophelia, (oil on canvas)
658862 Ophelia, (oil on canvas) by Stevens, Alfred Emile (1823-1906); 128x99 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ophelia. Alfred Stevens (1823-1906). Oil on canvas

Lenore, Les Morts Vont Vite, (oil on canvas)
651336 Lenore, Les Morts Vont Vite, (oil on canvas) by Scheffer, Ary (1795-1858); 55x70 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Lenore, Les Morts Vont Vite. Ary Scheffer (1795-1858). Oil on canvas

Aesop Telling a Fable, (oil on canvas)
823597 Aesop Telling a Fable, (oil on canvas) by Kruseman, Jan Adam Janszoon (1804-62); Aesop Te124.5x173.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Aesop Telling a Fable)

A Scene from Love in a Village by Isaac Bickerstaffe, Act 1, Scene 2
652189 A Scene from Love in a Village by Isaac Bickerstaffe, Act 1, Scene 2, with Edward Shuter as Justice Woodcock, John Beard as Hawthorn, and John Dunstall as Hodge, (oil on canvas) by Zoffany

Romeo and Juliet, 1886 (oil on canvas)
828439 Romeo and Juliet, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Muschamp, Francis Sydney (1851-1929); 61.3x87.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Romeo and Juliet. Francis Sydney Muschamp (1851-1929)

Coriolanus and Volumnia, (oil on canvas)
827859 Coriolanus and Volumnia, (oil on canvas) by Vos, Maarten de (1532-1603); 104x218.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Coriolanus and Volumnia. Maarten de Vos (1532-1603). Oil on panel

Flowers from Shakespeares Garden: Rosemary, 1906 (watercolour and pen and black ink)
827296 Flowers from Shakespeares Garden: Rosemary, 1906 (watercolour and pen and black ink) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915); 25.2x19 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Flowers from Shakespeares Garden)

A Chamberlains Worcester slender oviform black-ground vase and cover, c. 1825 (ceramic)
1766861 A Chamberlains Worcester slender oviform black-ground vase and cover, c.1825 (ceramic) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Engraving depicting the Muscle Groups of the Back, 1747 (engraving)
1764834 Engraving depicting the Muscle Groups of the Back, 1747 (engraving) by Wandelaar, Jan (1690-1759); Private Collection; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Muscle Groups of the Back)

Gullivers Voyage to Brobdignag, Discovered in the Corn Field
986345 Gullivers Voyage to Brobdignag, Discovered in the Corn Field, 1805 (hand-coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); 12.3x8.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

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Tulips, 1842 (hand-coloured engraving)
985840 Tulips, 1842 (hand-coloured engraving) by Hill, John (c.1716-75); 41.7x26.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tulips)

The Flayed Angel, c. 1745 (varnished colour mezzotint)
985795 The Flayed Angel, c.1745 (varnished colour mezzotint) by Gautier d Agoty, Jacques-Fabien (1710-81); 53.5x39.5 (folio) cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Flayed Angel; L Ange Anatomique)

Okee-Makee-Quid, a Chippeway chief, 1842-1844 (colour lithograph)
985755 Okee-Makee-Quid, a Chippeway chief, 1842-1844 (colour lithograph) by King, Charles Bird (1785-1862) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Okee-Makee-Quid, a Chippeway chief)

Poster for the silent film Oliver Twist by the Hungarian film production company Corvin, 1919 (poster)
1198216 Poster for the silent film Oliver Twist by the Hungarian film production company Corvin, 1919 (poster) by Bednar, Janos (1886-1932); 127x94 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bednar)

Study of a Faun Woman Dancing for Oedipus Rex, c. 1900 (pastel on buff paper)
1196024 Study of a Faun Woman Dancing for Oedipus Rex, c. 1900 (pastel on buff paper) by Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919); 52.6x39.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French

First edition of Richard Francis Burton s, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
1195414 First edition of Richard Francis Burton s, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, 1883 (red half calf, red morocco clamshell case, miniature) by English School, (19th century); 25x15

Victor Hugo, (bronze with brown patina)
655914 Victor Hugo, (bronze with brown patina) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); height: 53.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Victor Hugo. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Bronze with brown patina

A Scene from As You Like It : Rosalind, Celia and Jacques in The Forest of Arden
828480 A Scene from As You Like It : Rosalind, Celia and Jacques in The Forest of Arden, 1864 (pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic) by Buckley

Romeo and Juliet (marble on a green marble base)
989362 Romeo and Juliet (marble on a green marble base) by Vichi, Ferdinando (fl.19th century); 116.8x45.7x48.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Romeo and Juliet. Ferdinando Vichi (19th century)

The Silence of Pure Innocence Persuades, where Speaking Fails, 1855 (oil on canvas)
1769797 The Silence of Pure Innocence Persuades, where Speaking Fails, 1855 (oil on canvas) by Brooks, Thomas (1818-92); 86.4x116.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Robinson Crusoe: Cover, 1920 (oil on canvas)
1767410 Robinson Crusoe: Cover, 1920 (oil on canvas) by Wyeth, Newell Convers (1882-1945); 80x76.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe: Cover. Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)

Arabian Nights Fantasy, 1886 (oil on canvas)
1767359 Arabian Nights Fantasy, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Moran, Thomas (1837-1926); 50.8x76.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Arabian Nights Fantasy. Thomas Moran (1837-1926). Oil on canvas

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"Unveiling the Imagination: A Glimpse into the World of a Fictional Author" Step into a realm where words come alive and stories unfold, as we delve into the captivating mind of our enigmatic fictional author. Through a series of intriguing hints, we catch glimpses of their creative genius and diverse inspirations. In "The Wrestling Scene in As You Like It, " an oil on canvas masterpiece from 1854, we witness the author's appreciation for Shakespearean drama. The vibrant colors and dynamic composition transport us to another era, evoking emotions that only great literature can provoke. Moving on to "Titania and Bottom from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer-Night's Dream, " we encounter a whimsical depiction that showcases our author's fascination with fantastical tales. This enchanting portrayal captures the essence of Shakespeare's iconic characters, hinting at an affinity for weaving magic within their own narratives. Venturing further through time, "The Tea Party" greets us with its warm hues and intricate details painted in 1916. Here lies evidence of our writer's ability to infuse ordinary moments with extraordinary depth. Perhaps this scene serves as inspiration for crafting intimate conversations between characters or exploring societal dynamics within their literary universe. As our journey continues, we stumble upon a breathtaking battle scene depicted in gouache and gold paint on vellum dating back to c. 1495-1500. This artwork reveals an admiration for historical epics filled with valorous knights clashing against formidable foes—a testament to our author's penchant for grand adventures set against vivid backdrops. Turning towards portraiture, we discover Phillis Wheatley gazing confidently from her engraving in "Poems on Various Subjects. " Our fictional writer draws inspiration from trailblazers like Wheatley—strong voices who challenge conventions through artistry—fueling their desire to create thought-provoking works that transcend boundaries.