Charles Dickens' Place of Birth
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, 1904
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, 1904
A London Slum
Market Court, Kensington, England, 1865
Market Court, Kensington, England, 1865
Serial Book Cover, Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens
Published in London, England, January 1843 - July 1844
Published in London, England, January 1843 - July 1844
Queen Victoria of England in Her Coronation Robes
Painted by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, 1859
Painted by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, 1859
Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey
London, England, 1906
London, England, 1906
Charing Cross and Strand
Westminster, London, England, 1906
Westminster, London, England, 1906
The Royal Courts of Justice
London, England, 1906
London, England, 1906
Smithfield Meat Market, 1895
Smithfield, London, England
Smithfield, London, England
Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway, Oil on Canvas
Painted by Joseph M. W. Turner, 1844
Painted by Joseph M. W. Turner, 1844
Charles Dickens, 1858
Photograph taken by George Herbert Watkins
Photograph taken by George Herbert Watkins
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Painted by Alfred Clint, 1819
Painted by Alfred Clint, 1819
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Painted by Washington Allston, 1814
Painted by Washington Allston, 1814
Elizabeth Gaskell
By William John Thomson, 1832
By William John Thomson, 1832
William Godwin
Painted by James Northcote, 1802
Painted by James Northcote, 1802
John Keats
Painted by William Hilton, date unknown
Painted by William Hilton, date unknown
Mary Wollstonecraft
Painted by John Opie, 1797
Painted by John Opie, 1797
Mary Shelley
Painted by Richard Rothwell, 1840
Painted by Richard Rothwell, 1840
Lord George Gordon Byron
Painted by Richard Westall, 1813
Painted by Richard Westall, 1813
The Brontë Sisters (from left: Anne, Emily, Charlotte)
Painted by Patrick Branwell Brontë, 1834
Painted by Patrick Branwell Brontë, 1834
William Wordsworth
Painted by Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1842
Painted by Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1842
William Blake
Painting by Thomas Phillips, 1807
Painting by Thomas Phillips, 1807
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Engraving of photograph by T. O. Barlow, 1871
Engraving of photograph by T. O. Barlow, 1871
Jane Austen
Based on a sketch by Cassandra Austen, 1810
Based on a sketch by Cassandra Austen, 1810
Harriet Martineau
Painted by Richard Evans, 1834
Painted by Richard Evans, 1834
Standard workhouse diet
Written 1836
Written 1836
The Crystal Palace, Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London, England
Painted by Joseph Nash, 1851
Painted by Joseph Nash, 1851
Crossing the Brook, Oil on Canvas
Painted by Joseph M. W. Turner, 1815
Painted by Joseph M. W. Turner, 1815
Standard Children's Workhouse Dormitory
Photograph taken Christmas Day, 1906, Belfast Workhouse, Belfast, Ireland
Photograph taken Christmas Day, 1906, Belfast Workhouse, Belfast, Ireland