Colour photograph of A.S. Byatt, shown from the shoulders up. She is wearing a black fleece sweater with a high neck, zipped almost to the top, with a grey cardigan over top. Her hair is short and...
Black and white photograph of a painting of Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart. She is seated in a chair draped in a blanket, with her hands clasped in her lap. She wears a simple dark dress with long...
Black and white photograph of Ada Cambridge, shown from the shoulders up. Her head is turned slightly to the side, her hair is pulled back and she is wearing an intricately patterned lace dress.
Black and white photograph of Ada Leverson, standing with her hands behind her back. She is wearing a dark dress with a high collar, long sleeves, a broad skirt, and a row of buttons up the front....
Photograph of a painting of Adelaide Kemble, painted with loose brushstrokes that give the painting the impression of softness. She is shown from the shoulders up, wearing a soft pink dress and...
Black and white photograph of a painting of Adelaide Procter by Emma Gaggiotti Richards. She is wearing a simple dark dress with long, wide sleeves, and decorative red tassels hanging down the...
Photograph of a miniature painting of Aemilia Lanyer by Nicholas Hilliard, shown from the shoulders up, wearing a white gown with gold and black lacing, white and black beaded necklaces, and a...
Black and white photo of Agatha Christie as a child. Her hair is in curls and her face is amusingly expressionless. It is unclear what she is wearing, however we believe it is a dress, because of...
Illustration to "True Stories of Girl Heroines" by Evelyn Everett-Green, 1901, which includes Agnes Beaumont among its role-model heroines. The picture shows John Bunyan on his horse (which figures...
Black and white portrait photo of Agnes Mary Clerke. She faces forward with a neutral expression and her hair is short, frizzed, and pulled back from her face. Though the photo appears to be...
Black and white photograph of Agnes Maule Machar, shown from the shoulders up. She is wearing a dark dress with a lace collar and buttons up the front, and her dark hair is pulled back. Below her...
Photograph of a painting of Agnes Strickland by John Hayes, 1846. She is seated with her elbow resting on a wooden table. She is wearing a black velvet dress that laces at the front, over a cream...
Half-length painting of Alexander Pope attributed to Jonathan Richardson, c. 1736. He is sitting and looking at the viewer, with a book in his right hand. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Photograph of Ali Smith, seated at a table, with books, a water jug, and a cup in front of her. She appears to be at a book signing, and she is holding a pen in one hand, which is resting against...
Black and white photograph of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, taken by her husbande, c. 1875. She is seated, holding a caliper compass over a map or plan. She is wearing a long dress, decorated with...
Black and white photograph of Alice Meynell, shown from the shoulders up. She is wearing a black satin dress with puffed sleeves and a sun-shaped brooch in the top left corner of the square...
Cover of Weeds and Wild Flowers by Alice Oswald. The cover is blue with a white floral pattern, and the title written on it in black letters, with the author's and artist's names.
Photograph of part of the title-page of Alice Thornton's autobiography, published in 1875 as "The Autobiography of Mrs. Alice Thornton , of East Newton, Co. York." Her signature is reproduced below...
Photograph of Alice Walker, standing behind a podium and speaking into a microphone. She is wearing a blue jacket, dangling leaf-shaped earrings, and wire-rimmed glasses.
Sepia head-and-shoulders photo of Alison Uttley, with her dark hair brushed back. The top of her head appears to project out of the blue frame surrounding it, which is surrounded by drawings of her...
Black and white photograph of Amabel Williams-Ellis. She is posed sitting in a wooden chair, looking directly at the camera with an unsmiling expression. She is holding a white book and wearing a...
Black and white portrait photograph of Amelia B. Edwards, signed "Yours very sincerely, Amelia B. Edwards", 1890. She sits facing the viewer, turned slightly to her right. She wears a coat with fur...
Title page of Amelia Bristow's "Emma de Lissau; A Narrative of Striking Vicissitudes and Peculiar Trials; With Notes Illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Jews" (2nd ed., 1829), vol 1....
Photograph of a painting of Amelia Opie by her husband, John Opie, 1798. She is depicted from the waist up, against a background that is mainly dark with a landscape scene visible in the distance....
Black and white photograph of Amy Levy, shown from the shoulders up. She is wearing a dark dress with a light lacy collar, and her dark hair is pulled back.
Sepia-toned photograph of Angela Brazil, seated at a small desk bearing a sheet of paper, and a pen in her hand. Her right arm is in a writing position; her left elbow holds the other arm vertical...
Angela Thirkell during her first marriage: black-and-white copy of the portrait by John Singer Sargent, 1915. She is depicted from the shoulders up, wearing a simple dress with ruffled sleeves,...
Frontispiece to Ann Eliza Bleecker's Posthumous Works, 1793, an engraved portrait bust on a pedestal bearing her name. She looks out from an oval frame decorated with flowers. She faces the viewer,...
Fleuron or printer's ornament from Ann Fisher's pedagogical anthology of poems and extracts, "The Pleasing Instructor. or Entertaining Moralist", 1756.
