Title-page of vol.1 (of 2) of "Celia in Search of a Husband", 1809, by "A Modern Antique" (generally identified with "Medora Gordon Byron"): a response to Hannah More's "Coelebs in Search of a Wife".
Stipple and line engraving of a painting of Melesina Trench, by Francis Holl after George Romney, published 1862. She is seated under a tree, her hands resting on a pillar, holding what looks like...
A photo of the title page of Memoir of Dr. George Logan of Stenton by his widow, Deborah Norris Logan, Philadelphia, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1899.
Painting of Mercy Otis Warren by John Singleton Copley. She stands in an outdoor background of trees and flowers, holding one hand out, and wearing a deep blue gown with quantities of lace at the...
Photo of Michael Field (that is, of Katherine Harris Bradley, left, and Edith Emma Cooper. right) from the waist up, leaning toward each other. They are wearing plain black dresses.
Head-and-shoulders photograph of Millicent Garrett Fawcett. She is looking to the left with her hair braided and coiled around her head, wearing a frilled collar and a necklace of large beads.
Engraving of Mona Caird, who is depicted in profile with a slightly smiling expression. Her hair is pinned up and she wears a blazer and blouse with a brooch at the neck.
Black and white photograph of Muriel Box as film director, looking alertly forward with one hand on a large camera and the other holding an open script. Her dark, zippered jacket is open over a...
Sketch of Ménie Muriel Dowie, by M. Fletcher, 1891. She stands in a jaunty pose, head tilted, left hand on hip, and right hand holding her tam-o'-shanter-style cap. Her "Karpathian Costume" (as the...
Colour photo of Nadine Gordimer. Her grey hair is brushed back; her lined face has an impish smile. She is wearing an open-necked shirt which is checked in various colours and styles, with stud...
Black and white photograph of Nancy Cunard. She is seated in a casual pose with elbows out, facing the camera, wearing a belted leather jacket, what looks like a cloche hat, and her trademark stack...
Head-and-shoulders drawing of Nancy Mitford by William Acton, 1937. Her dark, wavy hair is parted in the centre; her bare shoulders rise smoothly from the background.
Half-length painting of Natalie Clifford Barney by her mother, Alice Pike Barney, 1896. She faces the viewer directly: blonde, blue-eyed, wearing a black dress, fur cape, and blue velvet hat with a...
Colour photo of Nawal El Saadawi at the Göteborg Book Fair in Sweden, 2010. She is leaning forward speaking animatedly into a microphone, wearing a blue jacket and a thin pink scarf. Her white hair...
Black and white photo of Ngaio Marsh, standing in a spotlight and tilted backwards. Her black dress and dark hair are dramatically lit, and her hand holding a cigarette is doubled by its shadow...
Painting of Nina Hamnett by Roger Fry, 1917. She is seated in a wooden chair with a yellow back and pink seat, wearing a long grey-green skirt and a black turtleneck whose sleeves leave her slender...
Scanned page of a 1789 portrait of Olaudah Equiano holding a book in his right hand and looking at the viewer. Underneath the portrait is written: Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African?
Black and white photograph of Olive Schreiner, seated, with one elbow on a desk and her head resting on that hand. She is wearing a white dress that falls loosely from her shoulders, gathered at...
Black and white photo of Olive Schreiner, head and shoulders only. She looks straight at the camera, her hair short around her face and her neckline high, with ruffles.
Oval, head-and-shoulders photograph of Ouida in profile, looking to the viewer's right, wearing a pendant on a thin chain, and a dress with black lace top. Her dark hair is brushed back.
Colour photo of P. D. James at a literary festival in Cologne, 2013. She sits with pen in hand, ready to sign a book. She is wearing a loose-fitting grey and pink turtleneck top, with a chunky...
Black and white photograph of P. L. Travers playing the part of Titania in Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", c. 1924. She perches on a log wearing a sleeveless tunic, with vine-leaves in her...
Black and white photograph of Pamela Hansford Johnson, seated, with her hands clasped, wearing a white polo-neck sweater with a brooch on the collar. Her dark, wavy hair is smooth and short.
Black and white photograph of Pandita Ramabai, shown from the shoulders up, looking earnestly to the left of the viewer, wearing a white hijab. "Ramabai" is signed below.
Colour photo of Pat Barker signing a copy of her book "Toby's Room". She sits behind a table with a glass of red wine, wearing a black top and silver necklace.
Black and white photograph of Pauline Johnson, shown from the waist up. She wears a necklace of bear claws and a loose shirt with leather fringes and ermine tails. Her dark hair is curled in front...
Black and white photograph of Pearl S. Buck, shown from the shoulders up. She is wearing a light dress and a dark cardigan, with her wavy hair pulled loosely back.
Colour photo, half-length, of Penelope Lively talking at a microphone, with a water carafe and tumblers in front. She is wearing tortoiseshell glasses, a blue jacket over black, a scarf, and a...
Percy Bysshe Shelley, in an engraving by William Finden from a head-and-shoulders portrait by Amelia Curran, 1819. Shelley is gazing slightly to the left, wearing a dark jacket over a white open...
Oil painting of Petrarch, from the midsection up, side view (he is facing to the right). He is depicted wearing a black hooded garment, and showing underneath is a red cap and head wrap (a piece of...
1700s painted portrait by William Hoare of Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, turned slightly to the left and looking at the viewer. He is wearing a red coat and a blue sash...
Statue of Philip Larkin by Martin Jennings at Hull Paragon railway station in Yorkshire, unveiled 2 December 2010. Larkin is mid stride, holding a book under one arm and a hat in his other hand.
Oval engraving of Phillis Wheatley, frontispiece to her "Poems on Various Occasions," 1773, done from a lost portrait just possibly by the enslaved artist Scipio Moorhead. She sits at a desk...
