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The Venerable Bede (c673-735), Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian, 1493
 
Thomas a Becket (1118-1170), English churchman, saint and martyr, 1493
 
Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), English playwright and poet
 
Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824-1899), c1880
 
James Beattie (1735-1803), Scottish poet, essayist and schoolmaster
 
Statue of the Buddha, from Garvara, India, 2nd century
 
Page from Gutenberg's Bible, c1455. Artist: Johannes Gutenberg
 
HG Wells (1865-1946), English novelist, writer and popular historian, c1902
 
HG Wells (1865-1946), English novelist, writer and popular historian, c1925
 
Dante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave DorƩ
 
Virgil (79-19 BC), Roman poet
 
Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1893) English poet, c1880
 
Alfred Tennyson, lst Baron Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet, 1855
 
Beware the Ides of March 1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
 
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian, c1930
 
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian, 1890-1894
 
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger) (c5 BC-65 AD), Roman Stoic philosopher, 1493
 
John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, 1870
 
John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, (c1645-1674?)
 
Macbeth and Banquo encountering the three witches, 1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
 
William Lilly (1602-1681), English astrologer, 1673
 
DH (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885-1930), English novelist and poet, (c1910s?)
 
St John on Patmos, 1865-1866
 
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings c1860. Creator: Unknown
 
Jeremiah, Old Testament prophet, c1860. Creator: Unknown
 
Isaiah, Old Testament prophet, c1804. Creator: Unknown
 
Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963), English essayist and novelist, 1927
 
Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963), English essayist and novelist, (c1950s?)
 
Oscar Asche (1871-1936), Australian-born British actor
 
Peter Christian Asbjornsen (1812-1885), Norwegian folklorist and naturalist
 
Arthur, 6th century semi-legendary Christian king of the Britons, late 14th century
 
Thomas Arnold (1795-1842), British educationalist and scholar, 1869
 
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), British poet, critic and educationalist, 1881. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
 
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), British poet, critic and educationalist, 1881
 
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), British poet, critic and educationalist, c1880
 
Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), British orientalist, poet and journalist, c1890
 
Henry Hugh Armstead (1828-1905), British sculptor, c1880
 
Edward Armitage, British painter and professor and lecturer to the Royal Academy, 1877
 
Michael Arlen (1895-1956), British writer and novelist of Armenian extraction, 1937
 
Aristotle (384-322 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, 1531
 
Allegory of Justice, from Aristotle's Ethics, 14th century
 
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), Italian poet
 
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), Italian poet
 
Water closet, 1556
 
Household utensils, 1906
 
Prester John, legendary Christian priest-king, riding out from a city, 1540
 
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), French political philosopher. Artist: Pierre Michel Alix
 
Pony Express rider crossing hostile country pursued by native Americans, 1861
 
The Bible being smuggled into England, 1536 (1877)
 
William Tyndale, English translator, 1536 (late 19th century)
 
Charles Kingsley fighting a fire, British writer and cleric
 
Charles Kingsley, British writer and cleric, c1880
 
Diagram showing man's position in the universe, 1617-19. Artist: Robert Fludd
 
Benjamin Disraeli, British Conservative, cartoon from Punch 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
 
Artisan family having their child baptised
 
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philospher and writer
 
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philospher and writer
 
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French political author, 1787
 
Jean Racine, French poet and dramatist
 
School House, Fishponds, Bristol, c1880