Henry James Pye
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Henry James Pye was an English poet, and Poet Laureate from 1790 until his death. His appointment as laureate owed nothing to poetic achievement and may have been awarded to him as compensation for th
Henry James Pye, circa 1800-1808.
Robert Southey
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Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey began as a ra
Henry James Pye
…circa 1800-1808. Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom In office 28 July 1790 – 11 August 1813 Monarch George III Preceded by Thomas Warton Succeeded by Robert Southey Personal details Born 20 February 1745 Faringdon, Berkshire, England Died 11 August 1813 (aged 68) Pinner, Middlesex, England Resting place Pinner's…
Portrait of Robert Southey by John Opie, 1806
Wine Street, Bristol (1872)
Robert Southey, by Sir Francis Chantrey, 1832, National Portrait Gallery, London
Peter Vandyke, Portrait of Robert Southey, Aged 21, 1795