American Author Collection

Country Boy at District School
The caption for this 1902 image reads: The Country Boy at the District School. It complemented the chapter Fun Out of school in the memoir Being a Boy by Charles Dudley Warner

Drifting out to Sea
The caption for this 1902 image is: Drifting out to Sea. It is from The Cruise of the Dolphin, from The Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, with Tom the hero of tale

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804- 1864), American novelist and short-story writer, was a master of the allegorical and symbolic tale

Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), American author and journalist wrote the biography of his father,  Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife (1884)

John Habberton (February 24, 1842 - February 24, 1921) was an American author and journalist

Uncle Wiggily and Alice
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962)

Uncle Wiggily and Squirrels
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962)

Uncle Wiggily and Cannon
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962)

Uncle Wiggily and Duchess
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962)

Uncle Wiggily and red Queen
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962)

Uncle Wiggily and Snail
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962)

Uncle Wiggily and Scarf and Cat
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962)

Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) April 1906 (b&w photo)
BAL126132 Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) April 1906 (b&w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: created Uncle Remus who told stories of Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox;)

George Washington Cable (1844-1925) in his study
BAL126117 George Washington Cable (1844-1925) in his study, photographed by A.J. Schillare, c.1898 (b&w photo); Private Collection

Mark Twain, from The Year 1910: a Record of Notable Achievements and Events, 1910 (litho)
STC306862 Mark Twain, from The Year 1910: a Record of Notable Achievements and Events, 1910 (litho) by Histed

Edgar Allen Poe (1809-49) 1845 (oil on canvas)
NYH149712 Edgar Allen Poe (1809-49) 1845 (oil on canvas) by Osgood, Samuel (1808-85); Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA; eNew York Historical Society; American, out of copyright

Pearl Buck (1892-1973) (b&w photo)
BAL126143 Pearl Buck (1892-1973) (b&w photo) by Genthe, Arnold (1869-1942); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Mark Twain playing pool with the daughter of his biographer Albert Bigelow Paine
STC306615 Mark Twain playing pool with the daughter of his biographer Albert Bigelow Paine (sepia photo) by Bigelow Paine

Portrait of Mark Twain (1835-1910) (b / w photo)
AQS254826 Portrait of Mark Twain (1835-1910) (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Mark Twain (1835-1910) (litho)
KW229691 Mark Twain (1835-1910) (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens; ); Ken Welsh; American, out of copyright

Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816) from Cyclopedia of American Literature
BAL126119 Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816) from Cyclopedia of American Literature, by Evert Augustus Duyckinck (1816-78) 1855 (engraving) (b&w photo) by American School

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Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens in 1835, is depicted in various forms throughout the years. From a lithograph in "The Year 1910: A Record of Notable Achievements and Events," to a playful moment with his biographer's daughter, Mark Twain's iconic image endures. Joining him in literary history are peers such as Edgar Allan Poe, whose haunting oil painting from 1845 contrasts starkly with Twain's joviality. Pearl Buck, another renowned author, is captured in a black and white photograph from the 1950s. Nathaniel Hawthorne, a contemporary of Twain, is depicted in an oil painting from 1840. And let us not forget the early American writer Hugh Henry Brackenridge, whose image graces the pages of the "Cyclopedia of American Literature." From Poe's macabre tales to Twain's satirical wit, these authors left indelible marks on American literature.