American Author Collection

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, photographed by A.J. Schillare, c.1898 (b&w photo)
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, Ernest Walter (1896-1947); Private Collection; (add.info)

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

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64) 1840 (oil on canvas)
PEM204699 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64) 1840 (oil on canvas) by Osgood, Charles (1809-90); Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA; ePeabody Essex Museum; American, out of copyright

Harriet Beecher Stowe 1850s Daguerreotype 10. 8 x 8. 3 cm
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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.