Dappled History

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe.

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe.

Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Herman Melville in 1860.

Guy de Maupassant early in his career.

Guy de Maupassant. Face digitally enhanced.

Guy de Maupassant by Nadar. Circa 1888

Guy de Maupassant by Nadar. Circa 1888

An early photograph of Engels.

Portrait of Karl Marx.

Portrait of Karl Marx.

Portrait of Karl Marx.

Portrait of the writer Selma Lagerl?f.

Portrait of the writer Selma Lagerl?f.

Portrait of the writer Selma Lagerl?f.

A portrait of Knut Hamsun.

A portrait of Knut Hamsun.

A portrait of Knut Hamsun.

A portrait of Knut Hamsun.

Portrait of Rudyard Kipling.

Portrait of Rudyard Kipling.

Portrait of Rudyard Kipling.

Portrait of Rudyard Kipling.

Helen Keller, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right 1904.

Helen Keller, no. 8.

Constantine P. Cavafy in Alexandria.

Victor Hugo.

Victor Hugo. ca. 1876.

A portrait of Dr. Paul Heyse.

A portrait of Dr. Paul Heyse.

Portrait of author Ernest Hemingway.

Portrait of author Ernest Hemingway.

Portrait of author Ernest Hemingway.

Portrait of Thomas Hardy.

Portrait of Thomas Hardy.

Portrait of Thomas Hardy.

Portrait of Maxim Gorky.

Portrait of Maxim Gorky.

Portrait of Maxim Gorky.

Portrait of Maxim Gorky.

Portrait of Anatole France.

F. Scott Fitzgerald.

F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Gustave Flaubert.

Gustave Flaubert.

Emily Dickinson. Please note that the face has been digitally improved. Not altered.

Emily Dickinson.

Photograph of writer Edith Wharton.

Alexandre Dumas p?re.

Alexandre Dumas p?re.

Alexandre Dumas p?re.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Portrait of Charles Dickens.

Portrait of Charles Dickens.