Romanticism

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (writer)

May 3, 1774

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832
Most important book: The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet)

Dec 3, 1798

Samuel Taylor Coleridge; 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834
Most important poem: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1798

Mary Shelley (writer)

Nov 3, 1818

Mary Shelley; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851
Most important book: Frankenstein, 1818

Jane Austen (writer)

Nov 3, 1818

Jane Austen; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817
Most important book: Persuasion, 1818

The Raft of the Medusa (painting)

Jul 3, 1819

The Raft of the Medusa, 1819
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824

Lord Byron (poet)

Dec 4, 1819

Lord Byron; 22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824
Most important poem: Mazeppa, 1819

Thomas De Quincey (writer)

Dec 3, 1821

Thomas De Quincey; 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859
Most important book: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 1821

The Massacre at Chios (painting)

Aug 25, 1824

The Massacre at Chios, 1824
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, April 26, 1798 - August 13, 1863.

Liberty Leading the People (painting)

Oct 21, 1830

Liberty Leading the People,1830
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, April 26, 1798 - August 13, 1863.

Edgar Allan Poe (poet)

Aug 3, 1843

Edgar Allan Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849
Most important poem: The Black Cat, 1843

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (poet)

Dec 4, 1850

Elizabeth Barrett Browning; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861
Most important poem: Portuguese Sonnets, 1850

Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway (painting)

Dec 3, 2016

Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway, 1844
Joseph Mallord William Turner; 14 May 1775 – 19 December 1851