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Abraham Cowley

Also known as: Abraham Cowley; primary name: Cowley, Abraham
Details: individual; author/poet; British; Male
Life dates: 1618-1667
Biography: FRS; poet; author of 'Anacreon'

67 related objects

drawing

Museum number: Gg,5.52 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Charles BealeFormerly attributed to:Mary Beale |
Production date: 1632-1726

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0822.7665 |
Producer name: Drawn by:George Perfect HardingAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1800-1850

drawing

Museum number: Gg,5.65 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Charles BealeFormerly attributed to:Mary Beale |
Production date: 1632-1726

print; book-illustration

Title: Cupid the Cunning Beggar |
Museum number: 1924,0724.4 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1923

print; book-illustration

Title: Bathyllus |
Museum number: 1924,0724.5 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1923

print

Title: Front & Back Views of the House at Chertsey |
Museum number: 1925,0511.206 |
Producer name: BIOG18617 Print made by:James Basire II |
Production date: 1804-1814

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Title: Bell's Poets |
Museum number: 1865,0520.850 |
Producer name: After:John Hamilton MortimerPrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr. Abraham Cowley |
Museum number: 1875,0612.477 |
Producer name: BIOG148426 Published by:John Hinton |
Production date: 1747-1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Abram. Cowley Bell's Poets |
Museum number: 1877,1013.1182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CookPublished by:John Bell, the publisher |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1870,0514.2336 |
Producer name: Print made by:George MurrayAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Cowley |
Museum number: 1893,0202.27 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anker SmithAfter:William Faithorne |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1864,1210.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anthony CardonIntermediary draughtsman:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Abraham Cowley Eqr. |
Museum number: K,59.5 |
Producer name: BIOG23215 Print made by:James Cole |
Production date: 1723

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1896,1230.145 |
Producer name: BIOG49343 Print made by:Frederick Hendrik Van Hove |
Production date: 1687 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1868,0808.1446 |
Producer name: After:Robert VaughanPublished by:Charle Harper |
Production date: 1700 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: English Poets |
Museum number: K,64.24 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePrint made by:J Newton |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Lord Falkland |
Museum number: Gg,4F.125 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael van der GuchtAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1707

print

Title: Abrahamus Cowleius Twelve Celebrated English Poets |
Museum number: K,59.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1730

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.494 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anthony CardonIntermediary draughtsman:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1805

print

Title: Mr Abraham Cowley |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7664 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1718

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.495 |
Producer name: Intermediary draughtsman:Thomas UwinsPrint made by:Anthony Cardon |
Production date: 1805

print; book-illustration

Title: Cowley |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1163 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1779-1781

print

Title: Abrahamus Cowleius Twelve Celebrated English Poets |
Museum number: P,6.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1730

print; frontispiece

Title: Abrahamus Couleius Anglus |
Museum number: 1860,1013.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1668

print; frontispiece

Title: Abrahamus Couleius Anglus |
Museum number: P,6.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1668

print; frontispiece

Title: M:r Abraham Cowley |
Museum number: 1842,1112.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Mary Beale |
Production date: 1667-1668

print; frontispiece

Title: M:r Abraham Cowley |
Museum number: 1860,1013.101 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Mary Beale |
Production date: 1667-1668

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1924,0724.3 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1923

print

Title: Abraham Cowley Aet suae XX |
Museum number: 1925,0511.207 |
Producer name: BIOG18617 Print made by:James Basire II |
Production date: 1813

print; title-page

Museum number: 1924,0724.2 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1923

print; book-illustration

Title: Europa |
Museum number: 1924,0724.6 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1923

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.493 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anthony CardonIntermediary draughtsman:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1805

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.496 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anthony CardonIntermediary draughtsman:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1805

print; book-illustration

Title: Cowley |
Museum number: K,59.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1779-1781

print

Title: Abrahamus Cowleius Twelve Celebrated English Poets |
Museum number: G,6.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertueAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1730

print; frontispiece

Title: M:r Abraham Cowley |
Museum number: P,4.195 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Mary Beale |
Production date: 1687

print; frontispiece

Title: M:r Abraham Cowley |
Museum number: K,59.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Mary Beale |
Production date: 1687

print; frontispiece

Title: M:r Abraham Cowley |
Museum number: P,6.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Mary Beale |
Production date: 1687

print; frontispiece

Title: M:r Abraham Cowley |
Museum number: 1886,0927.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Mary Beale |
Production date: 1667-1668

print

Title: Mr Francis Beaumont, Mr John Fletcher, Mr John Mil Poets and Philosophers of England |
Museum number: 1888,0515.34 |
Producer name: BIOG46284 Print made by:John Simon |
Production date: 1690-1742

print

Title: Milton, Butler, Chaucer, Cowley, Waller |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7770 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1717

print; book-illustration

Title: Abraham Cowley Aet suae XX |
Museum number: 1860,0714.19 |
Producer name: BIOG18617 Print made by:James Basire II |
Production date: 1813

print

Title: Mr Francis Beaumont, Mr John Fletcher, Mr John Mil Poets and Philosophers of England |
Museum number: 1902,1011.4249 |
Producer name: BIOG46284 Print made by:John Simon |
Production date: 1690-1742

print

Title: Milton, Butler, Chaucer, Cowley, Waller |
Museum number: 1849,1031.17 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1717

print; book-illustration

Title: Dr Scarborough |
Museum number: G,8.214 |
Producer name: BIOG49331 Print made by:Michael van der Gucht |
Production date: 1710

print; title-page

Museum number: Gg,4F.172 |
Producer name: BIOG49472 After:Robert Vaughan |
Production date: 1680-1712

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1924,0724.8 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1923

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Cowley's House at Chertsey |
Museum number: 1922,1116.94 |
Producer name: BIOG45770 Print made by:Matthew Urlwin Sears |
Production date: 1896

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1868,0808.2133 |
Producer name: BIOG49343 Print made by:Frederick Hendrik Van Hove |
Production date: 1687 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Title: Bell's Poets |
Museum number: 1865,0520.852 |
Producer name: After:John Hamilton MortimerPrint made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Title: Bell's Poets |
Museum number: 1865,0520.897 |
Producer name: After:John Hamilton MortimerPrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr. Abraham Cowley |
Museum number: K,59.1 |
Producer name: BIOG148426 Published by:John Hinton |
Production date: 1747-1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Cowley |
Museum number: 1889,0409.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anker SmithAfter:William Faithorne |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: P,3.201 |
Producer name: After:Robert VaughanPublished by:Charle Harper |
Production date: 1681 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Abraham Cowley |
Museum number: 1875,0213.419 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Bernard GodfreyAfter:Mary Beale |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: English Poets Bowyer's History of England |
Museum number: 1858,1009.214 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePrint made by:J Newton |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1925,0615.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert WhitePublished by:Charle Harper |
Production date: 1689 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1889,0409.39 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1720-1750

print; frontispiece

Museum number: P,3.199 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert VaughanPublished by:Henry Seile |
Production date: 1633 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.7775 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Thomas FryPublished by:Thomas Boys |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Venus Engraved on a Dish |
Museum number: 1924,0724.7 |
Producer name: BIOG29339 Print made by:Stephen Gooden |
Production date: 1923

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr William Hervey |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1477 |
Producer name: BIOG49331 Print made by:Michael van der Gucht |
Production date: 1707 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print; title-page

Museum number: 1896,1230.72 |
Producer name: After:Robert VaughanPublished by:Charle Harper |
Production date: 1681 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

printing-plate

Museum number: 2015,4123.47 |
Producer name: Engraved by:James MooreAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

tavern token

Museum number: 1870,0507.16612 |
Producer name: BIOG89625 Made by:S Daniell |
Authority: Issuer:Smith Street BreweryIssuer:Abraham Cowley |
Production date: 1864-1866 |
Production place: Made in:Smith Street (Birmingham)

tavern token

Museum number: 1870,0507.2181 |
Authority: Issuer:Bon Ton TavernIssuer:Abraham Cowley |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Great Hampton Street

vignette

Museum number: 2015,4123.48 |
Producer name: Engraved by:James MoorePrinted by:De La Rue |
Authority: BIOG147804 Issuer:De La Rue |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Printed in:British Isles