Letter Collection (page 5)

Three young princes, children of Ferdinand, duke of Parma
Giuseppe Baldrighi (1723-1803). Italian painter. Three young princes, the children of Ferdinand, duke of Parma, ca.1775-1776. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Manuel Roda y Arrieta (1706/1707-1782), 1765, by Batoni
Manuel Roda y Arrieta (1706/1707-1782). Spanish politician. Founder of the History Academy. Portrait by Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787), 1765. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain

Victorian scrap, girl with letter and basket of flowers Date: late 19th century

Oliver Cromwell discovering the letter of King Charles I at the Blue Boar, Holborn, London Date: 1647

Ursula Lutyens
A portrait oil painting of Ursula Lutyens, seated wearing a tailed bearskin hat. The image is referenced to a letter, sent by the artist to his son, Ben Nicholson, in Pasadena, California

The Reconciliation
A print, depicting a finely dressed man and woman, with a discarded letter laying on the floor of a fine garden, with a running water fountain. Date: circa 1854

The Day Before Marriage
A portrait print of a woman, sat on a tree stump with a letter in her hands. She is wearing a blue dress and velvet jacket. Date: circa 1854

The World's First Postcard
The idea of a postal card which could be used at half the letter rate was that of Heinrich von Stephan in 1865. Later that year

Stevens silk postcard of King Edward V11
Stevens silk postcards are much sought for by collectors. This one, addressed to My Darling, carries an apology for an earlier card sent through the mail at a halfpenny

The Village Postman Date: 1907

Poster advertising skiing in Norway. Date: 1957

Dove with rose and letter on a Spanish greetings card cut in the shape of a shell. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Woman wearing morning dress 1875
Widow wearing elegant Victorian mourning dress, with tassel edge, tails and long train. Hair dressed high at the back with complicated twists and rolls with flat cap. Date: 1875

Hieratic papyrus. Process document. Conspirator death lawsui
Hieratic papyrus. Cursive writing system, used in Ancient Egypt. Process document. Conspirator death lawsuit against Ramses III Egyptian Museum of Turin. Italy

Roman sepulchral relief of a couple. 2nd century AD
Sepulchral relief depicting the spouse Diodemes and Sekunda. 2nd century AD. Roman. Marble. Neues Museum (New Museum). Berlin. Germany

Engraving depicting the city of Nuremberg. Nuremberg Chronic
Nuremberg Chronicle. German version, December 23, 1493. Compiled by Hartmann Schedel and engraving by Michael Wolgemuth and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Engraving depicting the city of Nuremberg

The Cologne Chronicle by Johann Koelhoff the Younger. 15th c
The Cologne Chronicle by Johann Koelhoff the Younger (1440- 1502). 1499. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

The Crucifixion. Copy. Prague. Czech Republic
The Crucifixion. 17th century. Sculpture originally made in 1629 by H. Hillger based upon a design by W. E. Brohn. Bronze. The golden Hebrew text on the crucifix was added in 1696

Stela with Oscan inscription. 300-100 BC
Stela with Oscan inscription. Fragment located in the inner arch of Nola Gate. Pompeii, Italy. The inscription say: Vibius Popidius

Egyptians writing
Egyptian writing. Upper: Letter to a deceased on papyrus. Around 2000 BC. End of the First Intermediate Period. Origin unknown. Lower: Hieratic Papyrus. Ptolemaic Period. 305-30 BC. Origin unknown

Initial. Missal
Missal. Initial detail. Friar near death. Latin. Codex 9. 1524. Printing Rosenbach (Barcelona, Spain). Chapter Archive of Tortosa. Catalonia. Spain

Cartoon, A good idea, WW1
Cartoon, A good idea. A French soldier says he has asked his father to write to say he is dead: that way, he will be able to get leave of absence from the Front. Date: 1916

Memorial Scroll and letter - 2nd Lt Edward James Knight
Memorial Scroll and letter commemorating the death of 2nd Lieutenant Edward James Knight, 7th Battalion, attached 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, died 12th May 1917

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). nd International Congress of Writers, held in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia in 1937. Poster by Ramon Gaya. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Parcel bomb
The result of a parcel bomb explosion at the offices of the Morning Star newspaper, which left the paper's postal manager Ms May Pateman burned and shocked

Prepare for the Holidays by William Heath Robinson
A man learning how to swim without water by correspondence from a college by letter. Date: 1919

The first sign of convalescence. Date: 1892

LETTER A
THE LETTER A Date: 1709-1784

Doves taking letter from girl by Flora White

The Economy Steel Letter File - Filing Cabinet - produced by Hobart Cabinet Company, Troy, Ohio, USA (established in 1907). Strong, Neat and Serviceable for Office and Transfer use. Date: circa 1923

General Post Office - St Martin s-le-Grand, London. This was the main post office for London between 1829 and 1910. Photograph showing the room devoted to sorting of newspapers

Comic postcard, Man relaxing on the beach, happy to be having a week away from the office Date: 20th century

Large Letter card - Greetings from Boston, Massachusetts
Large Letter postcard - Greetings from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Date: 1950

Comic postcard, Woman reading aunts letter Date: 20th century

Postcard - Birthday Kisses
Postcard design - Birthday Kisses! - a little girl kneeling on a stool writing a letter with four big kisses. Date: circa 1937

Postcard design - Birthday Kisses
Postcard design artwork - Birthday Kisses! - a little girl kneeling on a stool writing a letter with four big kisses. Date: circa 1937

Comc postcard, Little boy introducing himself as "that sort of guy"Date
Comc postcard, Little boy introducing himself as " that sort of guy" Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy expecting a letter from someone special Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy sharpening large pencil Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy going to bed with candle and letter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man in hurry to post a letter and visit the Gents Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl with letter on the beach (in English and French) Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl with letter on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy with letter on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Postcard, letter, phone and money Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Posting a letter in the wrong box Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, ambiguous Christmas invitation Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy and teacher - a forged letter! Date: 20th century

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