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Desk Collection

Background imageDesk Collection: Dickens / Empty Chair

Dickens / Empty Chair
HIS HOME AT GADSHILL His desk and empty chair after his death, dated 9 June 1870

Background imageDesk Collection: Carl Gustav Jung

Carl Gustav Jung
CARL GUSTAV JUNG Swiss psychologist at his desk

Background imageDesk Collection: Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim, c. 1890

Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim, c. 1890
Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, pictured at her writing desk, c.1890

Background imageDesk Collection: Wagner / Balestrieri

Wagner / Balestrieri
RICHARD WAGNER Composing his opera cycle, the Ring of the Nibelungen

Background imageDesk Collection: Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens
CHARLES DICKENS English writer, at his writing desk, circa 1860

Background imageDesk Collection: Abelard and Heloise

Abelard and Heloise
ABELARD AND HELOISE French scholar and nun embracing in the scriptorium

Background imageDesk Collection: Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591). Engraving. Colored

Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591). Engraving. Colored
Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591). Spanish friar of DIscalced Carmelite Order. Engraving. Colored

Background imageDesk Collection: Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice
Mr Darcy enters a room in which Elizabeth Bennet is seated at her writing desk

Background imageDesk Collection: Trotsky at Desk

Trotsky at Desk
LEON TROTSKY Russian statesman, at Brest- Litovsk 1918

Background imageDesk Collection: Queen Victoria with the Munshi

Queen Victoria with the Munshi
Queen Victoria at her desk, assisted by her servant Abdul Karim, the Munshi

Background imageDesk Collection: Rudyard Kipling at Desk

Rudyard Kipling at Desk
English writer, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) working at his desk

Background imageDesk Collection: A Library Study of Salvador Dali

A Library Study of Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is seated at a desk for a library study of the surrealist artist as an author. At the time he was working on his book The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

Background imageDesk Collection: Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell
BERTRAND RUSSELL, 3rd Earl Russell - British philospher and author, smoking a pipe whilst sitting at his desk in the study of his home, Plas Pendryn, Wales. Date: 1872 - 1970

Background imageDesk Collection: Victorian woman (Polhill-Turner family)

Victorian woman (Polhill-Turner family)
An upper class Victorian woman, probably a member of the Polhill-Turner family of Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire. Seen here in a studio photograph, leaning on the back of a chair

Background imageDesk Collection: Queen Victoria at her desk

Queen Victoria at her desk
Photographic study of Queen Victoria at her writing desk. Taken in 1882, a framed portrait of her late husband Prince Albert on the desk

Background imageDesk Collection: Queen Victoria / Dachshund

Queen Victoria / Dachshund
QUEEN VICTORIA Queen Victoria pictured at her desk, c.1865 in the company of one of her dachshunds, possibly Waldie

Background imageDesk Collection: Rene Descartes at Desk

Rene Descartes at Desk
RENE DESCARTES French Mathematician and Philosopher. Attempted to unify all knowledge as the product of clear reasoning from self-evident premises

Background imageDesk Collection: Scrooge at his Desk

Scrooge at his Desk
Old Scrooge sat busy in his counting house

Background imageDesk Collection: Sylvia Pankhurst Writing

Sylvia Pankhurst Writing
SYLVIA PANKHURST sitting at her desk writing a letter

Background imageDesk Collection: LENIN READING PRAVDA

LENIN READING PRAVDA
VLADIMIR ILICH ULYANOV LENIN Russian statesman, reading a copy of Pravda in his study

Background imageDesk Collection: Sher. Holmes Thinking

Sher. Holmes Thinking
THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN Sherlock Holmes studies the case at his desk

Background imageDesk Collection: Medieval History. Jewish community. Teacher and student. Min

Medieval History. Jewish community. Teacher and student. Miniature. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Background imageDesk Collection: Fleming / Photo / Microscope

Fleming / Photo / Microscope
SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING - Scottish bacteriologist at his desk with his microscope

Background imageDesk Collection: Writing desk set with Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32

Writing desk set with Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32
Writing desk set with glass inkwells, together with a piece of Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32 and a silver plaque engraved L32, Billericay, September 23rd 1916. Commemorative Ware

Background imageDesk Collection: Draughtsmen at work

Draughtsmen at work
Draughtsmen prepare technical drawings for an electronic wiring system, in a large open plan room, with plenty of essential natural light. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageDesk Collection: Pilsudski at Desk / 1919

Pilsudski at Desk / 1919
JOZEF PILSUDSKI Polish General and Statesman Date: 1867 - 1935

Background imageDesk Collection: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria
QUEEN VICTORIA Photograph from the 1890 s. Victoria seated at her desk, with a picture of Albert by her side

Background imageDesk Collection: Lubbock / John / Graphic 84

Lubbock / John / Graphic 84
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK 1st BARON AVEBURY Liberal MP and writer of popular science books

Background imageDesk Collection: John Ruskin / Photo / Desk

John Ruskin / Photo / Desk
JOHN RUSKIN English art critic and writer Photograph sitting at his desk

Background imageDesk Collection: William Rust, British communist and newspaper editor

William Rust, British communist and newspaper editor
William Charles Rust (1903-1949), British communist activist, member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and editor of the Daily Worker newspaper, seen here at his desk

Background imageDesk Collection: Fidel Castro at Desk

Fidel Castro at Desk
FIDEL CASTRO Cuban statesman at his desk Date: 1926 -

Background imageDesk Collection: Greeting card by Ethel Larcombe

Greeting card by Ethel Larcombe
Art Nouveau greeting card depicting a girl at her writing desk. Date: 1908

Background imageDesk Collection: Woman Writing at Desk

Woman Writing at Desk
A French young lady is writing a letter at her desk with a quill-pen. Date: Circa 1760

Background imageDesk Collection: Teddy bears in a classroom

Teddy bears in a classroom having a music lesson. They sing at their desks while their teacher plays the violin. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageDesk Collection: The Bureau, Claridge's Hotel, London

The Bureau, Claridge's Hotel, London Date: 1911

Background imageDesk Collection: I K Brunel / Col Portrait

I K Brunel / Col Portrait
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. Portrait at his desk. Date: 1806 - 1859

Background imageDesk Collection: King George VI at his desk in naval uniform, 1942

King George VI at his desk in naval uniform, 1942
King George VI (1895 - 1952), pictured writing at his desk in Buckingham Palace wearing naval uniform in May 1942. An exclusive photographic sitting specially granted to the Illustrated London News

Background imageDesk Collection: Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer
German statesman, Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), the first chancellor of West Germany after World War Two

Background imageDesk Collection: Ant. Saint-Exupery

Ant. Saint-Exupery
SAINT-EXUPERY SAINT-EXUPERY French aviator and writer. Author of novels and essays, most with an aviation theme

Background imageDesk Collection: Room of Martin Luther (1483-1546) at Wartburg. Engraving. Co

Room of Martin Luther (1483-1546) at Wartburg. Engraving. Co
Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Luthers room at Wartburg. Engraving by Hurel. The Religious Revolution, 1880. Colored

Background imageDesk Collection: Gladstone / Hawarden Study

Gladstone / Hawarden Study
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE The study at Hawarden Castle, home of the British MP and Prime Minister Date: 1809 - 1898

Background imageDesk Collection: Schoolboys and teacher on a Christmas card

Schoolboys and teacher on a Christmas card
Misbehaving schoolboys surprised by their teacher on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDesk Collection: Cheery Families - Mr Switch the Schoolmaster

Cheery Families - Mr Switch the Schoolmaster. 1890s

Background imageDesk Collection: Interior at New College Lane, Oxford

Interior at New College Lane, Oxford
Watercolour sketch of an interior at New College Lane, Oxford, showing Reverend Baden Powell and his wife (they married in 1846), with five children

Background imageDesk Collection: Police radio operators

Police radio operators

Background imageDesk Collection: Judge Bacon at his desk

Judge Bacon at his desk. Possibly the Judge Bacon, ie Sir James Bacon (1798-1895)

Background imageDesk Collection: Three Schoolgirls

Three Schoolgirls
Three schoolgirls in summer dresses look intently at drawings on the desk in front of them

Background imageDesk Collection: Kerensky / Assistants / 1917

Kerensky / Assistants / 1917
ALEKSANDR FYODOROVICH KERENSKY Russian Revolutionary leader with two of his assistants in 1917



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