Desk Collection (page 17)

Izmir, Turkey - Public Scribe
Public Scribe at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

W. W. Jacobs at home
William Wymark Jacobs (1863 - 1943), writer, pictured at his home in Buckhurst Hill, Essex

People left in London during the Summer Holidays, 1881
Engraving showing a number of the types of people left in London, whilst more fortunate folk went on holiday in the summer of 1881

Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice at Osborne House
Engraving showing Queen Victoria at her writing desk in a room at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Her youngest daughter Princess Beatrice is playing the piano nearby

Hans Christian Andersen in his study, c. 1875
Engraved portrait of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), the Danish writer, pictured sitting at his desk, c.1875

General Robert Nivelle (1856-1924)
Illustration showing General Robert Georges Nivelle, the French Commander-in-Chief between December 1916 and May 1917, pictured at his desk

Naughty Pupil - Germany
A German teacher expresses his contempt for a lackluster pupil with the comment " That is a good-for-nothing!"

Frustrated Teacher
A frustrated French teacher after " three hours of shouting" tells his " naughty children" that they can leave at the midday bell and study again later

Oliver / Monks & Jew
Oliver sits at a desk happily reading, totally unaware that he is being watched by the Monks and the Jew through an open window

Neville Chamberlain MP as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1937
Photograph of (Arthur) Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) at his desk with the famous briefcase, as Chancellor of the Exchequer

Merry Del Val / Sketch 03
RAFAEL MERRY DEL VAL Spanish prelate, Secretary of State at the Vatican

Aleksandr Kuprin - 2
ALEKSANDR IVANOVICH KUPRIN Russian novelist, emigre living in Paris, seen at his writing desk

Edwardian Tutor
The private tutor of an Edwardian Country House, sitting at the desk of his classroom, with a blackboard behind him and a globe of the world by his side

Commodore 64
A person wearing a digital watch types at a Commodore keyboard. A notebook and floppy disk drive sit on the desk beside

Scotland Yard / Convicts
The Convict Office

Society Woman & Letter
A Society Woman sits in her private boudoir replying to correspondence. This elegant lady in her light muslin neglige has notes to answer and telegrams to send

Edward VII in his study
Edward VII (1841-1910) shown at his desk in his study. Dubbed, The Uncle of Europe and also, Peacemaker, Edward was a skilled diplomat

Mortar Battery Cartoon
Officer - So you wish to transfer to a Trench Mortar Battery? What are your qualifications? Private - In Civilian life I was a Bricklayers Labourer

Mckinley at Desk
WILLIAM MCKINLEY President Mckinley at the head of the Council table in the Whitehouse

Photo, McKinley at Desk
WILLIAM MCKINLEY 25th President of the United States. Assassinated. Died, September 14, 1901

Russia / 1937 / Jagoda
Jagoda, chief of the OGPU political police, is arrested at his desk

Aertex telephone user
Advertisement from 1924 for Aertex underwear showing a businessman or office worker taking a telephone call at his desk

Royal Institut n Lecture
A lecture in progress at the Royal Institution, London

Man at Desk on Phone
A man in a suit sits at his desk and talks on the telephone as he points to some photographs in the Ad Lib Catalogue

2nd Class Room Titanic
Colour illustration of a Second Class State Room on board the ill-fated Titanic showing a mother & child in a room with a comfortable bed and desk

Slack Day in Office
A slack day in the office

Girls Reading at a Desk
A girl kneels on a chair so she can read her book which is on a table with a vase of daffodils

Monk Copying
A monk copyist at his desk, with his lectern at his elbow

A Victorian Office
A Victorian office - high desk, high stool, candle-lit, books and papers anywhere and everywhere

Businessman Lights Cigar
A businessman in a suit sits at his desk and lights a cigar with a match

The Hypohondriac / 1883
A hypochondriac sits at his desk surrounded by potions and advertisements for various cures

Living Room 1929
A living room with two halves; one for eating and working and the other for relaxing

Efficient Typist
An efficient typist or secretary working at her desk

Swiveller & Marchioness
Dick Swiveller is disturbed at his writing desk by The Marchioness, the poor little servant girl kept locked below stairs by the Brass family

Middle Class Study
A study in a middle-class house ( Fathers Study )

W H Smith at his Desk
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH Statesman and newsagent reading at his desk

An Engineers Study
The study of engineer A. Gessner

Office Worker
A man with a rather lavish moustache sits at his desk with his cheque book open

Dickens / Furniss
CHARLES DICKENS Victorian novelist

Strindberg / Self Photo
JOHAN AUGUST STRINDBERG Swedish playwright and novelist, best known for his play Miss Julie (1888), seen writing at his desk

Lincoln (Chappel)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN U.S. President, clutching the Constitution of the United States

Charles James Fox / Smith
CHARLES JAMES FOX - British statesman

Saint Jerome, theologian, writing in his cell, shared with a lion and a skull. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (known as the Vulgate)

Classroom scene, with pupils eating at their desks
A classroom scene, with pupils eating their midday meal at their desks, at an unidentified mixed school

Farmer and Landlord 1886
Lady Day: The farmer complains to his landlord that hes going through a bad patch and can t pay the rent

Davy / Phillips
SIR HUMPHRY DAVY scientist

Thomas Marlowe, journalist and editor
THOMAS MARLOWE journalist, editor of the Daily Mail from 1899 to 1926

Pupil reading with teacher
A boy pupil reading with his teacher, at her desk in front of the blackboard

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