Desk Collection (page 4)

Comic postcard, Two men in an office Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Secretary misunderstands boss Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scene at secretarial college Date: 20th century

Birthday postcard, Little girl writing a card Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman with typewriter in an office Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl writing at a desk Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Pretty woman in solicitors office Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Coy secretary answers boss Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man asleep on the beach, dreaming of all the office work he isn t having to do Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two Scotsmen in an office, job vacancy Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunkard signing petition to shut the pubs at ten. Date: 20th century

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

Comic postcard, Two little girls and teacher. Now what is it that elephants have that no other animal has? - Please Miss - Baby Elephants!! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man sees a pretty woman on arrival at the seaside. Just arrived. Excuse scribble. I ve got something in my eye! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, six children altogether - Public Assistance Committee Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Looking for a sleeping partner Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle-aged woman and doctor - I ll come back when you re sober! Date: 20th century

George Robert Sims (1847 - 1922), journalist, writer and publisher, pictured in the study of his home in Clarence Terrace, Regents Park, part of a long-running series in The Tatler

Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832 - 1914), poet, poetry critic and friend of Algernon Swinburne, pictured at his desk at his home, The Pines, Putney (which he shared with Swinburne)

Sir Max Pemberton (1863 - 1950), popular British novelist, mainly of adventure and mystery stories. Pictured at a desk in the study of him at Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead

Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863 - 1933), English novelist and playwright, best known for his novel, The Prisoner of Zenda. Pictured at work in his home at Savoy Mansions in London

Ernest William Hornung (1866 - 1921), English writer, creator of Raffles, the gentleman burglar. Pictured seated at the desk in his study at his home in Pitt Street, London

Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867 - 1906), English / American writer
Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867 - 1906), English/American writer, nom de plume: John Oliver Hobbes, pictured in her study, surrounded by bookcases as she writes at her desk

Israel Zangwill (1864 - 1926), English playwright and novelist, with a special interest in Jewish themes. Pictured in his study

Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946), writer, historian, best known for his science fiction novels. Pictured in his study at his home, Spade House, Sandgate

Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956), writer and dramatist, pictured in his study at home in 1905, part of a series of photographs in The Tatler showing literary figures in their homes. Date: 1905

Electric Lighting in Library of William Armstrong
Electric Lighting in the Library of the residence (Cragside) of Industrialist William Armstrong (Swan Lighting). 1881

Trades in Regency England: Grinding cutlery, iron works and flax spinning. Workers seated at grinding wheels in a cutlery factory in Sheffied 58

Remains of Winchester Palace in 1800
South remains of Winchester House, Southwark. The Winchester Palace was built in the 12th century and burnt down in 1814. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members

Woman sleeping at a desk while a man reads her secret
Woman asleep in a library while her guardian reads her secret thoughts. Miseries of Reading and Writing. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a young man at a desk
Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a young man writing with a quill pen at a desk with several books. Death and the Student

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a young woman praying
Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a young woman kneeling in prayer before bed. Death and Juvenile Piety. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus

Robert Nesbitt planning his latest theatre production
Robert Nesbitt (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995), theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show

Cartoon, Taking Stock (Gladstone and John Bull)
Cartoon, Taking Stock -- a comment on Gladstones careful work as Chancellor of the Exchequer, resulting in a healthy economy

Cartoon, John Slow and John Fast (Russell and Bright)
Cartoon, John Slow and John Fast -- a satirical comment on the disagreements among MPs regarding reform, and the extension of the franchise to include more working men

Victorian Greeting Card - Owl School
Six owlets and their teacher owl behild a desk. Date: circa 1890

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Sir Robert Peel
Cartoon, The Letter of Introduction, 1841 -- Queen Victoria and her newly elected Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel (Conservative). Date: 1841

Proposed rational dress for servants, 1912
Suggested rational dress (trousers) suitable for servants. Date: 1912

Napier Road Boys School, Newham, East London
Classroom photo, Napier Road Boys School, Newham, East London, taken on 7 May 1924. 1924

Speaking tube, c. 1870
Gentleman in his study using a speaking tube to communicate with another room. Date: C.1870

African labourers lined up to receive their wages
African labourers on a farm or plantation lined up to receive their wages. Date: 1950s

Government Funding of Merchant Navy Training
A boy at the desk of the Board of Trade President is told that, except for those in a reformatory or industrial school, or having parents are in a workhouse

Comic Postcard Orphan Asylum
A comic postcard shows a couple standing at the desk of a childrens home asking what they need to do to get a baby. Date: Date unknown

Gwen Farrar at home
Page from The Sketch featuring a number of photographs of actress, cellist, singer and all round variety artist Gwen Farrar at her home

View inside the Chapel, Foundling Hospital, London
View inside the Chapel, Foundling Hospital, Bloomsbury, London, founded by Thomas Coram and opened in the 1740s. Date: 1845

Chamberlain in his study
Joseph Chamberlain in his study engaged on the enormous correspondence involved by the fiscal campaign. Chamberlain is assisted by his private secretary, Mr Wilson. Date: 1903

Retouching photographic negatives
A man uses a magnifying glass to look at the details on photographic negatives in preparation of retouching them in a specially designed workroom. Date: 1863

A Parisian woman dressing. A merchant displays an elegantly frilled dress, while shopgirls fix her bonnet and bring fabric

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