Desk Collection (page 6)

BOUDOIR / 1925
An elegant boudoir designed by Rublmann. Date: 1925

COSTUME AT BATH 1807
A young man writing a letter wears a loose 3/4 jacket with stand fall collar & no fastenings over his breeches & waistcoat. He wears stockings & slippers on his feet. Date: 1807

DUTCH MAP MAKER
A Dutch map maker sits at his desk studying a globe, with a pair of compasses in his hand

SEASIDE TO CITY 1885
She at the seaside, he at his city desk... Date: circa 1885

LESSIUS / LARMESSIN
LEONARD LESSIUS Flemish Jesuit Date: 1554 - 1623

NEW MANSERVANT
A gentleman - and his dog - inspect an applicant for a job, bringing a letter of introduction Date: early 19th century

Classroom scene: school boy cheats in exam, 1883
Schoolboy cheating at the back of the classroom. Date: 1883

Book sale at Sothebys auction house, London
A book sale taking place at Sothebys auction house, London. Mr Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), the German-born British bookseller and collector, is seated just in front of the auctioneers desk

Rolling cigars by hand at Copes factory, Liverpool
Hand-rolling cigars at Copes factory in Liverpool. Date: 1891

Sending a message over the tickertape circuit
A woman sending a message containing coffee quotations over the tickertape telegraph circuit. Date: 1891

Kempelins Automaton Chess Player
Wolfgang von Kempelins Automaton Chess Player. It was created in Germany, was widely exhibited, and eventually reappeared in New York in 1845. Date: 1769

Caesar and Cleopatra in Shakespeares play
A scene between Octavius Caesar and Cleopatra in Shakespeares play, Antony and Cleopatra

Scene from Damaged Goods, Palace Theatre, Tottenham
Scene from the first act of Damaged Goods, Palace Theatre, Tottenham, North London, the great play on the social evil, by Brieux. Previously at St Martins Theatre, London. circa 1917

Scene from Damaged Goods, St Martins Theatre, London
Scene from the first act of Damaged Goods, at the St Martins Theatre, London. The great play on the social evil, by Brieux. circa 1917

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and theatre manager
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917), English actor and theatre manager. Date: 1901

A Turkish man from Canakkale pining for his wife (or lost love...!). This card was purchased by an unknown British serviceman based at Canakkale during the Chanak Crisis (late 1922, early 1923)

A lady and her dog pose for a studio portrait
A lady and her (really rather wonderful) dog pose for a studio portrait. Date: circa 1910s

Guilbaud Writing Cabinet, Trade Label
Walnut-veneered writing cabinet bearing the trade label of John Guilbaud, retailed in London, c.1695-1700. Date: 1693-1712

Guilbaud Writing Cabinet, detail
Walnut-veneered writing cabinet bearing the trade label of John Guilbaud, retailed in London, c.1695-1700. Date: 1693-1712

Page from Useful Artistic Furniture
Useful Artistic Furniture, a catalogue by Story & Triggs of London, illustrated with colour and black and white photographs of furniture in appropriate interior settings, printed in Austria, c.1900

Daphne du Maurier and children at Menabilly, 1944
Author and playwright Daphne du Maurier(1907-1989) tutoring her daughters Tessa(right) and Flavia at their desks, whilst her son Christian plays on a rocking horse nearby. Date: 1944

Dorothy Peto, first Woman Superintendent, Met Police
Dorothy Olivia Georgiana Peto (1886-1974), first Woman Superintendent in the London Metropolitan Police. She served from 1930 until 1946, receiving the OBE in 1920 and the Kings Police Medal in 1944

Academy of the Holy Names, Rome, New York State, USA
Academy of the Holy Names, a Roman Catholic boarding school in Rome, Oneida County, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1912

George Chapman, spiritual healer and medium
George Chapman (1921-2006), English trance spiritual healer and medium. He was active for 60 years through the spirit of Dr William Lang (1852-1937)

Telegram excuse sent by husband to disguise affair
Telegram excuse sent by an older man to his wife to disguise the affair he is having with his young Secretary. Date: 1909

Headmistress of a school
People You See. Headmistress of a school. From Teddy Bear (10 October 1964)

Sir Alfred Milner
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854 - 1925). British statesman and colonial administrator. Key British Empire figure in the events leading up to and following the Boer War

Awad Kamel Fahmy
Egypt man - Awad Kamel Fahmy, sitting in his revolving chair in front of a rather impressive roll-top desk

Cupids at school with hearts and flowers on a Valentine card. Date: circa 1890s

Porters desk, Grand Central Hotel, Gefle (Gavle), Sweden
Porters desk with a view through to the lounge, Grand Central Hotel, Gefle (Gavle), Gavleborg, Sweden. Date: circa 1941

The Love Letter by William A Breakspeare -- a pensive woman sits at a writing desk. late 19th century

Church Furniture, Plate 166, showing candle holders, candlesticks, lecterns, boxes, vases and other items. Date: circa 1880s

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