Language Collection (page 7)

Cartoon, German arrested in the street, WW1
Cartoon showing a German arrested in the street by a policeman and a soldier, at the start of the First World War. He is protesting: But how much more times must I tell you I vas an Englishman

Theodore Haak
THEODORE HaK Translator (but what - in any language - is the object before him ?) Date: 1605 - 1690

Comic Postcard - Slops removed and served
Comic Postcard - A Housemaid removes and empties the slops from a bedroom chamber pot (potty), whilst at the same time a (hopefully different type of)

The Language of Hats
A French postcard describing the Language of Hats !! Date: circa 1908

Language of Flowers - Geranium. The captions reads: Friendship Distressed - When you come back? Date: circa 1904

Little girl amazed at condition of her Grandfathers book
" Grandpa, didn t you tell me Aesops Fables were written thousands of yers ago?" " Yes, my dear." " My Word! But you have kept the book clean!" Date: 1901

Mistaken translation of saying difficult English surnames Overheard on an Atlantic Liner Colonel Moses R. Hankey - " Theres one thing I kaant understand about your English way of spelling names

Furious Frenchman shouts at a Cheeky Englishman
English as She is Spik. Furious Frenchman (to Arry, who has just knocked his hat off " for a lark" ) - " Sacre

Well, Au Reservoir, Monsieur. - Engishman abroad
A Jocular Briton (leaving French Hotel) - " Well, Au Reservoir, Monsieur." Hotel Proprietor - " Tanks!!" Date: 1896

A Yorkshireman at the Folies Bergere Show, Paris, France
A Yorkshireman in Paris Mr Watson (thro Leeds) - " Whats this ere Polly Burgesses like?" Date: 1894

Ladies complaining od bad language from the pub
It must have been awful. Mrs Baggs: (after receiving a tornado of abuse from over the road) " Well, I never eard sich langwidge in all my life.I never was called such names before

Family Group of the Koibal people - Siberia Russia
Family Group of the Koibal people - one of the subdivisions of the Khakass people of Southern Siberia. Although they speak the Turkic Koybal language, the Koibal have mixed ancestry

Ukbekistan - Mail Carrier distributing newspapers
Ukbekistan (former Soviet Central Asia) - A horseback Mail Carrier distributing newspapers in the native language. Date: 1933

Frederic Mistral (18301914) - French writer and lexicographer of the Occitan language. Mistral won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1904 and was a founding member of Felibrige

Village of Sille, Turkey
Village of Sille (Sylley), Turkey - one of the few villages where the Cappadocian Greek language was spoken until 1922. It was inhabited by Greeks who had been living there in peaceful coexistence

Cheilodactylus gibbosus, crested morwong
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

FABRA, Pompeu (1868-1948). Catalan grammarian
" FABRA, Pompeu (1868-1948). Catalan grammarian. The main author of the normative reform of contemporary Catalan language

RIBA, Carles (1893-1959). Spanish writer in Catalan
" RIBA, Carles (1893-1959). Spanish writer in Catalan language. " Tannka" (traditional Japanese verse form) by Carles Riba, illustrated by Jaume Pla i Pallej஦ quot;

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778). Writer and philosopher in French language. Bust of Rousseau. Engraving

SAGARRA, Josep Maria de (1894-1961). Spanish

GUIMERA, Angel (1845-1924)

JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Irish novelist in English language. Title page of Ulysses by James Joyce. Translation into Catalan by Joaquim

BROSSA, Joan (1919-1998). Spanish writer in Catalan language. Photography

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

TODOROV, Tzvetan (1939). Franco-Bulgarian philosopher

MAETERLINCK, Maurice (1862-1949); DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918). Belgian writer in French language. Nobel Prize in Literature

Title page of the first Latvian Bible. From: Ta Swehta Grahmata jeb Deewa Swehtais Wahrds : kas Preeksch un pehz ta Kunga Jesus Kristus swehtas Peedsimschanas no teem swehteem Deewa-Zilwekeem

Illustrated woodcut title page, printed in red and black. Contains representations of the four Evangelists, Moses and Aaron, and the Creation

Village of Marathon and plains. From: A journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810.. Date: 1813

Ruins at Delphi, Greece. From: A journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810.. Date: 1813

An Albanian man. From: A journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810.. Date: 1813

A dancing girl. From: A journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810.. Date: 1813

Occupations related to language. Poster promoting occupations in the field of languages, such as interpreter, foreign buyer, correspondent, custom officer, foreign service, wireless operator

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Newsstand with foreign language newspapers. Date 1941 Fall

Real School at Voronezh, Russia
A view of the Real School at Voronezh, the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on both sides of the Voronezh River

European Gentleman in India learning Arabic
An European Gentleman with his Moonshee, or Native Professor of Languages. (plate 1 of 20) Date: 1813

Sign Language - The Alphabet illustrated on a postcard Date: circa 1910s

Humorous Postcard - Underwear Department
A couple are directed to the Sports Department " Straight through the Ladies Underwear". This comment causes much delight to the Gentleman

A Professor of Languages A Language Student returns to his College, but his grasp of the vernacular of his cabby seems less that First Class as he appears to have underpaid his driver

Japanese Straw Boaters
If we MUST bring back the straw hat, why not copy the Japanese method of popularising it? Three straw boaters, worn with advertising sandwich boards! Date: 1933

Slovak Mother & Child
A young Slovakian mother and child in traditional dress. The Slovaks are a farming people who speak a different language than the Czechs. Date: 1930s

The Chaous Baushee, Afghan court official
The Chaous Baushee in his dress of Office. A 19th century Afghan official in uniform, riding a horse. The Chaous Baushee presents persons admitted to pay their respects to the King

Dr Jephsons Home
DR HENRY JEPHSONs home at Beech Lawn, Leamington, Warwickshire. The panegyrical poem to the good doctor is a marvel of laudatory language. Date: 1842

Greenaway Book / Flowers
Pages from Kate Greenaways Le Langage des Fleurs. Date: First published: 1884

Lincolns Inn Oration
A woman addresses a crowd of men during a lunchtime oration at Lincolns Inn Fields, London Date: 1950s

Page from the Gospel of Saint Mark
A page from the Gospel of Saint Mark, in Ulfilas Bible. Ulfila (Ulfilas, Wulfila), was a 4th century bishop of the Goths, a missionary, and a bible translator from Greek into the Gothic language

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