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Postal Courier, C17Capt. Bedlow carrying letters to Forraigne Parts. Date: 1684
Sir Philip FrancisSIR PHILIP FRANCIS British government official. Reputed author of Letters of Junius, a series of letters attacking public figures. Date: 1740 - 1818
Catching Post 1884Catching the post - a daily event at the General Post Office, London, as the last letters arrive for todays dispatch. Date: 1884
Aldous Leonard HuxleyALDOUS LEONARD HUXLEY English Man of Letters. Seen here in 1931. Date: 1894 - 1963
Geo Wyndham (Vanity FairGeorge Wyndham statesman and man of letters, Eton, Coldstream Guards Date: 1863 - 1913
Charles J. Colville, Vanity Fair, SpyCHARLES JOHN COLVILLE, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross (1818-1903) The Lord Colville of Culross between 1849 and 1885. British nobleman, politician and courtier
Sevigne (Boilly, Mono)Marie de Rabutin-Chantal (1626 - 1696), marquise, known as Madame de Sevigne French noblewoman, known for her letters to her daughter
New Year Letter - 3A Belgian boys traditional New Year Letter to his parents Date: 1920
Froissart / PresentingJEAN FROISSART French chronicler presenting his letters from Guy, Count de Blois, to Gaston Phoebus, Count de Foix, at the latters Palace of Orthez Date: CIRCA 1337 - CIRCA 1410
Walpole / Strawberry 1775HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD South view of Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters Date: 1717 - 1797
Walpole / Strawberry 1810HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD West view of Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters Date: 1717 - 1797
Illuminated letter I in a medieval style
French PostboxLa petite Poste aux Lettres a lady posts a letter in a Paris street, a man comes hurrying to catch the post, the postman waits till its time to collect the mail Date: 1831
John Stuart Blackie(1809-1895). Scottish scholar and man of letters
Euripides / Naples BustEURIPIDES Greek playwright Date: 5th Century BC
Euripides / HinchliffEURIPIDES Greek playwright Date: 5th Century BC
Walpole / Chinese GalleryHORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD Chinese Gallery at Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters Date: 1717 - 1797
Walpole / Little Straw HilHORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD Little Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters Date: 1717 - 1797
Faust Invents PrintingThe German occult philosopher Johann Faustus was sometimes credited with having invented printing : here he shows his wife the letters ABC printed from a wood block Date: circa 1530
Crests of some early Archbishops of CanterburyCrests of early Archbishops of Canterbury - (from top left): Thomas Becket (circa 1119 1170), Henry Chichele (also Checheley) (circa 13641443), John de Stratford (circa 1275-1348)
Illuminated letter O in a medieval style
Illuminated letter L in a medieval style
Letters from the PlanetsVenusian space travellers, who have landed on one of Jupiters moons, walk from night into day Date: 1892
Cover design, The Health Alphabet, Horlicks Malted Milk Co. Date: early 20th century
Loose page from a scrapbook of crests and heraldryLoose page from a former scrapbook of crests and heraldry featuring family crests, coats of arms and many devices, shields, monograms and mottos! Date: late 19th century
Traditional Christian decorations in churchesSuggestions for decoration of parts of a church
Frontispiece design, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath RobinsonFrontispiece design by W Heath Robinson -- Mr W Heath Robinsons own private railway engine, not often allowed on the GWR. Date: 1935
Red pillar box on a Christmas cardRed pillar box with robin, holly and mistletoe on a Christmas card. The box opens to reveal a seasonal greeting. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Winged postman with letters on a New Year card -- May New Year bring from lovers true, Lots of Valentines for you! Date: circa 1890s
Yolande House, Lake Webster, Massachusetts, USAYolande House at Lake Webster, Massachusetts, USA. The name of the lake in Nipmuc, an Algonquian language, is the longest place name in the USA
Two kittens with letters on a Christmas cardTwo kittens with letters and envelopes on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Kitten with letters on a New Year cardKitten with letters, envelopes and an inkpot on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card from Lima, Ohio, USA, whose locomotives produced by the Lima Locomotive Works from the 1870s to the 1950s were world famous. Date: circa 1940
Cartoon, Introduction of Citizen Volpone... at ParisCartoon, Introduction of Citizen Volpone & his Suite at Paris, Vide The Moniteur, & Cobbetts Letters, by James Gillray. Showing Charles James Fox
Page design, classmates, School SilhouettesPage design for classmates in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA
WW1 poster, War Loan, Invest TodayWW1 poster, War Loan, five shillings, Invest Today, apply at nearest Post Office. Date: circa 1916
Girl posting letters. Girl posting her Xmas cards at a pillar box in a snowy winter scene. Artist: Agnes Richardson Date: circa 1917
Woman in redingote with four collars, wearing an anonymous hat, and a ribbon of love.. The ribbon of love has the letters L. M. (elle aime) or She loves
Title page illustration with flower fairies hanging from a plant.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees
Illuminated alphabet, gold chalice, golden reliquary, and wood-carvings from the choir.. Chalice from the Cathedral de Sens, reliquary from the Cathedral of Reims
Letters from an illuminated alphabet, man with legs of a lion, a dragon with a mans head, etc.. From manuscripts in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, 15397, 13091
Illuminated letters, crowns of Philippe V, Beatrix de Bourbon, Charles V, and golden cup.. Golden cup from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque de Laon
Letters from an illuminated alphabet.. Bibliotheque Nationale 7241. Chromolithograph from Ernest Guillots Ornementation des Manuscrits au Moyen-Age (Ornamentation from Manuscripts of the Middle Ages)
Regency gentleman seated at an ecritoire with a feather pen.. Handcolored copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Ansteys The New Bath Guide, John Browne, Bath, 1807
Mr Wasss Dog Fetching the Letters, Norton Disney, Lincoln, near Newark-on-Trent, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1912
Illuminated borders, miniature of man presenting a king with a book, and illuminated letters.. Recueil de Documents: Lettres ornees, bordures, miniatures, etc
Dauk wala or Indian postman, in uniform, turban, and slippers.. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828
Postman Delivering Letters, Unknown location, . Captioned The Postmans Knock Date: 1907
