Pen Collection (#13)

PIG MARKET / 1958
Farmers study the pigs for sale at a market in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Dutch Writing Master
The writing master sharpens his quill pen before continuing with the lesson

Christine De Pisan / Btwek
CHRISTINE DE PISAN French writer

Old School Archaeologist
Two Archaeologists/Antiquarians examine an ancient artefact

Sheep Marker
Joe, a well-known sheep marker at Sandwich market, followed the same trade for fifty years. Here, he sorts the sheep in the pen

Girl Writing (G way)
A Victorian girl at her writing table with ink pen and pot

Silhouette / Woman Writes
Advertisement for a fountain pen featuring a silhouette of a woman sitting under a tree writing

Advertisement for Watermans Ideal Fountain Pen, available from DS Butler Ltd, 37-39 London Road, Derby

Dickens / Furniss
CHARLES DICKENS Victorian novelist

Industry / Pen Manufacture
Women at work in the pen grinding room

Charles James Fox / Smith
CHARLES JAMES FOX - British statesman

Stone confirming early Christian missionaries in China
Stone found at Si-gan-fou (Chang-an, or Hsian-Fu) in 1625, which seemed to confirm that Christian missionaries had been in China in 635, during the Tang Dynasty, when O-lo-pen (Olopun, Alopen)

Davy / Phillips
SIR HUMPHRY DAVY scientist

Cameron Pens advertisement
An advertisement for Cameron Safety Self Fillers, pens designed to be refillable with ink with ease

Victor Hugo / Moloch / 1882
VICTOR HUGO French novelist, idolised by one of his young readers

Tending Pigs, 1900
Two young women tend to pigs in their pen

Elgar / Graphic 1904 / Desk
SIR EDWARD ELGAR English composer writing at his desk at Malvern Wells

Richardson / Highmore
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist and printer, seen with a book in his hand

Richardson / Chamberlin
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist and printer

Soane / Maclise / Frasers
SIR JOHN SOANE English architect

Beatus Rhenanus / Larmessi
BEATUS RHENANUS also known as BILD AUS RHEINAU German humanist who wrote the first history of the Germanic peoples and superintended the printing of Erasmuss works

Edgar Quinet / Gill 1874
EDGAR QUINET French writer and politician

Mattioli / Petrus / Larmessi
PETRUS ANDREAS MATTIOLI Italian botanist

Libanius / Thevet 1584
LIBANIUS Greek Sophist philosopher and orator

Clovis Hugues / Moloch 82
CLOVIS HUGUES French writer

Ela Huot De Goncourt / Hom
EDMOND-LOUIS-ANTOINE HUOT DE GONCOURT French novelist: a satirical view

Stephen Duck / Anon Eng
STEPHEN DUCK Writer and divine

Jbj Delambre / Fremy
JEAN-BAPTISTE-JOSEPH DELAMBRE French astronomer

Jbs Chardin / Goncourt
JEAN-BAPTISTE-SIMEON CHARDIN French painter

John Burns / Pen & Pencil
JOHN ELLIOT BURNS English labour leader and book collector

Gregoire De Tours / Boul
GREGOIRE DE TOURS French bishop, historian and saint

Zola / Trombinoscope 1882
EMILE ZOLA French novelist: a satirical comment on his portrayal of the seedier side of life in his novels

John Wilkes / Oval Eng
JOHN WILKES English politician and reformer

Edward Topham / Jesse
Edward Topham Writer

Advert / Onoto Pen 1919
Onoto pens - its going to be a great Christmas !

Composing a Letter 1940S
A woman sits with her pen in her mouth whilst thinking about what she should write in her letter

Mackinnon Fountain Pen
Mackinnons fluid pencil is an early form of fountain pen

Lady with Quill Pen
She pauses, while writing a letter with a quill pen, to find the mot juste

Hospital / Childrens Ward
A childrens ward

Married Mothers Clinic
A French clinic for married mothers. The mothers breastfeed while a nurse helps to weigh a baby. A toddler is restrained in a play pen

Man Writing in Ledger
A young man making an entry in a ledger with a fountain pen. He sits at a desk with a wire in-tray and stacks of card index drawers behind him

Franklin / Darton
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN the American statesman, scientist and philosopher, with a view of his lightning conductor through the window

Aquinas (Anon)
THOMAS AQUINAS Italian theologian

Voltaire Bouterwek
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET French writer and philosopher

Stevenson Age 35
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON The Scottish writer and poet at the age of 35, seen writing at his desk

German Fleet at Kiel
The might of the German fleet is lined up at Kiel to gratify the Kaiser and intimidate the British, but the writer of this card is looking for an English pen-pal

5 Sledge Dogs
Five sledge dogs wait in their pen for their next job

Girl Writing
A young girl writes on paper with a pencil

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