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Robert Lowe 1874ROBERT LOWE Viscount Sherbrooke English politician: a satirical view Date: 1811 - 1892
Charles Hutton / HodgsonCHARLES HUTTON Scientist Date: 1737 - 1823
George of Trebizond / ThevGEORGE OF TREBIZOND Byzantine scholar writing in a book Date: 1396 - 1485
George Crabbe / PickersgilGEORGE CRABBE English poet Date: 1754 - 1832
Alain Chartier / ChasselatALAIN CHARTIER French writer and diplomat Date: 1392 - 1430
Joseph Haydn / GuttenbrunnJOSEPH HAYDN Austrian musician and composer writing at the keyboard with a quill pen Date: 1732 - 1809
Goldsmith / Statue / FoleyOLIVER GOLDSMITH Statue to the Irish writer Date: 1730 - 1774
Ja Froude / SambourneJAMES ANTHONY FROUDE British historian and writer, satirised for his warts-and-all biography of Thomas Carlyle Date: 1818 - 1894
Cowper / HicksWILLIAM COWPER English poet - a moment of religious inspiration Date: 1731 - 1800
Beatus RhenanusBILD AUS RHEINAU Alsatian humanist and printers editor - he superintended the printing of Erasmuss works Date: 1485 - 1547
Abelard Writing / EdwardsABELARD Writing to his beloved Heloise, his book of philosophy discarded on the ground Date: 1079 - 1142
Advert for Swan pens 1929A selection of colourful pens for a Christmas gift. 1929
Giovanni Cassini StatueGIOVANNI DOMENICO CASSINI later Jean-Dominique, French astronomer and first Director of the Paris Observatory, who discovered four of Saturns moons Date: 1625 - 1712
Voltaire BosselmanFrancois-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778) the French writer and philosopher at his desk
Denis Diderot / DeveriaDENIS DIDEROT French encyclopedist and philosopher who worked as a teacher and a translator. Sitting at his desk writing with a quill pen. Date: 1713 - 1784
Alexander Carlyle / RoffeREVD DOCTOR ALEXANDER CARLYLE Scottish divine and writer, writing with a quill pen at his desk. Date: 1722 - 1805
Cartoon, The Interview, WW1Cartoon, The Interview. A professor on another planet gives a journalist his views on life on Earth. On the subject of the First World War, the journalist asks: Who will be the winner, people or fire
Ainsworth / SambourneWILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH English novelist satirised for his popular historical novels such as Rookwood (1834) and Jack Sheppard (1839) Date: 1805 - 1882
Wolseley / Garnet / Pen&pGARNET, 1ST VISCOUNT WOLSELEY General whose early successes in India and Africa were followed by appalling incompetence during the Boer War Date: 1833 - 1913
St Mark / Evangelist / BullaSAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST In his study, with the obligatory lion Date: 1ST CENTURY
John Playfair / ThomsonJOHN PLAYFAIR Scottish mathematician and geologist, at his desk with quill pen in hand Date: 1748 - 1819
FONTENELLE (1657 - 1757)BERNARD LE BOVIER DE FONTENELLE - French writer and librettist. Date: 1657 - 1757
We Gladstone / StodartWILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE English politician MP sitting at his desk Date: 1809 - 1898
Brougham / Soult / BishopHENRY, 1ST BARON BROUGHAM British MP and lawyer, Attorney General to Queen Caroline Date: 1778 - 1868
Richardson / DartonSAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist and printer Date: 1689 - 1761
Sarah Trimmer (1741 - 1810) writer
Jack Londons ranch, Sonoma County, California, USAModel pig pen at Jack Londons ranch, near Sonoma, Sonoma County, California, USA. Date: circa 1920
We Gladstone / Pen&pencilWILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE statesman, scholar &c Date: 1809 - 1898
Pen Small wearing needlecord trouser suit from ClobberPen Small wearing a pink and brown printed trouser suit in needlecord from Clobber, the Blackheath boutique opened by designer Jeff Banks in 1964 (the same year Mary Evans Picture Library launched)
Puppy on a Christmas card, trying to write a letter, with an overturned inkpot at his side. Date: circa 1890s
Elephant writing a greeting on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Owl with quill pen on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Clown writing on a slate on a Christmas cardClown writing on a childs slate on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century
Musical monkey on a Christmas card. circa 1890s
Captain Augustus Hartmann, 2nd Line Battalion, Kings German Legion, 1815.Oil on panel by Paul Dumortier, Tournai, 1815.Painted shortly before the Battle of Waterloo.Head and shoulders to right
Winston Churchill (Journalist)Mr Winston Churchill (Journalist) gives the Hun another shock A cartoon by Leonard Raven Hill in Punchs Almanack for 1917, depicting Churchill in civilian dress in a trench
Toddler in a playpen in a garden. Date: circa 1960s
Phosphoric pennatula or sea-pen, Pennatula phosphorea.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800
Finger-shaped sea-pen, Pennatula cynomorion.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792
Sea pen, Renilla americana.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792
Silver sea-pen, Pennatula argentea.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792
Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel, Nant Gwynant, CaernarvonshirePen-y-Gwryd Hotel, Nant Gwynant, Caernarfon, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Date: 1900s
The Dam, Pen-y-Carreg, PowysThe Dam, Pen-y-Carreg, Rhayader, near Builth Wells, Powys, Wales. Date: 1910s
America. Malaspina Expedition (1789-1794). Port of Nutka. Pen and Chinese ink drawing by Jos頃 ardero. Drawing. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Americas Museum
Woman in negligeeWoman deep in thought, sitting crossed legged with just a negligee, slip and stockings, while a wired haired fox terrier looks fondly up at her. Date: 1935
Advert for Debenham & Freebody childrens summer wear 1939Charming Design for Sunny Days. Attractive pin spot muslin frocks, with periwinkle or red spot, rouleaux to match. 1939
Finnish boy scout writing in a notebookFinnish boy scout sitting on a pile of wood, writing in a notebook. He wears a khaki uniform with a pale blue scarf, and a skull cap of sky blue crossed with white
Swan Fountpen advert featuring WaC girl, WW1Advertisement for Swan fountpens featuring a member of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps writing a letter. Date: 1918