Quill Collection (page 5)

William Butler, Medical
WILLIAM BUTLER Physician to king James I, holding a quill pen. Date: 1535 - 1618

Quill pen
Line engraving of a quill pen Date: c.1845

French trouveur - 14th century musician
A French trouveur, after a drawing from the poems of Guillaume de Machaut. Date: 14th century

Feathers from partridge cochin hens: longer secondary quill; solid hackle-feather; pencilled hackle-feather; centre of breast; flat of the wing; centre of back; centre of cushion; shorter secondary

John Arundel - 2
JOHN ARUNDEL Home Secretary to the London Missionary Society, depicted in the act of writing with a quill pen. with his autograph Date: CIRCA 1830

Mother Hubbard / Writing
Mother Hubbard/Writing

Emancipated Women
Margaret Bryan; scientific writer and teacher in Blackheath Date: 1815

Jan Hus / Profile / Arch
JAN HUS Bohemiam religious leader burnt at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

Man Writing at Desk 18Th
A French gentleman writing at his desk with a quill-pen in the appropriate position : the elbow laying on the table and the light coming from the left-hand side. Date: Circa 1760

Quill Pens / Diderot
Examples of quill pens and inkpots from the 18th century Date: circa 1760

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Mr Guy Fox
Mr Guy Fox - Lantern House, Underhand. Seated, holding a book and with a quill behind his ear - but a more famous figure is cast upon his wall...could that be Guy Fawkes with lantern

Front cover of a Victorian childrens diary
The front cover of a Victorian childrens diary, entitled My Diary. A boy and a girl hold a giant quill pen and a giant fountain pen

The Home of Abraham Lincoln - Postcard
A postcard showing the home of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield, Illinois

Shakespeares grave, Stratford upon Avon
A view of Shakespeares grave in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon. The stone slab covering his grave is inscribed with a curse against anyone who disturbs his bones

Arthur Arnould / Gill
Arthur Arnould. French writer, member of the Commune, journalist, historian freethinker, subsequently a theosophist. Writer under the pseudonym of A. Matthey

Naughty Pupil - Germany
A German teacher expresses his contempt for a lackluster pupil with the comment " That is a good-for-nothing!"

Oliver / Monks & Jew
Oliver sits at a desk happily reading, totally unaware that he is being watched by the Monks and the Jew through an open window

Emile De Girardin / Hommes
EMILE DE GIRARDIN French journalist

Jos Chamberlain / Leandre
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Liberal MP satirised as the " Friend of France"

Montholon / Bompled
CHARLES-TRISTAN COMTE DE MONTHOLON French soldier and Napoleons executor Date: 1783 - 1853

William Boyce / Sherwin
WILLIAM BOYCE English composer

Caroline Norton / Hayter
CAROLINE NORTON nee SHERIDAN English writer, writing

Edgeworth / Mackenzie
MARIA EDGEWORTH Novelist, best known for Castle Rackrent

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

Alphonse Daudet / Gill
ALPHONSE DAUDET French writer closely examining the human heart

Old School Archaeologist
Two Archaeologists/Antiquarians examine an ancient artefact

Swiveller & Marchioness
Dick Swiveller is disturbed at his writing desk by The Marchioness, the poor little servant girl kept locked below stairs by the Brass family

Writing Letters
A collection of letters, an ink well and quill

EGINHARD French Chronicler of Charlemagne

Davy / Phillips
SIR HUMPHRY DAVY scientist

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

Jean-Antoine Watteau
JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU French painter. Known especially for his Rococo series of conventional shepherds and shepherdesses and country dances series

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

Edgar Quinet / Gill 1874
EDGAR QUINET French writer and politician

Chartier (Chasselat)
ALAIN CHARTIER French writer and diplomat

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

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

Talleyrand / Isabey Miniat
PRINCE CHARLES-MAURICE TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD Prince de Benevent French statesman

Malebranche (Santerre)
NICOLAS DE MALEBRANCHE French philosopher writing with a quill in 1713

17th Cent Scholar Writes
A scholar - Leonard Lessius, a Jesuit, to be precise - pauses quill in air while Larmessin makes his portrait

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