Write Collection (page 3)

Lady writing a letter. Colored engraving from 1888

Wool and silk tapestry depicting a banker making a loan transaction and recorded in the ledger. Arithmetic. 1520, approx. Tournai

An old man teach to write a child. French Sudan. 1893

Reinmar Von Zweter (1200-1260), Rhenish poet, teaches two young men in the Arts. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 323r. University of Heidelberg

Caricature, Ws Gilbert and Pottinger Stephens
Caricature, Ws Gilbert (1836-1911) and Henry Pottinger Stephens (1851-1903), English dramatists. Gilbert, in the form of a schoolmaster, says of the younger man

Samuel Ruther. Crockett
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD CROCKETT Tireless Scottish novelist - The stickit minister, The raiders and many more - with an unfortunate tendency to write in dialect. Date: 1860 - 1914

Addressing a Parcel
If you have occasion to write an address on a parcel, it will prove much easier and less prone to error if it is written in pencil first. Date: 1940s

John Bunyan / & Angel
JOHN BUNYAN English preacher and writer is helped by an angel to write his books. Date: 1628 - 1688

Nothing Like Education
- Carter, I can actually write my name in the dust on the table ! - Faith, mum, thats more than I can. Sure theres nothing like education, after all ! Date: 1902

Robert Burns with Muse
ROBERT BURNS Scottish national poet with his muse: she interrupts him as he ploughs, and inspires him to write poetry Date: 1759 - 1796

Firemen and mechanic with burnt-out car, London
Firemen and a mechanic examining a burnt-out car in Pall Mall, London, 16 April 1936. One fireman (right) wears the old style brass helmet, while the two on the left are wearing the new cork helmet

Puppy on a Christmas card, trying to write a letter, with an overturned inkpot at his side. Date: circa 1890s

Clown on a triangular Christmas card
Clown bending down to write a greeting on a triangular Christmas card with an ornate border. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, the Christmas parcel, WW1
Cartoon, the Christmas parcel. A woman writes a note to go with her Christmas parcel to her husband, away fighting at the Front

Where to write on an American Travellers Cheque
Explanation of what to write and where to sign on an American Travellers Cheque. Date: 1920s

Page design, whos who, School Silhouettes
Page design for whos who in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Inscription Rock
Insscription left by R. H. Orton, Captain in 1st Us Cavalry, 1866 Adjutant General of California after the Civil War. Inscription Rock near El Morro, New Mexico

Suffragette, The House That Man Built. Pro-Suffrage Viewpoint showing suffragettes handing out Votes for Women leaflets. All are anxious to write M.P after their name

Blinded French soldier learning to write, WW1
At the Rue Boileau, a poilu, blinded in the war, learns to write. 1915

Letter writer and client, Naples, Italy. The notice says that the man can also offer his services in French. Date: late 19th century

Little girl writing by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in pink and white leans on a table to write, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1925

The First Lesson by Muriel Dawson -- a toddler in a pink dress writing on a slate. Date: circa 1920s

Little girl writing a letter by Muriel Dawson
A little girl pretending to write a letter by Muriel Dawson Date: circa 1920s

Write to Harrods for it, 1909
A page from a 1909 Harrods mail order catalogue, advising country customers of the availability of goods listed in the catalogue and carriage costs. Date: 1909

Young woman at desk writing letter
A young woman takes a moment to think about what next to write as she sits at her desk. Date: c. 1910

Dorning Rasbotham
DORNING RASBOTHAM Writer and Shakespeare look- alike (but alas, not write- alike !). Date: 1730 - 1791

Janet Hamilton, Poet
JANET HAMILTON (nee Thomson) Scottish poet, who taught herself to read at age 5, to write at age 54 : she became blind in 1866 despite bearing ten children. Date: 1795 - 1873

Japan - Geisha writing a letter Date: circa 1902

A wealthy Chinese lady writing in the traditional style with brush and ink. Date: circa 1910

Different approaches to personal slights
" You Engleeshe you do not fight ze duel. Vat d you do ven you air insult?" " Oh, we write to the newspaper." Date: 1895

Young Russian Girl writing
I write to you, what else? Young Russian Girl writing a letter with a fountain pen. It looks as if quite a lot of blotting paper will be required... Date: 1910

Matthew the Apostle was, according to the Bible, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to Christian tradition, one of the four Evangelists. Pictured with an angel. circa 18th century

Children writing Merry Christmas on a board
A little girl writes Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year on a board, while her little brother looks at her, clearly very impressed at her writing skills. c. 1920

Detail of Arabian writing in an Ottoman illuminated manuscript about Muhammads life (16th c.). Miniature Painting. TURKEY. Istanbul. Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul

Scenes from Vie de St. Denis. Saint Santin and
" Scenes from " Vie de St. Denis". Saint Santin and "

Girls in Class / Iln 1911
East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English. Date: 1911

Prince Philip signing a register at the new LFB HQ
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, signing a register at the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1 by Queen Elizabeth II

Learning to write. Drawing shows a boy, seated at a low table, writing with a brush. Date 1878 Dec

Free classes in English! Learn to speak, read, & write the language of your children.... Special classes for educated foreign born

Can vegetables, fruit, and the kaiser too - Write for free book to National War Garden Commission, Washington, D.C. Poster (reproduction) showing jars of canned goods, including Tomatoes, Peas

Two young carrying-in boys in Alexandria (Va. ) Glass Factory
Two young carrying-in boys in Alexandria (Va.) Glass Factory. Frank Clark (on left) 702 N. Patrick St. could neither read nor write, having been to school only a few weeks in his life

Advert for Swan fountain pens 1914
For the Naval men and Admiral to A.B. A necessity for the Paymaster, Doctor and writer. Date: 1914

A British prisoner-of-war writing home about his conditions
" The Language of Diplomacy" Caption: Tommy (writing home from a prison camp): " Dear Maria, everythink ere is luvvly: cumfurtable quarters; fine clothes; a ome from ome

The Padres room, Posen, 1941
Padres room in a British prisoner of war camp during World War Two. The sketch was made in Stalag XXI D in Posen, Poland, by Lieutenant J F Watton of the 4th Border Regiment who was captured near

Dog and Blank - 3
A bloodhound invites you to write your own message on this greeting card. late 19th century

Dunderpate in his dunces cap, sitting on a stool with a slate in his hand, wondering what to write. Date: 1938

Maillardets automaton: an drawing and a verse produced by the doll. Date: 18th century

Dog and Blank - 1
A labrador (?) invites you to write your own message on this greeting card. Date: late 19th century

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