Writing Collection (page 15)

Maat, goddess of wisdom, justice and truth. Royal protocol of Nebmaatre or Amenhotep III, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. New Empire. Luxot temple. Egypt

Egyptian hieroglyph shaped like an eagle
Hieroglyphic writing. EGYPT. Detail of a wall of the first court of Ramses II decorated with a drawing hieroglyph shaped like an eagle. TEMPLE OF LUXOR. Dynasty XIX. (1320-1200 B.C.). New Empire

Clay tablet inscribed with mycenaean Linear B script. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

WW2 poster, Your planes and your work defend our Empire, with a newspaper article dated 22 January 1942, Hurricanes Fight At Singapore. Date: 1942

Woman police officer talking in a school classroom
Woman police officer (Helen Parnell) talking to a group of children in a school classroom. Date: circa 1980s

The Tide Letter from Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary I
Letter from Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary I (The Tide Letter) 16 March 1554 after her arrest during Wyatts Rebellion - Page 2 Date: 16 March 1554

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo with fountain pen and ink
George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo with fountain pen and a bottle of ink, trying to write a letter but getting into a mess right from the start. Originally published as Valentine postcard no

Frog at a writing desk on a New Year card
Frog standing at a writing desk on a New Year card, with seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Gerard Groot
GERARD GROOT (or GERARDUS MAGNUS) Flemish churchman, founder of a monastic establishment, depicted writing from a celestial revelation. Date: 1340 - 1384

Thomas Jefferson / Knight
THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809) Date: 1743 - 1826

Prince Arfa Mirza Khan
Arfa Mirza Khan (1846-1939), Persian prince, diplomat, writer (pen name: Danesh) and worker for peace. Date: 1925

Woman doing automatic writing in a garden -- she is Mrs P Savile of South Norwood, London, who could receive psychic information from an entity called White Cloud

Advert for Maple & Co. library table & chair 1904
Library table, finely carved with lift-up flap exposing deep well fitted pigeon-holes and ten drawers, stationery rack with fall-down flap comes with back chair in marone morocco. Date: 1904

The Knave of Diamonds by Charlton Mann
Promotional flyer for The Knave of Diamonds by Charlton Mann, from Ethel M. Dells novel (1912). First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester, 24th January and Globe Theatre, 23rd April 1921

Childs slate and toy gun on a Christmas card. early 20th century

Cheque from the Bank of Friendship Unlimited, Goodwill Square Branch, with one thousand kind wishes from Ernestine Edgcumbe to Ernest Cust. circa 1890s

Signature of Queen Mary on a Christmas card, with accompanying envelope. (1 of 3) Date: 1936

Chinese art, bird on a branch with butterflies and flowers
Chinese art, a bird on a branch with two butterflies and pink flowers. Date: early 20th century

Interior of Lorry Restaurant, Copenhagen, Denmark
Interior of the famous Lorry Restaurant, Copenhagen, Denmark. Date: circa 1930s

WW2 Valentines Day card, RAF plane flying over houses. Date: circa 1942

WW1 - Emilienne Moreau, Heroine of Loos - Croix de Guerre
Emilienne Moreau-Evrard (18981971) - French heroine of World War I (where she won the Croix de Guerre due to her bravery at Loos) and World War II

Persian astrolabe from 17th century. FRANCE. ΌE-DE-FRANCE
Persian astrolabe from 17th century. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Museum of Arts and Crafts (CNAM)

Papyrus Scroll of Girl and Crocodile
21st Dynasty papyrus scroll showing a girl and a crocodile (Sobek) drinking from the Nile below a hieroglyphic inscription. Egyptian National Museum, Cairo

Krupp family homes, Essen, Germany
Krupp family homes -- Alfred Krupps humble childhood home, and a somewhat grander family home, the Villa Hugel, both in Essen, Germany

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- To the Women of Britain
To the Women of Britain -- Some of your men folk are holding back on your account. Won t you prove your love for your Country by persuading them to go

Pen and pencil set made from two bullets, WW1
Pen and pencil set made from two bullets. Trench Art

Poem and badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps, WW1
A poem and badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps, dated 13th May 1916, at Park Hall Camp, Oswestry. Written by 2158 Private E Thomas, 3/1 Welsh Field Hospital. Date: 1916

Eve, columnist for The Tatler magazine
Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine who was the alter-ego of Olivia Maitland-Davidson. Eve first appeared in The Tatler on 20 May 1914 (pictured here)

Ship interiors: the drawing room of the Amerika, 1905
The luxurious drawing room of the German steamship " Amerika" of the Hamburg-America Line, as decorated in the Adams style by Waring and Gillow Limited

Ship interiors: the writing room of the Amerika, 1905
The luxurious writing room of the German steamship " Amerika" of the Hamburg-America Line, as decorated in the Empire style by Waring and Gillow Limited

Swan Fountain Pen advertisement, World War One
Advertisement for Swan fountain pens the business mans pen...now the soldiers pen with the product placed in front of a silhouette of a battalion charging forward with bayonets fixed. Date: 1916

Onoto Pen Advertisement, World War One
Advertisement for the famous Onoto pens, the ideal gift for British soldiers for Christmas 1915. One officer, joyous to have received his Onoto, asks another who surveys his broken pen with dismay

Studying at Winchester College
Boys studying and making notes outside at Winchester College, a boys public school in Hampshire, England. One boy wears a straw boater and sunglasses. Date: C.1960

Handwriting sample: Arthur Conan Doyle, 1925
The manuscript of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle(1859-1930) for his short story Lot No. 249. Date: 1925

Johann Hartung
JOHANN HARTUNG German philologist at Freiburg - his spectacles are on his desk along with his writing implements. Date: 1505 - 1579

Japan - Geisha Girls kneels at her low writing table to finish a letter Date: circa 1904

The Gortyn code, Gortyn, Crete, Greece
The Gortyn code (also called the Great Code) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete

Reading the Puranas (ancient Hindu texts) - India
Reading the Puranas, ancient Hindu texts which eulogise various deities, primarily the divine Trimurti God in Hinduism through divine stories

Jewish Samaritan High Priest and Scroll
Samaritan High Priest and the Old Abisha Pentateuch. The Samaritan Pentateuch, sometimes called Samaritan Torah is a version of the Hebrew language Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Mehmed V Reshad (1844-1918) - the 35th Ottoman Sultan. Date: circa 1918

Sultan Abdulaziz - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Abdlaziz (1830-1876) - 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning between 1861 and 1876. Date: circa 1875

Sultan Abdulmecid I - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Sultan Abdulmecid I (1823-1861) - the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Date: circa 1860

Sultan Abdulhamid I - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Abdulhamid I, Abdul Hamid I or Abd Al-Hamid I ( Servant of God ) (1725-1789) - the 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Date: circa 1785

Sultan Mahmud I - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Mahmud I (called The Hunchback (Kambur)) (16961754) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. Date: circa 1750

Sultan Osman III - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Osman III or Othman III (1699-1757) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757. Date: circa 1755

Sultan Ahmed III - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Ahmed III (16731736) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV. Date: circa 1730

Sultan Mustafa II Ghazi - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Mustafa II Ghazi (16641703) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703. Date: circa 1700

Sultan Mehmed IV - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Mehmed IV Modern Turkish Mehmet (1642-1693) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. Date: circa 1680

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