Writing Collection (page 16)

Sultan Ahmed II Khan Ghazi - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Ahmed II Khan Ghazi (16431695) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695. Date: circa 1690

Sultan Suleiman II - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Suleiman II (1642-1691) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691. Date: circa 1680

Sultan Murad III - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Murad III (1546-1595) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death. Date: circa 1590

Sultan Mehmed III Adli - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Mehmed III Adli (1566-1603) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death. Date: circa 1600

Sultan Selim II - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Selim II (15241574) (" Selim the Sot (Mest)" and as " Sari Selim" (Selim the Blond) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574. Date: circa 1570

Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Suleiman I the Magnificent in the West and Kanuni (the Lawgiver) in the East, (14941566) - the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. Date: circa 1560

Sultan Bayezid II - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Bayezid II (14471512) - eldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. Date: circa 1505

Sultan Mehmed II - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Mehmed II (or Mehmed the Conqueror ) (14321481) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice; first for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to 1481. Date: circa 1475

Sultan Bayezid I - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Bayezid I (13541403) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. Date: circa 1395

Sultan Murad II Kodja - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Murad II Kodja (14041451) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451. Date: circa 1450

Sultan Murad I - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Murad I (13261389) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1362 to 1389. Date: circa 1380

Rudolph Valentino in The Eagle (1925)
Italian Movie Actor Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) - seen here in the role of Vladimir Dubrovsky, a Cossack in the Russian Army in the silent film The Eagle (1925). Date: 1925

Stela E in Quirigua, Guatemala, Guatemala
Ruins of Quirigua, an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala. The monuments at Quirigua include unusually large stelae elaborately carved from single

Stela K - Ruins of Quirigua, Guatemala
The photograph shows the west side of a carved stone stela known by archaeologists as Stela K, created during the reign of Jade Sky (early 9th century)

William Shakespeare signature
Detail of William Shakespeare signature on deposition, 11 May 1612 11th May 1612

Young boy punished - Russia - Elizabeth Bem
Punished for Lying A young Russian boy with a mischievous glint in his eye thinks up some more daring do whilst writing out some lines as punishment for crying wolf.... Date: 1915

Queen Elizabeth at Maumbury Rings, Dorchester, Dorset
Queen Elizabeth II signing the distinguished visitors book at Maumbury Rings in Dorchester, Dorset, a neolithic circular earthwork later adapted as a Roman amphitheatre

Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco
Abdelaziz of Morocco (1878 - 1943so known as Mulai Abd al-Aziz IV, served as the Sultan of Morocco from 1894 (at the age of sixteen) until he was deposed in 1908

Monk working on an illuminated manuscript
A medieval monk, sits at a desk surrounded by books as he works on an illuminated manuscript. Date: 1911

East India Company coin, Madras Presidency
An East India company coin dated 1803, during the Madras Presidency. Bearing the coat of arms of two lions with flags and a shield, surmounted by a helmet, and the motto below: Ausp. Regis & Senat

Ira / Graffiti / 1960S
Two dirty boys stand in front of IRA graffiti in Northern Ireland Date: 1960s

Captain Scott and his tent
Artists impression of Captain Scott writing in his diary in his tent during his expedition to the South Pole in which he and his four companions perished

Abu Simbel, Egypt - Cartouche of Rameses II
Abu Simbel, Cartouche of Rameses II, " One powerful of truth is Ra, he whom Ra has chosen.". Photograph by Lionel Coate"

Selfridges, London - Writing Room and Lounge
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Writing Room and Lounge. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

Sit down and read the papers, I did as she bade me - A couple in their living room, with the man reading a newspaper and the woman writing a letter

Wartime Messenger Dog
A soldier writes a message to give back to a French messenger dog on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

Japanese Vice-Admiral Togo and Signal men. Heihachiro, Marquis Togo (1838 - 1934) - Japanese naval commander whose defeat of the Russian fleet at Tsushima (in May 1905 - interestingly)

Dr Slade the spirit medium
The trial of Henry Slade, the medium who was said to communicate with spirits by a slate board. Top sketch shows Mr G. Leis, counsel for the Prosecution and bottom image shows Professor E

VIVA VERDI
GIUSEPPE VERDI During the unrest in Italy in 1859, local people show their admiration for Verdi s, by writing Viva Verdi!

MAX PLANCK / 1925
MAX KARL ERNST LUDWIG PLANCK German physicist and Nobel prizewinner (1918) in 1925 Date: 1858 - 1947

Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, at the age of 12
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher. Seen here at the age of 12, writing out some calculations on the floor

Philo Judaeus / Alexandria
PHILO JUDAEUS or PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA Jewish philosopher, known as " the Jewish Plato"

Man and Writers Block
A writer, afflicted by writers block, is at a loss for words. The floor is littered with unsuccessful drafts

Adjustable Armchair
Adjustable armchair by J Foot & Son of New Bond Street, London, with built-in lamp, drinks stand, book rest, writing desk and foot-rest

Milton Dictates: daughter
JOHN MILTON, blind in old age, dictates Paradise Lost to his three daughters

Rudyard Kipling / Cartoon
Cartoon of English writer, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), writing in the Indian bush watched by a snake and a lion

Thomas Huxley
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY (1825-1895) scientist

Susi - on a writing desk
Susi - with papers on a writing desk. 1950s

When the War is Over, Maggie (1) WW1
When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front writes a letter home to his love. (1 of 3) Date: 1914-1918

When the War is Over, Maggie (2) WW1
When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front writes a letter home to his love, with a promise of marriage when he returns. (2 of 3) Date: 1914-1918

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), American author of Uncle Toms Cabin. circa 1850s

The covering cloth of the holy carpet - Egypt Date: circa 1910s

Lord Roberts writing despatches in a transport wagon, during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) 1900

Lady on a south coast beach writing postcards to family. Date: 1937

Document with Arabic writing

British passport from Madrid to Gibraltar, made out to Captain John Coulson, British subject, travelling with despatches, dated 3 November 1900. 1900

The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbet from Osmonds novel written in 1923, starring Matheson Lang. First produced at The Grand Theatre in Hull on 2nd October 1925 with the first

Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927), popular English writer, author of Three Men in a Boat, pictured at a writing desk in his home at Goulds Grove, Wallingford. Date: 1903

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