Writing Collection (page 17)

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

Sylvia Pankhurst, 1940
Sylvia Pankhurst, writing letters in her work with the Womens War Emergency Council. 1940

Johan Ludwig Runeberg Statue and Esplanade, Helsinki
Postcard showing the John Ludwig Runeberg memorial statue (build in 1895) and esplande in Helsinki, Finland. Date: circa 1930

Tokyo, Japan - Asakusa (Theatre) Street/District. For most of the twentieth century, Asakusa was the major entertainment district in Tokyo

WW1 - To My Dear One - A Drummer pens a poem to his love, using his magnificent bass drum as a writing stand. " Though from your side I am away; My thoughts are with you night & day; With eyes

Schoolgirl wondering what to write on her slate. 1891

Advert for Swan fountain pens & leaded pencils 1901
Christmas presents, Swan fountain pens and leaded pencils with intricate design cases and chains. 1901

Turkish Children act out an Ottoman History Drama Stage Play. Date: circa 1909

Damascus, Syria - Carving in the wall of the Old Citadel Date: circa 1910s

Communist China - school-based factory
Students in school in Communist China, making notes and learning about machinery in a school-based mini-factory. circa 1970

Samuel Rogers, English poet
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), English poet. circa 1825

The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss Pumps
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss Pumps the Milkmans Daughter. circa 1910

Japanese women - Koto player and woman reading
Japan - Woman in a kimono playing a traditional 13-stringed Koto whilst another kneels by her reading/writing table. Both wear decorated silk kimonos. Date: circa 1907

Christian Evangelist Missionary - Mexico. Date: 1902

Art Nouveau advertising postcard for Koh-I-Noor Pencils. Date: circa 1905

Egypt. Hieroglyphic writing. Cartridge. Back of a statue
Hieroglyphic writing. Cartridge. Back of a statue. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt

Egypt. Goddess Nephthys between two figures of god Anubis. M
Egyptian Art. Goddess Nephthys, between two figures of god Anubis, wearing a headdress in the shape of a house. Relief. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt

Egypt. Hieroglyphic writing. Cartridge
Hieroglyphic writing. Cartridge. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt

Egypt. Hieroglyphic writing
Hieroglyphic writing. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Recreation Room
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls in the recreation room are engaged in various activities including reading, writing, playing table tennis and other games. Date: circa 1930s

The Sphinx, Giza, Cairo, Egypt
Relief carving showing the village elders in the Estate Office - The Tomb of Mereruka, Saqqara, Egypt. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 Poster, Write a Cheque Today for National War Bonds. 1918

Monkey holding a slate on a cutout Christmas card
Monkey holding a slate on a cutout Christmas and New Year card (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Old Swedish Matchbox label with Chinese writing and a Royal Crest possibly made for Kwong Tuck Yee and the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s

Childs slate with pen and toy soldiers on a New Year card. Date: early 20th century

Slate with pen and comic greeting on a Christmas card -- May you never have to chalk it up! Date: early 20th century

Childs slate with pen and greeting on a Christmas card
Childs slate with pen, sponge and greeting on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

Childs slate with pen and scribbles on a New Year card. Date: early 20th century

Childs slate with pen and scribbles on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

New Year card in the shape of a jam pot. Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens playing on an envelope on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Family Portrait of William Alfred Green and family
Family Portrait of William Alfred Green(1870-1958), Mary C.A. Green (Nee Shemeld) and Their Son - a copy photo of Mrs Green writing at a desk and Mr Green to her right and the son in between the two

Dickens Home at Gads Hill, Rochester, Kent
A fine red brick house at Gads Hill, near Rochester, Kent. It was here that Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, while writing his novel " Edwin Drood". circa 1905

Assyrian commemorative tablet about the construction of a pr
Mesopotamian Art. Assyrian. 14th century B.C. Commemorative tablet about the construction of a private home. Dated between 1360-1330 B.C. Reign of Ashur-uballit I. It comes from Assur (Ashur)

Hittite stone relief at Carchemish, Turkey
A Hittite stone relief discovered at the Carchemish (Karkemish) - an important ancient capital at times independent but also having been part of the Mitanni, Hittite and Neo Assyrian Empires

Christmas card in the shape of an open paintbox, with brushes. Date: circa 1890s

Poster, Misr Airwork, Egyptian Airlines. 20th century

Childs slate with pen and baubles on a Christmas card. early 20th century

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