Writing Collection (page 2)

BRAILLE, Louis (1809-1852). French pedagogue and inventor, creator of the writing system for the blind. Braille alphabet. Photography

Ancient Alphabets
Various ancient writing examples including the Egyptian and Phoenician alphabets. Date: Circa 1760

Ancient Alphabets
Writing examples of the Arabic, Turkish and Persian alphabets. Date: Circa 1760

Learning words
A boy catching the alphabet and words in his net 1922

D. B. Wyndham-Lewis
Dominic Bevan Wyndham-Lewis (1891 - 1969), British writer, editor and biographer. Contributor to the Daily Express, The Bystander and the News Chronicle

Louis Braille / Thiriat
LOUIS BRAILLE French inventor of system of raised-point writing for the blind

No News to Speak Of by David Wright featuring a glamorous, half-dressed woman lounging on a boudoir-style chair as she pens a letter

Typewriter Keys / Fortune
Typewriter keys on the cover of a magazine

Advert / Manders Inks
Manders Inks for Artistic Posters

Gads Hill House
The 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"

Saint Brigid Writing
SAINT BRIGID Irish abbess, depicted receiving help with her writing from an angel

Elizabeth Is Signature
A Facsimile of Queen Elizabeth Is signature on the death warrant of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (this original published in 1807)

Egyptian Hieroglyphics
An example of Egyptian hieroglyphics

The Venerable Bede
THE VENERABLE BEDE Anglo-Saxon scholar, historian and theologian

Hexham Suffragettes
Writing on the pavement during the Hexham by-election; Miss Annie Kenny and Miss Mary Gawthorne

Thomas Aquinas
THOMAS AQUINAS Italian theologian

Thomas Moore - 2
THOMAS MOORE Irish writer, seated at his writing table

Skywriting 1922
Skywriting from an aeroplane, at 4000 metres

St Mark / Evangelist / Royau
SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST keeps a lion in his study to stop people interrupting him whiles writing his book

Cromwell / Signature
The autograph of Oliver Cromwell

Wyclif / Paget / Harpers
JOHN WYCLIF religious reformer, depicted writing

Stevenson Writing
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish novelist writing

John Bunyan / In Prison
JOHN BUNYAN English preacher and writer, writing in prison

John Ruskin / Photo / Desk
JOHN RUSKIN English art critic and writer Photograph sitting at his desk

Monk Copyists
John Mielot, author of Miracles de Notre Dame using a quill and a scraping knife in a monestary library

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1890
Variety of Victorian household items. 1890

Stela of Amenemhat I. Table offering. 12th Dynasty. Middle K
Amenemhat I. 1st King. 12th Dynasty (1991-1962 BC). Middle Kingdom. Limestone, painted, stela of Amenemhat. Table offerings. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC)
Greek art. Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC). Marble relief depicting a warrior sitting sad and meditating on the stern of a ship. Beside him, his helmet and shield

Stela of the royal scribe Ani. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Relief. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum

Rebus: a hieroglyphic love letter
O sweet sophy, You are to me the only joy under the sun. I cannot rest but in your arms, my dear esteemed soul. You are in my heart above all others. I on my knees implore your hand

Sultan Murad IV Ghazi - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Murad IV Ghazi (1612 February 9, 1640) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640 - known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his method in doing so

Sultan Osman II - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Sultan Osman II or Othman II (commonly known as Genc Osman, meaning Osman the Young) (1604-1622) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 until his death on 20 May 1622. Date: circa 1620

The Lords Prayer in ten different languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, Irish, Portuguese, Greek, German, Latin and Welsh) Date: 1841

Louis Braille - inventor of system of raised-point writing
Louis Braille (1809-1852) - French inventor of system of raised-point writing for the blind. Date: circa 1850

Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Iraq. Late Preh
Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer. Iraq. Late Prehistoric period. 3100-3000BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Greeting card by Ethel Larcombe
Art Nouveau greeting card depicting a girl at her writing desk. Date: 1908

A Fountain Pen Repair Shop - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
A Fountain Pen Repair Shop - The Pen Shop - at 112 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Date: 1940

Advert for Parker Duofold pens
Parker Duofold fountain pen and pencil in a case " give all your friends the best gift this year" Date: 1926

Woman Writing at Desk
A French young lady is writing a letter at her desk with a quill-pen. Date: Circa 1760

Lesson Time by Muriel Dawson
A sweet child in an embroidered smock dress studiously writes upon a slate

Writing / a Rebus
A poor old MAN was driving a PIG TOE mARKet with a STRING tEYEd TOE its LEG wHEN by SUM accident the PIG got loose. The MAN ran after him BUTT PIGgy sCAPEd... now read on

Ancient Greek Writing
He writes on a wax tablet with a stylus

The Lyceum Club, 1908
The Lyceum Club, formed in 1903 for the purpose of bringing together the cultured women of the world for mutual knowledge and understanding, for the furtherance of their intellectual interests

The Torah scroll. It contains the Pentateuch (Five Books of
The Torah scroll is regarded as the holiest object in the synagogue. Contains the Pentateuch (Five Books of Moses). Israel Museum. Jerusalem

Corpus Iuris Civilis. Code of Justinian. 529. Legislative compilation for a Roman law unification. Parchment codex. Folio 63v. 13th century

Advertisement, Levi Strauss copper riveted overalls
Advertisement for Levi Strauss copper riveted overalls, featuring Levis Electric Rodeo -- the Talk of Treasure Island. The figures are all hand-carved likenesses of famous rodeo people in authentic

Interior of the Harem with a scribe. Date: circa 1910s

Sultan Ibrahim - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Ibrahim (16151648) ( Ibrahim the Mad ) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 until 1648. Date: circa 1645

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