Writing Collection (page 44)

Ws Gilbert / Penrose 1911
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright and collaborator with Sullivan, writing at his desk

Ulyssess Grant / Memoirs
ULYSSESs GRANT American Civil War General, and later President, writing his memoirs at Mount McGregor

Child with a Slate
a Child with a Slate

St Luke Writing / Miniatur
SAINT LUKE depicted in the act of writing the Gospel which bears his name

St Mark / Evangelist / Minia
SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST writing his gospel, watched by a sedate lion

Erasmus / David Mortier
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist, whose ideas looked forward to the Enlightenment

Erasmus / Durer / 1526
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist writing, surrounded by his books

Elgar / Graphic 1904 / Desk
SIR EDWARD ELGAR English composer writing at his desk at Malvern Wells

Wilkie Collins / Writing
WILKIE COLLINS English novelist

Jm Barrie / Elderly
SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE Scottish novelist and dramatist, best known for writing Peter Pan

Sir James Barrie / Sepia
SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE Scottish novelist and dramatist, best known for writing Peter Pan

Writing / Robert Burns
A poem by Robert Burns, giving a good example of his handwriting

Karl Liebknecht / Postcard
KARL LIEBKNECHT German left-wing statesman who opposed WWI, in 1918 formed the Spartacus League which became the German Communist Party; he was assassinated Date: 1871 - 1919

Writing / Whittier Poem
Manuscript of a short poem by the American poet, in his own handwriting, dated July 1879

Richardson / Chamberlin
SAMUEL RICHARDSON English novelist and printer

Stevenson / Isobel Strong
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer with his stepdaughter and amanuensis, Mrs Isobel Strong, at Vailima

Newton / Handwriting
Letter from the English scientist, dated 20 June 1682, from Trinity College, Cambridge, discussing another scientists Theory of Vision

Mary / Scots / Letter
A letter from Mary Queen of Scots - she signs herself Marie

Elizabeth I / Letter Henri
A letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Henri V

Changing in Bathing Hut
Two girls strip in a hut which has not only a mirror and pegs but also a desk and chair in case they feel like writing postcards or a poem about the sea

Codex Troano - 2
Part of a Calendar used by Maya priests, depicting gods and symbolic creatures Plate xxi

Porphyry Tyre / Thevet
PORPHYRY OF TYRE Greek scholar and neo- Platonist philosopher, a violent opponent of Christianity

Edward I in Scotland
Edward I is recognised as overlord of Scotland; claimants to the Scottish throne agree to abide by his arbitration

Louis Pasteur / Wagner
LOUIS PASTEUR French chemist and microbiologist in his laboratory

Chartier (Chasselat)
ALAIN CHARTIER French writer and diplomat

Titus Livius / Thevet 1584
TITUS LIVIUS Roman historian and writer (also known as Livy)

Libanius / Thevet 1584
LIBANIUS Greek Sophist philosopher and orator

Edinburgh / Alfred / Maull
ALFRED DUKE OF EDINBURGH Second son of Victoria, in civilian clothes, writing at a desk

Aem Gretry / Geille / Isabey
ANDRE-ERNEST-MODESTE GRETRY French composer at his desk

Ela Huot De Goncourt / Hom
EDMOND-LOUIS-ANTOINE HUOT DE GONCOURT French novelist: a satirical view

Stephen Duck / Anon Eng
STEPHEN DUCK Writer and divine

Thackerays Handwriting
Manuscript in Thackerays handwriting for " Sorrows of Werther"

Campbell-Bannerman / Postc
SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN Politician, writing at his desk

F Brunelleschi / Larmessin
FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI Italian architect

Locke / Handwriting
Handwriting of philosopher John Locke

Hippocrates / Sesone / Coin
HIPPOCRATES Greek medical

Hippocrates / Thevet / 1584
HIPPOCRATES Greek medical

Gregoire De Tours / Boul
GREGOIRE DE TOURS French bishop, historian and saint

John Henry Foley / Cdv
JOHN HENRY FOLEY Irish sculptor

Thomas Hughes / Letter
A letter from the English MP and author of Tom Browns Schooldays - written on House of Commons notepaper

Pirbright / Henry De Worms
HENRY de WORMS 1st BARON PIRBRIGHT Politician

Writing Example / Rossini
A letter of thanks from the Italian composer to a friend, written in French

Yves De Chartres / Thevet
YVES DE CHARTRES French bishop, theologian and historian

Conan Doyle / Menpes 1900
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE British physician and writer, in South Africa in 1900

Horace Walpole / Falconet
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE 4TH EARL OF ORFORD English man of letters, credited with writing the first gothic novel

Juan Luis Vives / Boulonoi
JUAN LUIS DE VIVES Spanish humanist and philosopher

Tu Fu / Anon German Eng
TU FU Chinese poet

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