Writing Collection (page 45)

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

Heidenberg / Trithemius
JOHANNES HEIDENBERG known as JOHANNES TRITHEIM or TRITHEMIUS German abbot and historian

Mme Jeanne-Marie Roland
JEANNE-MARIE ROLAND French saloniste & victim of the revolution, shown here at her writing desk

Malebranche (Santerre)
NICOLAS DE MALEBRANCHE French philosopher writing with a quill in 1713

Box of Old Letters
a drawer-full of old letters

Servants / Interview / 1896
" Not a love affair, I hope " A young woman seeking a position as a ladys companion is interviewed by a stern agent eager to ascertain why she left her last position. Date: 1896

Kells : Virgin
VIRGIN AND CHILD

Mile-Stone - Chesterholm
A mile stone at Chesterholm, the site of the Roman fort of Vindolanda. Recent excavations at Vindolanda have discovered a unique set of wooden Roman writing tablets from c.AD100

Advert / Kast & Ehinger
Kast & Ehinger, Stuttgart

Ww1 Postcard Memories
A soldier remembers the last time he was with his girl

Multiple Autograph Tool
A starlet saves herself a lot of time and effort by using a device for signing several autographs at once

Eugene Scribe
EUGENE SCRIBE Popular French author depicted with his earnings heaped around his writing-desk

Advert / Onoto Pen 1919
Onoto pens - its going to be a great Christmas !

Composing a Letter 1940S
A woman sits with her pen in her mouth whilst thinking about what she should write in her letter

Zapotec Manuscript
Part of the Zapotec manuscript with human and divine figures and animals in a variety of situations

French Ms Letters
Twelve initial letters ornamented with flowers

The Eurite Pencil
The Eurite pencil has a triangular lead which can be sharpened so as to suit the needs either of draughtsmen or of ordinary folk like you and me

Mackinnon Fountain Pen
Mackinnons fluid pencil is an early form of fountain pen

Kph-I-Noor Pencils
You can purchase Hardtmuths renowned Koh-i-Noor pencils in a variety of forms, neatly packed in boxes

17th Cent Scholar Writes
A scholar - Leonard Lessius, a Jesuit, to be precise - pauses quill in air while Larmessin makes his portrait

World War One Letters
No wonder theres a paper shortage : she, at home, writes prolifically to him, he at the front writes no less prolifically in reply, while a fountain of ink splashes !

Lady with Quill Pen
She pauses, while writing a letter with a quill pen, to find the mot juste

Lady with Writers Block
A Victorian authoress suffering from writers block overspills her wastepaper basket with failed opening sentences

Lady Writer Hesitates
Ja oder nein ? A German lady, at a cafe table, hesitates how to reply - to a proposal of marriage ? or merely an invitation to a walk in the Tiergarten ?

Marguerite De Valois
MARGUERITE DE VALOIS brother of Francois I, whose captivity by Carl V she tried in vain to alleviate : spurned by her relatives, she found solace writing tales and poems

Saint Teresa Writing
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Spanish mystic, depicted writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit

Man Writing in Ledger
A young man making an entry in a ledger with a fountain pen. He sits at a desk with a wire in-tray and stacks of card index drawers behind him

Handwriting / Garrick
English actor, famous for his Shakespearean roles, enclosing a lock of his hair for use in a portrait

Writing / Examples / Nelson
HORATIO, LORD NELSON Part of a letter from the English naval officer to Emma, Lady Hamilton, dated 19 and 20 October 1805, before the Battle of Trafalgar

Luther (Spangenberg)
MARTIN LUTHER German church reformer, depicted writing

Jules Verne / Herbert
JULES VERNE French science fiction writer

Strauss / Rosenkavalier / 5
ROSENKAVALIER Baron Ochs supper party

Aquinas (Anon)
THOMAS AQUINAS Italian theologian

JACK LONDON (1913)
JACK LONDON American writer, in 1913 writing in his garden

Solons Laws
Solon establishes the laws of Athens

Q. Victorias Writing
Queen Victorias handwriting in a letter to Wellington

Stevenson Age 35
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON The Scottish writer and poet at the age of 35, seen writing at his desk

Stevenson in Bed Writing
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON the writer at work in Vailima

Hogarth Distressed Poet
The Distressed Poet A poor poet wonders what to write, while his wife is unable to pay the milkmaids bill

French Spirit Drawing
Mrs E J French, inspired by the spirits, made this drawing in 11 seconds - including 200 words of writing !

Girls Draw on Slate 19C
An older girl helps her younger sister to draw a house on a slate

London School Board Cert
A London School Board Certificate for Reading, Writing and Arithmetic according to the third standard

Weltblick Typewriter
Promotion for the Weltblick typewriter

Using an Underwood

Child in Frock 1860S
A small child wears a frock with short sleeves ornamented with full rosettes of narrow ribbon, volans & ribbon trim on the skirt, broad belt with buckle & button boots

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