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Background imageWritten Collection: Suffragette Song Anthem March of the Women

Suffragette Song Anthem March of the Women. Words and music of The March of the Women composed by Ethel Smyth, dedicated to the Womens Social & Political Union, written in 1911

Background imageWritten Collection: Scene in a lecture theatre

Scene in a lecture theatre, with chemical equations written on the blackboard, a woman giving a lecture, and students taking notes. circa 1940s

Background imageWritten Collection: Me and My Girl - Instructions how to dance the Lambeth Walk

Me and My Girl - Instructions how to dance the Lambeth Walk
Type-written instructions on how to dance The Lambeth Walk, a cheery Cockney musical number, as featured in Arthur Rose and Douglas Furbers musical Me and My Girl. Date: 1937

Background imageWritten Collection: Albrecht Durers Rhinoceros

Albrecht Durers Rhinoceros
An Indian rhinoceros, is the largest of the Asian species, as depicted by Albrecht Durer. It has a thick, dark grey hide, which folds like armour

Background imageWritten Collection: M. R. JAMES

M. R. JAMES
MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES Biblical scholar, and author of arguably the finest ghost stories ever written

Background imageWritten Collection: Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican

Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican manuscript written in Nahuatl before of the conquest of Mexico. It is related with the aztec calendar Tonalpohualli

Background imageWritten Collection: Page from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Page from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
A page from a version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, narrating events of the years 772 to 794. It was written in Old English in the 9th century by a Wessex scribe

Background imageWritten Collection: Codex Borbonicus. Aztec codex. Written by Aztec priest short

Codex Borbonicus. Aztec codex. Written by Aztec priest shortly before or after tthe Spanish conquest of Mexico. 1562-1563. Detail fol. 17r

Background imageWritten Collection: The Mystery Of Squadron X

The Mystery Of Squadron X
An illustrated front cover for The Mystery Of Squadron X, written by Walter Tyrer, no. 53 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

Background imageWritten Collection: Duns Scotus (1266-1308). Philosopher-theologians. Scriptum q

Duns Scotus (1266-1308). Philosopher-theologians. Scriptum q
Duns Scotus (1266-1308). Philosopher-theologians of the High Middle Ages. Scholasticism school. Scriptum quartum a Joanne Duns Scoto super quarto sententiarum editum. Edit, 1517

Background imageWritten Collection: Luttrell Psalter. 14th c. Blocked cart pulled

Luttrell Psalter. 14th c. Blocked cart pulled by horses and helped by men. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. London. The British Museum

Background imageWritten Collection: Sheet Music Suffragettes Humorous One or Two Step

Sheet Music Suffragettes Humorous One or Two Step. Written by Montague Ewing, cover illustration by Reginald Rigby with suffragettes in the colours, one holding a hammer

Background imageWritten Collection: Play / Capek / R. u. R

Play / Capek / R. u. R
Programme for the first English production of the play, also known as R.U.R. and written by Karel Capek, when it was performed at St. Martins Theatre in London

Background imageWritten Collection: Elizabeth Is Signature

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)

Background imageWritten Collection: Koran written in Arabic (14h c. ). Miniature Painting

Koran written in Arabic (14h c. ). Miniature Painting
Koran written in Arabic (14h c.). Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Background imageWritten Collection: Old Church Music 1500

Old Church Music 1500
Specimen page of church music, with notation for singing, hand written on vellum

Background imageWritten Collection: Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cu

Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay. Describes the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of King Nabonidus by Cyrus the Great

Background imageWritten Collection: Beagle A. 61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC

Beagle A. 61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC
Beagle A.61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC (msn B.606, ex WE587), of the Airways Aero Club. Auster converted a number of ex- Army aircraft which became the Auster 6B

Background imageWritten Collection: Suffragette Poetry Holloway Jingles

Suffragette Poetry Holloway Jingles. A collection of poems written in Holloway Prison during March and April 1912 and published by the Glasgow Branch of the Womens Social & Political Union

Background imageWritten Collection: Mesopotamia. Clay Tablet. Pictographs drawn. Iraq. Late Preh

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

Background imageWritten Collection: The Poor Washerwoman - Henri Clark - Music Sheet

The Poor Washerwoman - Henri Clark - Music Sheet
The Poor Washerwoman - sung with typhoons of applause by Henri Clark - Music Sheet, written by Walter Hadtings and composed by W. T. Webb

Background imageWritten Collection: Advertisement, Levi Strauss copper riveted overalls

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

Background imageWritten Collection: WW2 - Secret Of The Scarlet Bomber

WW2 - Secret Of The Scarlet Bomber
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Secret Of The Scarlet Bomber, written by Phillip Conde. The image portrays a wartime policeman writing notes

Background imageWritten Collection: Tynwald Hill - St John s, Isle of Man

Tynwald Hill - St John s, Isle of Man (" where the new Manx Laws are made" ). Established by Norse Viking settlers over a thousand years ago with the hill thought to have been built in

Background imageWritten Collection: Miniature silhouette - Captain Alfred Arnold Ernest Gyde

Miniature silhouette - Captain Alfred Arnold Ernest Gyde
Miniature bust-length silhouette in ebonised frame of Captain Alfred Arnold Ernest Gyde, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. He is in Mess Dress uniform

Background imageWritten Collection: Writing / Gray Poem

Writing / Gray Poem
Part of the manuscript of his poem, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, inspired by a visit to Stoke Poges Churchyard, Bucks

Background imageWritten Collection: League of Nations / 1922

League of Nations / 1922
The opening session of the League of Nations in Geneva. The purpose of the League, set up in 1919 & written into the WW1 peace treaties, was to keep peace through arbitration

Background imageWritten Collection: Page from The Sketch featuring photographs of scenes from the play, Distinguished Villa

Page from The Sketch featuring photographs of scenes from the play, Distinguished Villa, written by Kate O Brien and playing at the Little Theatre, starring Una O Connor, Gillian Lind

Background imageWritten Collection: Play / Wallenstein / 1800

Play / Wallenstein / 1800
Act 3, scene 15 from the trilogy written by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Background imageWritten Collection: Play / Feydeau / Flea in Ear

Play / Feydeau / Flea in Ear
Translated as The Flea in the Ear, this farcial confusion was written by the French novelist Ernest Aimee Feydeau

Background imageWritten Collection: Leonid Leonov

Leonid Leonov
LEONID LEONOV Russian novelist and play- wright, author of the patriotic play Invasion written during the early stage of the Patriotic War

Background imageWritten Collection: Domesday Book is Written

Domesday Book is Written
The Domesday book is compiled on the orders of William I

Background imageWritten Collection: Wynken, Blynken & Nod

Wynken, Blynken & Nod
Wynken, Blynken and Nod is a popular poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published in 1889

Background imageWritten Collection: North American F-100F Super Sabre O. 63946

North American F-100F Super Sabre O. 63946
Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri) - North American F-100F-10-NA Super Sabre O.63946 (msn 243-122, ex 56-3946). Allocated to the Turkish AF on 15 September 1978

Background imageWritten Collection: The Song the Kettle is Singing

The Song the Kettle is Singing (in a dear little place called home) - written and composed by Worton David and Lawrence Wright - sung with enormous success by Miss Florrie Forde and Miss Dora Lyric

Background imageWritten Collection: Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II - Convair 440-62

Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II - Convair 440-62
Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II (Convair 440-62) N440EL (msn 445) at PacAero Engineering Corporation, Santa Monica, CA. Built in 1957 and delivered to D.Napier & Sons Ltd

Background imageWritten Collection: Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR960 Dougal

Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR960 Dougal
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WR960 Dougal, delivered to No.8 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth on 8 June 1972 and retired in 1981

Background imageWritten Collection: United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom 155847

United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom 155847 (unit code AE, call-sign 110 ) of VF-41, embarked on USS Roosevelt

Background imageWritten Collection: Royal Air Force Hawker Hunter F Mk. 6 XE592

Royal Air Force Hawker Hunter F Mk. 6 XE592 of No.111 Squadron RAF Black Arrows, formation display team. XE592 was delivered as an F Mk

Background imageWritten Collection: Letter by Agnes Weston Royal Sailors Rest Portsmouth

Letter by Agnes Weston Royal Sailors Rest Portsmouth
Letter written by Agnes Weston Royal Sailors Rest Portsmouth

Background imageWritten Collection: Letter written by Agnes Weston Royal Sailors Rest Portsmouth

Letter written by Agnes Weston Royal Sailors Rest Portsmouth

Background imageWritten Collection: The Bottle - A temperance story written by George Cruikshank

The Bottle - A temperance story written by George Cruikshank published in 1847 - taken from magic lantern slides - Slide No. 1

Background imageWritten Collection: Bell UH-1E Iroquois 151870

Bell UH-1E Iroquois 151870
United States Marine Corps - Bell UH-1E Iroquois 151870 (msn 6064), of HML-776, at a US Army airshow in the US. (written off on 13 March 1977) Date: circa 1975

Background imageWritten Collection: WW2 - These, Our Strangers

WW2 - These, Our Strangers
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, These, Our Strangers, written by Adrian Alington. Date: 1942

Background imageWritten Collection: WW2 - Oh, Kay!

WW2 - Oh, Kay!
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Oh, Kay! written by Agnes M. Miall. The image shows the title character, Kay Appleton, hiding behind a tree. Date: 1944

Background imageWritten Collection: WW2 - Home For Mr. Smith

WW2 - Home For Mr. Smith
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Home For Mr. Smith, written by Heath Cranton. The image shows some military figures. Date: 1943

Background imageWritten Collection: WW2 - The Three P's At Valley Farm

WW2 - The Three P's At Valley Farm
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, The Three P's At Valley farm, written by Jeanie Brown. The image shows three wartime children by a viaduct. Date: 1945

Background imageWritten Collection: WW2 - Five Survive

WW2 - Five Survive
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Five Survive, written by Charles Graves. The image shows a number of British fighter planes in the skies. Date: circa 1940s



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