Accounts Collection

Peruvian Quipu
The QUIPU used by the ancient Peruvians to record events, keep accounts. This unattributed illustration comes from the Swedish Magazine Allers Familj Journal, 25th July 1923 issue

Acupuncture in 17th Cent
Travellers in the East bring back accounts of different medical processes : this Chinese diagram of acupuncture points is published in a German scientific journal

A problem of income - couple trying to balance the books
A problem of income. Grenville and Sue Collins trying to balance the books as they await the Mary Evans Picture Library Royalty Statement...! Date: circa 1910s

Clerk, Bookkeeper or accountant struggling with accounts ledgers, 1878
3478920 Clerk, Bookkeeper or accountant struggling with accounts ledgers, 1878; (add.info.: Clerk, Bookkeeper or accountant struggling with accounts ledgers, 1878.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, 1884
3478924 Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, 1884; (add.info.: Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, 1884.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A lady making up her household accounts, 1850
3478454 A lady making up her household accounts, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a lady making up her household accounts. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Clearing House at the Bank of England, 1881
3478921 Clearing House at the Bank of England, 1881; (add.info.: Clearing House at the Bank of England, London 1881.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Bookkeeper or accountant struggling to complete accounts, 1893
3478919 Bookkeeper or accountant struggling to complete accounts, 1893; (add.info.: Bookkeeper or accountant struggling to complete accounts in a Paris office, 1893.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Clerk, Bookkeeper or accountant struggling to concentrate as he notices a woman in a window opposite him, 1868
3478917 Clerk, Bookkeeper or accountant struggling to concentrate as he notices a woman in a window opposite him, 1868; (add.info.: Clerk)

Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, 1876
3478926 Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, 1876; (add.info.: Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, watching as two managers converse)

Clerk in Victorian London, passing a message to a messenger, 1884
3478925 Clerk in Victorian London, passing a message to a messenger, 1884; (add.info.: Clerk at his desk in an office in Victorian London, passing a message to a messenger)

Bookkeeper or accountant struggling to complete accounts in a Victorian office, 1893
3478916 Bookkeeper or accountant struggling to complete accounts in a Victorian office, 1893; (add.info.: Bookkeeper or accountant struggling to complete accounts in a Victorian office)

The Merchant and his Wife;The tax collector and his wife, 1540. Creator: Marinus van Reymerswaele
The Merchant and his Wife;The tax collector and his wife, 1540

The Housekeeper, mid-late 18th century. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin
The Housekeeper, mid-late 18th century

Richesse et misère ou rien qu'un, 1818. Creator: Louis Maloeuvre
Richesse et misere ou rien qu'un, 1818. (Wealth and Misery or Nothing but One). A thin man stands holding a thread; is he repairing his shirt which hangs on the chair

Johanna and the Jewish merchants, 1741. Creator: Cornelis Troost
Johanna and the Jewish merchants, 1741. Alternative title: Act III, scene V from the comedy "De Spilpenning of de verkwistende vrouw" (The Spillpenning or the spendthrift woman)

The Reis Effendi, Head of the Chancery, c.1727-c.1730. Creator: Jean Baptiste Vanmour
The Reis Effendi, Head of the Chancery, c.1727-c.1730

Voici votre comptre: Il vous revenait... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Voici votre comptre: Il vous revenait... 19th century. Here is your account: it was yours

John Bull at His Studies, published March 13, 1799. Creator: Unknown
John Bull at His Studies, published March 13, 1799....attended by his Guardian Angell (British prime minister William Pitt: "Cease rude Boreas blustering railer)

Bid Board Office of Supplies & Accounts Navy Dept, between 1915 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Bid Board Office of Supplies & Accounts Navy Dept, between 1915 and 1920. USA. Graph with prices in pounds and hundredweights for Pittsburgh steel in sheet, galvanised and bar form

Opening of bids, Navy Dept. Bureau of Accts, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Opening of bids, Navy Dept. Bureau of Accts, between 1910 and 1920. USA

Grp. Bureau of Supplies & Accts, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Grp
Grp. Bureau of Supplies & Accts, between 1910 and 1920. Civilians and men in unifom

The Owner of the Vineyard Paying his Labourers... 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Owner of the Vineyard Paying his Labourers - painted by Rembrandt - from the Gallery of the late King of Holland, at the Hague, 1850

Double page from Monets account book detailing the sales of his paintings
MMT252956 Double page from Monets account book detailing the sales of his paintings, December 1874-March 1875 (pen & ink on paper) (b/w photo) by Monet, Claude (1840-1926); Musee Marmottan Monet

The Descent From The Cross
This oil painting is a biblical depiction of the Deposition of Christ, inspired from the Gospels accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion

Charles Lightoller archive, three notebooks
Charles Lightoller archive collection of three handwritten note and code books used during WW1, and WW2. The first two are handwritten books of code and marine information

WW1 - French Patriotic postcard - Our debts
OUR DEBTS - "In your accounts have you allowed for the price of my blood and the blood of my brothers?" A deceased French soldier gives a warning to his German killers that France will not

Cartoon, Enthusiasm of Paterfamilias
Varying reactions to the newspaper accounts of the glorious charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava - Papa thinks only of the glory, his womenfolk think of the dead October 1854

The Troubles of an Artists Wife (engraving)
1596368 The Troubles of an Artists Wife (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Troubles of an Artists Wife)

Wife of FSA borrower keeps account of loan of... Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower keeps account of loan of seven hundred and forty-eight dollars. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

FSA borrowers on new farm keep account of their loan, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Farm Security Administration borrowers on new farm keep account of their loan. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Government charwoman who provides for a family of six on her salary... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Government charwoman who provides for a family of six on her salary of one thousand and eighty dollars per year. She puts ten percent of her salary in war bonds. [Mrs Ella Watson]

Safe Money (oil on canvas)
CGW445522 Safe Money (oil on canvas) by Dubreuil, Victor (fl.1886-1900); 76.8x63.5 cm; Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. USA; Museum Purchase; American, out of copyright

The Money Changers (oil on panel)
6335000 The Money Changers (oil on panel) by Stap, Jan Woutersz (1599-1663); 120x90 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Receipt signed by Fats Waller, March 1, 1937. Creator: Unknown
Thomas Wright Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an African-American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer

And if we fail - we fail! Macbeth, page 7 from Elton
614764 And if we fail - we fail! Macbeth, page 7 from Eltons Comic All-my-nack, 1838 (litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sing A Song O Sixpence (colour litho)
3630467 Sing A Song O Sixpence (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sing A Song O Sixpence)

Settlement of Accounts by the Brotherhood of "Charite-Dieu and Notre-Dame of the Recovery of Rouen"
668473 Settlement of Accounts by the Brotherhood of " Charite-Dieu and Notre-Dame of the Recovery of Rouen", 1466 (chromolitho) by French School

The Money Changers, c. 1530 (oil on panel)
897330 The Money Changers, c.1530 (oil on panel) by Massys or Metsys, Quentin (c.1466-1530) (workshop of); 122x98 cm; Musee d Art et d Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland; Netherlandish, out of copyright

Camerlengo Ranieri Pagliaresi, 1270 (tempera on panel)
468183 Camerlengo Ranieri Pagliaresi, 1270 (tempera on panel) by Italian School, (13th century); Archivio di Stato, Siena, Italy; (add.info.: Ranieri Paglieresi, Camerlingue; ); Italian

The Hanseatic Control in Bruges (chromolitho)
735202 The Hanseatic Control in Bruges (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hanseatic Control in Bruges)

Page 279, from Rathbones notebook, 1742 (ink on paper)
LIV412349 Page 279, from Rathbones notebook, 1742 (ink on paper) by Rathbone II, William (1696-1746); University of Liverpool Art Gallery & Collections

Chief Financial Officer and Scribe at their desk in the Biccherna (revenue office
ALG365041 Chief Financial Officer and Scribe at their desk in the Biccherna (revenue office) (tempera on panel) by Paolo di Giovanni Fei (fl.1372-1411); Archivio di Stato, Siena

An Olive Merchant at Market and in his Shop (vellum)
ALI264701 An Olive Merchant at Market and in his Shop (vellum) by Master of the Biadaiolo Codex (fl.1325-50); Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence, Italy; Alinari

A Tax Collector, 1745 (oil on panel)
LST204169 A Tax Collector, 1745 (oil on panel) by Regters, Tibout (1710-68); 35x48.2 cm; Private Collection; eLawrence Steigrad Fine Arts, New York; Dutch, out of copyright

Ledger of court wine, 1762-73 (pen & ink on vellum)
3242319 Ledger of court wine, 1762-73 (pen & ink on vellum) by English School, (18th century); 37.5x24 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: John Carbonell (c.1700-1773)

Women workers using modern office technology, 1930s (b / w photo)
6015599 Women workers using modern office technology, 1930s (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women workers using modern office technology, 1930s)

AE 523 Illustration from the Livre Ferre of the Cour des Comptes (vellum)
ARH231017 AE 523 Illustration from the Livre Ferre of the Cour des Comptes (vellum) by French School, (15th century); Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris

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"Unraveling History: Accounts that Tell Tales of the Past" Peruvian Quipu: Unearthed Knots Revealing Ancient Financial Records Acupuncture in the 17th Century: The Peculiar Entries in Historical Account Books A Problem of Income: Balancing the Books, a Couple's Struggle for Stability RMS Olympic's Hard-Bound Ledger and Cash Book: Insights into Maritime Finances The Descent From The Cross: Artistic Masterpiece or Accounting Anomaly? Charles Lightoller Archive: Three Notebooks Holding Secrets of Titanic Proportions WW1 French Patriotic Postcard - Our Debts: A Nation's Financial Burden Exposed Cartoon Delight. Enthusiasm of Paterfamilias Captured in Hilarious Account Sketches RMS Olympic's Hard-Bound Ledger and Cash Book Revisited: Tracking Shipboard Expenses Double Page from Monet's Account Book Unveils Profits from Brushstrokes Acrobat Balancing Pudding on Nose on a Christmas Card? A Curious Expense Indeed.