Writing Collection (page 6)

Mel Roy on the stage mid-nite, spook party talking skulls, spirit slate writing, spirit table raising, ghosts from the dead. Date ca. 1935

Interior at New College Lane, Oxford
Watercolour sketch of an interior at New College Lane, Oxford, showing Reverend Baden Powell and his wife (they married in 1846), with five children

Caligraph typewriter
Advertisement for the Caligraph typewriter from The American Writing Machine Co. " A business house without a Caligraph is behind the times." Date: 1892

Scottish soldier writing home on a spiral staircase, WW1
A resourceful Scottish soldier sits on a section of spiral staircase on the Western Front during the First World War to write his letter home. Date: 1914-1918

Words by King Charles II
Poem written by King Charles II entitled I Pass All My Hours in a Shady Old Grove, accompanied by a stylised illustration of the Merry Monarch composing under the shade of an oak tree

Fragment from the Nibelungenhandschrift
A fragment from the Nibelungenhandschrift, describing the betrayal by Sigfrid (Siegfried) of his love. Date: 14th century

Doctor writing prescription
Doctor writing a prescription. Historical artwork taken from " The Dentist" by Pietro Longhi (1702- 1785)

Rene Descartes, French mathematician
Rene Descartes (1596-1650), French mathematician and philosopher. His coat-of-arms (upper right) mark his self-styled title of Lord of Perron

Orteliuss map of Holland, 1570
Orteliuss map of Holland. This map is from the 1570 first edition of Theatrum orbis terrarum ( Theatre of the World ). Drawn by the Flemish mapmaker Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)

Orteliuss map of Portugal, 1570
Orteliuss map of Portugal. This map is from the 1570 first edition of Theatrum orbis terrarum ( Theatre of the World ). Drawn by the Flemish mapmaker Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)

SAINT JEROME & THE ANGEL. Oil by Simon Vouet, c1625

SAINT JOHN. Writing his gospel. Dabra Maryam manuscript. Ethiopia. c1360-80

Travel to India
Poster published by the British India Press, Bombay, advertising travel to India

Soldiers writing home
British soldiers on the Western Front write letters to home

Judge Bacon at his desk. Possibly the Judge Bacon, ie Sir James Bacon (1798-1895)

Tunisia - Arab School
An Arab School in Tunisia. All of the students have removed their shoes and sit either side of their teacher with their writing tablets

Hall type-writer
Advertisement for the Hall type-writer, the only portable writing machine of the time. Available from Witherby and Co. High Holborn, London

Jean Genet / Stanimirovitc
JEAN GENET French writer who defied bourgeois morality; he began writing in prison

Scandinavian Runes
A priest explains to a warrior the message inscribed on a stone in Norway

Chesterton Photo
GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON Writer, caught by the photographer in the act of writing something, showing clearly the way he holds his pencil

Ws GILBERT (1836-1911)
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright. Began collaboration with Arthur Sullivan (Gilbert writing the librettos, Sullivan the music) on highly popular comic operas

Olivetti Advert 1928
An Olivetti typewriter is held aloft by Hermes, messenger of the gods and patron of the telecommunications industry

Solomon Writing Proverbs
When not entertaining queens or building temples, Solomon found time to write his Proverbs - as shown in their first letter in a 12th century German Bible

Moses / Ot / Commandments
Moses exhibits the Tables of the Law on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed

Froissart / Chronicles
JEAN FROISSART - French chronicler in his study

An early typing pool
From the start, typing was perceived as the archetypal employment opportunity for women : this is the Typing Office of the Society for the Employment of Women

Sea turtle swimming, Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
Stop War sign written in sky in vapour from aeroplane, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Close up of carved relief, Nimrud, Iraq, Middle East

Ms - C15 French Breviary
page from a French Breviary: the miniature depicts the Annunciation to Mary by an angel, watched by God from up there Date: early 15th century

Rw Emerson / Sitting
RALPH WALDO EMERSON American essayist and poet

Mayan Deities
Mayan deities, represented on a vase from Chama

Copper Plate Peinter
The process of transferring portraits, landscapes and other pictures and writing from engravings on copper to paper

Zola / Leandre / Rire 1897
EMILE ZOLA French novelist, exhausted after writing his novel Paris, which was published the following year

Old Chinese Manuscript
Fragment from a manuscript of the Uigur dynasty : figures are shown writing and reading, and one is playing a lute-like musical instrument

Ojibway Picture Writing
Picture-writing of the Ojibway people of North America

Typewriters of 1909
Various models of typewriter obtainable from Harrods

Olivetti Advert 1932
The boss consults his watch - hes in a hurry for this report - but don t worry, signor, thanks to the Olivetti you gave her, your secretary will have it done in time

Laclos / Liaisons / Valmont
Le Vicomte de Valmont uses his mistress, Opera as a writing desk whilst writing to the virtuous Mme. Tourvel, whom he plans to seduce

Athanasius with Book
ST ATHANASIUS Patriarch of Alexandria, depicted in the act of writing his Creed, though in fact he didn t write it though it reflected his views

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

Milton / Poems 1645
JOHN MILTON English poet

Dickens Manuscript / 1891
An extract from a manuscript of Dickens

Australia Batman 1827
JOHN BATMAN (1800-1827) negotiates with the aborigines of Victoria

Coining Machines : (L) For writing on edge (R) Mill

Illumination from the MacDumon Gospel
An illumination from the MacDurnon Gospel, an Irish medieval manuscript

Actress Diana Dors surrounded by autograph hunters at Cannes Film Festival May 1956

Christmas card with pink blotting paper, pen and postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Happy monday gold foil message
gold foil glitter quote saying Happy monday on a plain white background

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