Desk Collection (page 8)

Fashion Plate (Morning Dress), 1813. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Morning Dress), 1813

Monk Instructing a Boy Dressed in a Cassock, c1865. Creator: Otto Brandt
Monk Instructing a Boy Dressed in a Cassock, c1865

Portrait of a Gentleman, c18th century. Creator: Elias Martin
Portrait of a Gentleman, c18th century

Prefecture de police -Vous n'avez pas de médailles? -J'ai cru qu'il n'y avait plus de... 1872
Prefecture de police -Vous n'avez pas de medailles? -J'ai cru qu'il n'y avait plus de decoration pour le civil. 1872

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt sitting at his desk in the White House, 1900s, (2023). American politician Theodore Roosevelt Junior (1858-1919)

Letter-Writing, 1912. Creator: Carl Larsson
Letter-Writing, 1912. Additional Info: Here, Ingrid, who was the daughter of one of Carl and Karin Larsson's employees

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Aminte en son Cabinet, between circa 1678 and circa 1693

Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Un bureau de recrutement pour engages volontaires... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Un bureau de recrutement pour engages volontaires a Petrograd, en juillet et aout 1917: tandis que l'armee reguliere se desagregeait

Mr Henry Clay Pierce, 1899. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Mr Henry Clay Pierce, 1899

Mr Frans R. Heiss, 1891. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Mr Frans R. Heiss, 1891

La Vielle Méthode, 1845. Creator: Honore Daumier
La Vielle Methode, 1845. The old method. Ah! drole, vous passerez donc toute votre vie a mettre des queues de papier au seant des mouches

Saint Jerome in His Study, 1451. Creator: Antonio da Fabriano II
Saint Jerome in His Study, 1451. Saint Jerome (ca. 347-420 CE) was one of the four Latin Fathers of the Church (the others being Saint Augustine, Ambrose)

Lady Writing a Letter, 1887. Creator: Albert Edelfelt
Lady Writing a Letter, 1887

Le portrait s'acheva en dépit de leurs remonstrances, 1842. Creator: Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard
Le portrait s'acheva en depit de leurs remonstrances, 1842. (The portrait was completed despite their remonstrances) - monkey artist with birds

Illustration for Caroline of Lichtfield, 1786. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Caroline of Lichtfield, 1786. International bestselling 18th Century melodramatic novel translated from French

AI IMAGE - Portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1950s, (2023). Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was and American theoretical physicist and director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II

Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1829. Creator: Thomas Sully
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1829. Charles Carroll (1737-1832) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. This watercolour is closely related to an oil painting of the same sitter

The Royal Visit to India: private tent of the Prince of Wales at the camp of Delhi...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: private tent of the Prince of Wales at the camp of Delhi, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876.'The Prince [future King Edward VII]

Scribe, from a Book of Hours, c1470. Creator: Unknown
Scribe, from a Book of Hours, c1470. Monk or scribe working at a desk

St Jerome. Creator: Workshop of Marinus van Reymerswaele
St Jerome, Unknown date

Consulting His Lawyer, 1872. Creator: Benjamin Vautier
Consulting His Lawyer, 1872. A country lawyer in outmoded costume is seated beside a cluttered desk perusing some documents

"Vanitas" Still Life, c1665. Creator: Adam Bernaert. "Vanitas" Still Life, c1665
"Vanitas" Still Life, c1665

Portrait of Henry Walters, 1938. Creator: Thomas Cromwell Corner
Portrait of Henry Walters, 1938. In this posthumous portrait the founder of the Walters Art Museum, Henry Walters (1848-1931)

The Bolshevik Coup in Russia; The study of Tsar Alexander II, ancestor of Nicholas II... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Bolshevik Coup in Russia; The study of Tsar Alexander II, ancestor of Nicholas II, after the sacking of the Winter Palace, on the night of November 7-8, 1917: until then

Portrait of unknown botanist, possibly Elisabeth Julienne Pommereul Dugage, 1778. Creator: Antoine Vestier
Portrait of unknown botanist, possibly Elisabeth Julienne Pommereul Dugage, 1778

Nos Grands Chefs; Le general Lyautey, ministre de la guerre, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Nos Grands Chefs; Le general Lyautey, ministre de la guerre, 1917. First World War:General Lyautey, minister of war. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration

The Vision of Saint Bernard, c1520. Creator: Domenico Puligo
The Vision of Saint Bernard, c1520. Seated at a reading desk in front of a landscape, St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) has a vision of the Virgin Mary attended by two angels

Portrait of Johann Goll van Franckenstein, with hat, facing left, 1783. Creator: Louis Bernard Coclers
Portrait of Johann Goll van Franckenstein, with hat, facing left, 1783

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee, 2010s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee, 2010s, (2023). English computer scientist Berners-Lee (born 1955), also known as TimBL, is best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee sitting with a laptop, 2010s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee sitting with a laptop, 2010s, (2023). English computer scientist Berners-Lee (born 1955), also known as TimBL

President Reuterholm opens the Armfeltska letters...in 1794, (late 18th-early 19th century). Creator: Pehr Hörberg
President Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm opens the Armfeltska letters at Stockholm Palace in 1794, (late 18th-early 19th century)

The Queen's Visit to Leeds - Ormolu Writing Table Suite for Her Majesty, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Queen's Visit to Leeds - Ormolu Writing Table Suite for Her Majesty, 1858. On the occasion of the Queen's late visit to Leeds a writing-table

Cover design for "The difficult beginning" by Nannie van Wehl, 1915 or earlier. Creator: Willy Sluiter
Cover design for "The difficult beginning" by Nannie van Wehl, 1915 or earlier. A young woman, wearing a shirt and tie and long skirt, is writing at a lectern. Illustrated by Willy Sluiter

Kibi Daijin Seated at a Chinese Table, 1881. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Kibi Daijin Seated at a Chinese Table, 1881. From Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

One Hundred Pictures by Kyosai (image 3 of 6), between 1863 and 1866. Creator: Kawanabe Kyosai
One Hundred Pictures by Kyosai (image 3 of 6), between 1863 and 1866

Emportez donc ça plus loin...il est impossible de travailler... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Emportez donc ca plus loin...il est impossible de travailler... 1844. Emportez donc ca plus loin...il est impossible de travailler au milieu d'un vacarme pareil...allez vous promener a la petite

La Pêche, 1843. Creator: Honore Daumier
La Peche, 1843. Office worker at his desk, daydreaming about going fishing. From L'Imagination

Woman writing, 1870-1937. Creator: Willem Wenckebach
Woman writing, 1870-1937. A woman is writing at a desk in a study. The desk is littered with sheets of paper and there are also loose sheets on the floor

Men and wife with a desk and man on a terrace, in or before 1883-c.1904. Creator: Willem Wenckebach
Men and wife with a desk and man on a terrace, in or before 1883-c.1904. Two designs for book illustrations. On the left a man with a bowler hat in an interior with another man and woman

Triptych: Allegory of Art Training, c.1770. Creator: Willem Joseph Laquy
Triptych: Allegory of Art Training, c.1770

Illustration for Life of a Badly Brought Up Young Lady, 1779. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Life of a Badly Brought Up Young Lady, 1779

The Scholar at the Lectern (The Father of the Jewish Bride), 1641. Creator: Rembrandt van Rhijn (1606-1669)
The Scholar at the Lectern (The Father of the Jewish Bride), 1641. Found in the Collection of the Royal Castle, Warsaw

Esbjörn at the Study Corner, 1912. Creator: Carl Larsson
Esbjorn at the Study Corner, 1912

Gustaf Upmark, director of the Nationalmuseum, 1894. Creator: Carl Larsson
Gustaf Upmark, director of the Nationalmuseum, 1894

La Nouvelle Europe; la republique Polonaise; Le general Pilsudski, qui chassa les Allemands...1918 Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la republique Polonaise; Le general Pilsudski, qui chassa les Allemands de Varsovie, president de la Republique polonaise, 1918

Calloway residence, interior, chair in center, Mamaroneck, N.Y. between 1900 and 1915. Creator: William H. Jackson
Calloway residence, interior, chair in center, Mamaroneck, N.Y. between 1900 and 1915

Glazier Stove Company, treasurer's room, Chelsea, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: William H. Jackson
Glazier Stove Company, treasurer's room, Chelsea, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

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"Unveiling the Stories: A Desk Through Time" In the quiet corners of history, a desk stands as witness to tales untold. Like an empty chair awaiting its occupant, it holds secrets and whispers from literary giants like Dickens and Orwell. As if touched by their creative spirits, this wooden sanctuary has been graced by great minds. GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950), known to us as Eric Blair, found solace at this very desk while broadcasting his profound thoughts over the BBC in London during 1943. It was here that he penned words that would ignite change and challenge societal norms. Carl Gustav Jung sought refuge at this desk too, delving into the depths of human consciousness. The artist Rex Whistler immortalized these introspective moments in "The Letter, " capturing Jung's contemplation amidst ink-stained pages. Even royalty sought comfort within these four walls; Queen Victoria herself sat here with Abdul Karim by her side, defying conventions of class and culture in c. 1890. Her reign extended beyond politics as she poured her heart onto paper from this very spot. Music echoed through these hallowed halls when Wagner composed symphonies upon symphonies on this sturdy surface crafted by Balestrieri's skilled hands. The melodies flowed seamlessly from pen to paper under his watchful eye. Charles Dickens' quill danced across parchment atop this timeless desk, birthing characters who still haunt our imaginations today - Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge - all brought to life within these humble surroundings. Love stories unfolded here too; Abelard and Heloise etched their passion into every stroke of their letters exchanged across time and distance. Their forbidden love transcended boundaries but found solace within the confines of this sacred space. Saint John of the Cross found divine inspiration at this very desk where he translated heavenly visions into poetic verses that continue to stir souls.