Paper Collection (page 7)

Punch cartoon: Some of the Advantages of Mixed University Education (engraving)
6035037 Punch cartoon: Some of the Advantages of Mixed University Education (engraving) by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon)

Sir Walter Gilbey, English wine merchant and breeder of shire horses (engraving)
8631265 Sir Walter Gilbey, English wine merchant and breeder of shire horses (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Walter Gilbey (1831-1914)

Painter, Palace, Palette, Panther, Paper, Paper, Parlor, Parrot, Partridge, Pavement, Peacock, Peanut (engraving)
8651548 Painter, Palace, Palette, Panther, Paper, Paper, Parlor, Parrot, Partridge, Pavement, Peacock, Peanut (engraving) by German School

Illustration for Kipps by H G Wells (litho)
8652729 Illustration for Kipps by H G Wells (litho) by Edwards, Mary Ellen (1838-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chitterlow held the paper)

Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho)
8677398 Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Sleeping Beauty)

Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho)
8677393 Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Sleeping Beauty: the princess wishing to try using a spindle)

Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho)
8677392 Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Sleeping Beauty)

Lantern Manufacturers - Lantern Maker - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4982193 Lantern Manufacturers - Lantern Maker - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Lantern Manufacturers - Lantern Maker - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF

A British government inspector visiting children employed in a factory to verify safety
NWI4828364 A British government inspector visiting children employed in a factory to verify safety and enforcement of labour regulations and laws around 1880

Printing: glazing of paper - engraving of " La France industrielle" by Bonnafoux, 1880
PCT4257483 Printing: glazing of paper - engraving of " La France industrielle" by Bonnafoux, 1880.; (add.info.: Printing)

La Caricature (1830) politique, number 63, Satirique en Couleurs, 1832_1_12: Armes du grand Poulot - Peacock
ICA4930044 La Caricature (1830) politique, number 63, Satirique en Couleurs, 1832_1_12: Armes du grand Poulot - Peacock, Duke of Orleans; (add.info.: La Caricature (1830) politique, number 63

Dr. Bayer, chancler of Saxony, gives the Evangelical Confession to the Emperor Charles V, 1887 (drawing)
UTD4924799 Dr. Bayer, chancler of Saxony, gives the Evangelical Confession to the Emperor Charles V, 1887 (drawing); (add.info.: Dr)

Cover of " L'Indiscret", Satirique en N & B, 1904_4_13: Pelletan Camille (1846-1915)
ICA4920443 Cover of " L'Indiscret", Satirique en N & B, 1904_4_13: Pelletan Camille (1846-1915) - Illustration by Eugene Mesples (1849-1924); (add.info)

Antonio de NEBRIJA (Antonio Martinez de Cala y Xarava, Antonius Nebrissensis, Antonius Lebrixen) (1441-1522)
CUL4856882 Antonio de NEBRIJA (Antonio Martinez de Cala y Xarava, Antonius Nebrissensis, Antonius Lebrixen) (1441-1522). English humanist and grammarian

MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, Francisco (1787-1862). Spanish liberal politician and writer. Oil on canvas. SPAIN
CUL4873110 MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, Francisco (1787-1862). Spanish liberal politician and writer. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid

Cover of " La Diane", 1889_10_13 - Illustration of Gavroche: "Il flotte
ICA4931646 Cover of " La Diane", 1889_10_13 - Illustration of Gavroche: "Il flotte, mais ne sombre pas" (engraving); (add.info.: Case Boulanger); Photo © Caricadoc

La Caricature (1830) politique, Satirique en Couleurs, 1832_12_13: Means coercitives - War
ICA4931027 La Caricature (1830) politique, Satirique en Couleurs, 1832_12_13: Means coercitives - War, Repression - Louis-Philippe - Illustration by Jean Ignace Gerard (Grandville) (1803-1847)

Daily dress of the women of the Shaker community (a branch of Protestantism, born in the early 18th century)
NWI4959567 Daily dress of the women of the Shaker community (a branch of Protestantism, born in the early 18th century), in Lebanon (New York, USA), circa 1850

Prince, reign of Louis XIV, 1670. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Adam Frans van der Meulen
FLO4686051 Prince, reign of Louis XIV, 1670. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632-1690)

St. Benedict enthroned is surrounded by youth with bundles of wheat and baskets of fruit
3561267 St. Benedict enthroned is surrounded by youth with bundles of wheat and baskets of fruit. Illustration of Canto XXXII in Paradiso of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

Science. Paper Making. Wallpaper manually printing. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434758 Science. Paper Making. Wallpaper manually printing. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Science. Paper Making. Rags washing machine (cotton paper making). Engraving in
3434751 Science. Paper Making. Rags washing machine (cotton paper making). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

Merchants itinerant on the boulevards, a salesman of herbal tea with his barrel on his back, a blind man with his dog
FLO4718498 Merchants itinerant on the boulevards, a salesman of herbal tea with his barrel on his back, a blind man with his dog

Paper industry - Continuous paper manufacturing. (Bertram machine). engraving 1867
JAB4121321 Paper industry - Continuous paper manufacturing. (Bertram machine). engraving 1867; (add.info.: Paper industry - Continuous paper manufacturing. (Bertram machine)

Letters A B C D E. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " Le grand alphabet de Bebe"
DUV4210147 Letters A B C D E. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " Le grand alphabet de Bebe". Paul Bernardin, bookseller-publisher, Paris, circa 1900. Bibliotheque des Bebes

A gentleman, vetu in the fashion of the English Regence (1811-1820), sits in front of his writings to write a poem in
FLO4565902 A gentleman, vetu in the fashion of the English Regence (1811-1820), sits in front of his writings to write a poem in the pen (Bath, England) - Eau forte by Francis Eginton (1737-1805)

Papyrus grass root, Cyperus papyrus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his
FLO4617185 Papyrus grass root, Cyperus papyrus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Clours and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman

A young girl writing, 1850
3478023 A young girl writing, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of a young girl writing. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Christmas cards, 1850 (engraving)
3478780 Christmas cards, 1850 (engraving); (add.info.: Christmas cards, English, 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Colonial America, Bill for buying Native American servants, Farmington, Connecticut, 1710
3031062 Colonial America, Bill for buying Native American servants, Farmington, Connecticut, 1710; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bill for buying Native American servants, Farmington, Connecticut)

Confederate Twenty Dollar note
3056334 Confederate Twenty Dollar note; Museum of Connecticut History, Hartford, CT. USA; (add.info.: American Civil War, Confederate Twenty Dollar note 1861); © Don Troiani

World War II, United States, American Propaganda Leaflet
3032516 World War II, United States, American Propaganda Leaflet; Private Collection; (add.info.: American Propaganda Leaflet Dropped On Occupied Philippines); © Don Troiani

Hanging up sheets of handmade paper to dry. Engraving c1870
866044 Hanging up sheets of handmade paper to dry. Engraving c1870; Universal History Archive/UIG

Tengu harassing King S?j?b?
2911062 Tengu harassing King S?j?b?; (add.info.: 1879 Painting titled Tengu harassing King S?j?b? by Kawanabe Ky?sai (1831-1889) Japanese artist. Dated 1879.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Page from Useful Artistic Furniture, c.1900 (engraving)
2972959 Page from Useful Artistic Furniture, c.1900 (engraving) by English School, (20th century); The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London, UK; (add.info.: Useful Artistic Furniture)

Submarine, 1806
1574420 Submarine, 1806; (add.info.: Diagram of a Submarine Vessel. Dated 1806); Universal History Archive/UIG

Campaign of Spain (1810-1814): the patient of the constitution, 19th century (colour litho)
AIS5354591 Campaign of Spain (1810-1814): the patient of the constitution, 19th century (colour litho); Museo de Historia

Antiquite egyptienne : extrait du papyrus du Livre des Morts d'Any. 19eme dynastie
AIS5335322 Antiquite egyptienne : extrait du papyrus du Livre des Morts d'Any. 19eme dynastie. 1275 avant JC Londres, british museum; © Iberfoto

Cover of Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui, number 414, illustration by Albert E
ICA4843221 Cover of Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui, number 414, illustration by Albert E. Sterner (1863-1946): Merrill Stuart (1863-1915) - Reserved rights by Sterner

Handmade paper. Engraving 1867
JAB4121079 Handmade paper. Engraving 1867; (add.info.: Handmade paper. Engraving 1867); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Letter C: Troubled correspondence. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R
DUV4209242 Letter C: Troubled correspondence. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Stop!, publisher, Paris, circa 1916

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220128 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Letter U. Young girl near an office. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet"
DUV4210284 Letter U. Young girl near an office. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet". Paul Bernardin, bookseller-publisher, Paris, circa 1900

Letter D. A young boy drawing. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet"
DUV4210182 Letter D. A young boy drawing. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet". Paul Bernardin, bookseller-publisher, Paris, circa 1900

Portrait of Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobourg (Saxony Cobourg) (1819-1861), spousal of Queen Victoria 1860
LUX4734005 Portrait of Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobourg (Saxony Cobourg) (1819-1861), spousal of Queen Victoria 1860; (add.info.: Portrait of Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobourg (Saxony Cobourg) (1819-1861)

Chinese paper-making, second process: workers mixing glue from the hao-teng vine while another pounds farina of rice in
FLO4590201 Chinese paper-making, second process: workers mixing glue from the hao-teng vine while another pounds farina of rice in a pestle and mortar

Chinese man writing with a brush at a desk. The brush is made of rabbit hair and bamboo
FLO4590188 Chinese man writing with a brush at a desk. The brush is made of rabbit hair and bamboo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Method of cutting paper material in China (after a Chinese illustration). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte
FLO4647841 Method of cutting paper material in China (after a Chinese illustration). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens

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"Unfolding History: Paper as a Timeless Medium" From capturing the grandeur of a Jubilee Procession in a Cornish Village to dissecting the intricacies of skull anatomy by Leonardo da Vinci, it has been an indispensable tool for preserving our past. It holds within its delicate fibers the stories of nations and civilizations. Travel back to 1897 with a Map of Ireland, tracing ancient boundaries and forgotten landscapes. Explore Palestine's rich history through a map from 1875, revealing tales etched into every contour. And behold The Declaration of Independence, carefully preserved in Philadelphia's Free Quaker Meeting House, where ink meets parchment to immortalize freedom's birth. Yet paper is not just for serious matters; it also carries whimsy and satire. In an engraving from Punch magazine, witness Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames—a comical encounter bridging science and nature. Or chuckle at A Warning - Wagners Ring Cycle cartoon that pokes fun at Wagnerian opera enthusiasts. Paper maps transport us across time and space—whether it be the Map of the World from 1800 unveiling uncharted territories or England and Wales' detailed cartography circa 1875 guiding explorers through familiar lands. Journey through Budapest's streets via a city map from 1895 or navigate New York City's bustling avenues using one from 1896. Even Maine USA reveals its secrets on an intricate map dating back to 1883. In this digital age, let us not forget the humble yet profound power held within each sheet of paper—the ability to connect generations by preserving their triumphs, discoveries, humor, and dreams upon its surface. So next time you hold this seemingly ordinary material in your hands, remember that it is more than just pulp—it is our shared heritage encapsulated within fragile fibers—a testament to human ingenuity throughout centuries gone by.