Stationery Collection (#9)

Humorous Victorian stationery (engraving)
6030947 Humorous Victorian stationery (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Humorous Victorian stationery.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

A bronze and enamel paperweight in the form of a swan, 1908 (bronze and enamel)
1195890 A bronze and enamel paperweight in the form of a swan, 1908 (bronze and enamel) by Tenisheva, Princess Maria (1858-1928); 15.5 (length) cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tenisheva)

Printer, Edward Ryland, trade card (engraving)
983971 Printer, Edward Ryland, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Printer, Edward Ryland, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Advertisement for Dobbs & Co paper and cards (colour litho)
983928 Advertisement for Dobbs & Co paper and cards (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for Dobbs & Co paper and cards)

The Tax-Gatherers (oil on panel)
1766795 The Tax-Gatherers (oil on panel) by Reymerswaele, Marinus van (c.1490-c.1567) (follower of); 81.8x71.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tax-Gatherers)

Three chromolithographic pop-up valentine cards, c. 1890 (chromolithograph)
1765069 Three chromolithographic pop-up valentine cards, c.1890 (chromolithograph) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Three chromolithographic pop-up valentine cards)

Portrait of the Hon. Lionel Damer, half length in Red Coat with Grey Vest
1765062 Portrait of the Hon. Lionel Damer, half length in Red Coat with Grey Vest and White Cravat, holding a Paper and Quill Pen (oil on canvas) by Batoni

Salon des Cent, 1896 (lithograph in colours)
1766908 Salon des Cent, 1896 (lithograph in colours) by Mucha, Alphonse Marie (1860-1939); 63x44 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Salon des Cent. Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939). Lithograph in colours

The Book Seller, from a book on the street calls of Peking, c
CHT176867 The Book Seller, from a book on the street calls of Peking, c.1785 (w/c and gouache on paper) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Page of Advertisements (engraving)
1107412 Page of Advertisements (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page of Advertisements)

Pen Box (Qalamdan) Depicting Shah Isma il in a Battle against the Uzbeks, Iran, early 19th century. Possibly made by master court painter Mirza Baba (active 1780s-1810)

Pen Box with a Europeanizing Landscape, Iran, late 17th-early 18th century. Safavid artist Haji Muhammad

Seal Stone, Iran, 10th-11th century. Creator: Unknown
Seal Stone, Iran, 10th-11th century

Inscribed Seal, Iran, 10th-11th century. Creator: Unknown
Inscribed Seal, Iran, 10th-11th century. " Rely on God; " or " Ali trusts in God"

The House Maid, 1910. Creator: William McGregor Paxton
The House Maid, 1910

Inkwell with Zodiac Signs, probably Iran, early 13th century. Creator: Unknown
Inkwell with Zodiac Signs, probably Iran, early 13th century

Seal with Hebrew Inscription, Iran, 10th-11th century. Creator: Unknown
Seal with Hebrew Inscription, Iran, 10th-11th century. May testify to the existence of a Jewish community in eleventh-century Nishapur, or could be a talisman

Inscribed Pen Box, Iran, 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Inscribed Pen Box, Iran, 15th century. Inscriptions in thuluth and naskh scripts include poetic verses and good wishes to the owner

Seal, Iran, 5th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Seal, Iran, 5th-12th century

A Lady About to Write a Poem, ca. 1820. Creator: Gakutei
A Lady About to Write a Poem, ca. 1820

Representation of the Dance-Play "Dojoji". Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Representation of the Dance-Play " Dojoji"

Court Lady at Her Writing Table From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shu), vol. 3, ca. 1820s

Print of a Kabuki Dancer from the Maiden of the Dojoji Temple (Musume Dojoji), ca. 1810s

Chinese Lady Seated at a Table, Composing an Ode, 1835. Creator: Gakutei
Chinese Lady Seated at a Table, Composing an Ode, 1835

A Whetstone with a Razor, and an Envelope for a Present, 1811. Creator: Unknown
A Whetstone with a Razor, and an Envelope for a Present, 1811

Trade Card for Thomas Harper, Copper Plate Printer and Stationer, 18th century

Designs of Writing-Paper with Flowers, 19th century. 19th century. Creator: Shinsai
Designs of Writing-Paper with Flowers, 19th century

Stand, Box and Writing-Paper, probably 1816. probably 1816. Creator: Shinsai
Stand, Box and Writing-Paper, probably 1816

Books and Cards, 18th-19th century. 18th-19th century. Creator: Reisai
Books and Cards, 18th-19th century

Brushes and Paper Ornaments, 19th century. 19th century. Creator: Shinsai
Brushes and Paper Ornaments, 19th century

Christmas Cheer Date: 1940

Guests Bearing Gifts Date: 1940

Coach in Winter Date: 1940

Going to Party Date: 1940

Decorated Forest

Evening Street Scene

Bringing the Tree Home Date: 1930

Family Christmas

Children Hearing Carols

Gardners Gallery, 7th and D Streets, Washington, D. C. 1864. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Gardners Gallery, 7th and D Streets, Washington, D.C. 1864

S. & J. Fuller printseller & stationery supplier S. & J
Publishers of at the time the greatest variety of sporting prints and rudimental works of drawing by first artists. Date: 19th Century

ELEGANT LADY DRAWS
A French lady, wearing an indoor dress, sits on a stool while she sketches. Date: 1816

Abbeville, Maison Grande, Rue de la Tarterie, early 19th century. Creators: Harry Willson
Abbeville, Maison Grande, Rue de la Tarterie, early 19th century. Houses in the Rue de la Tarterie in the town of Abbeville on the north coast of France

Valentine Makers, 1875. Creator: H Johnson
Valentine Makers, 1875. A woman and her daughter doing piece-work making Valentines cards, applying various elaborate componenents to embossed lace paper

Man holding a sign, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Man holding a sign, 19th century. Figure in large spectacles and patched trousers, holding a blank sign which could be used for advertising text, invitations etc

The Walking Stationer, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
The Walking Stationer, 1760. A blind stationery seller with a child, to lead him. He carries a basket of memorandum books. From Cries of London, 1760

Rathbone Place, Marylebone, London, 1823. Artist: Smart & Sutherland
Interior view of premises, in Rathbone Place, Marylebone, London, 1823; the premises ofs and J Fuller, suppliers of artists materials, stationery and prints

The Cats let out of the bag or the Rats in Dismay, 1811
The Cats let out of the bag or the Rats in Dismay, pub March 1811 (hand coloured etching). The cats and rats faces are several famous political figures

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