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Caricature, Ws Gilbert and Pottinger Stephens
Caricature, Ws Gilbert (1836-1911) and Henry Pottinger Stephens (1851-1903), English dramatists. Gilbert, in the form of a schoolmaster, says of the younger man

Samuel Ruther. Crockett
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD CROCKETT Tireless Scottish novelist - The stickit minister, The raiders and many more - with an unfortunate tendency to write in dialect. Date: 1860 - 1914

Addressing a Parcel
If you have occasion to write an address on a parcel, it will prove much easier and less prone to error if it is written in pencil first. Date: 1940s

John Bunyan / & Angel
JOHN BUNYAN English preacher and writer is helped by an angel to write his books. Date: 1628 - 1688

Nothing Like Education
- Carter, I can actually write my name in the dust on the table ! - Faith, mum, thats more than I can. Sure theres nothing like education, after all ! Date: 1902

Robert Burns with Muse
ROBERT BURNS Scottish national poet with his muse: she interrupts him as he ploughs, and inspires him to write poetry Date: 1759 - 1796

Firemen and mechanic with burnt-out car, London
Firemen and a mechanic examining a burnt-out car in Pall Mall, London, 16 April 1936. One fireman (right) wears the old style brass helmet, while the two on the left are wearing the new cork helmet

Puppy on a Christmas card, trying to write a letter, with an overturned inkpot at his side. Date: circa 1890s

Clown on a triangular Christmas card
Clown bending down to write a greeting on a triangular Christmas card with an ornate border. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, the Christmas parcel, WW1
Cartoon, the Christmas parcel. A woman writes a note to go with her Christmas parcel to her husband, away fighting at the Front

Where to write on an American Travellers Cheque
Explanation of what to write and where to sign on an American Travellers Cheque. Date: 1920s

Page design, whos who, School Silhouettes
Page design for whos who in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Inscription Rock
Insscription left by R. H. Orton, Captain in 1st Us Cavalry, 1866 Adjutant General of California after the Civil War. Inscription Rock near El Morro, New Mexico

Suffragette, The House That Man Built. Pro-Suffrage Viewpoint showing suffragettes handing out Votes for Women leaflets. All are anxious to write M.P after their name

Blinded French soldier learning to write, WW1
At the Rue Boileau, a poilu, blinded in the war, learns to write. 1915

Letter writer and client, Naples, Italy. The notice says that the man can also offer his services in French. Date: late 19th century

Little girl writing by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in pink and white leans on a table to write, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1925

The First Lesson by Muriel Dawson -- a toddler in a pink dress writing on a slate. Date: circa 1920s

Little girl writing a letter by Muriel Dawson
A little girl pretending to write a letter by Muriel Dawson Date: circa 1920s

Write to Harrods for it, 1909
A page from a 1909 Harrods mail order catalogue, advising country customers of the availability of goods listed in the catalogue and carriage costs. Date: 1909

Young woman at desk writing letter
A young woman takes a moment to think about what next to write as she sits at her desk. Date: c. 1910

Dorning Rasbotham
DORNING RASBOTHAM Writer and Shakespeare look- alike (but alas, not write- alike !). Date: 1730 - 1791

Janet Hamilton, Poet
JANET HAMILTON (nee Thomson) Scottish poet, who taught herself to read at age 5, to write at age 54 : she became blind in 1866 despite bearing ten children. Date: 1795 - 1873

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Woman Seated Under Cherry Tree Write Poem Sheet
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An old man teach to write a child. French Sudan. 1893

Lady writing a letter. Colored engraving from 1888

COMTE, Auguste (Montpellier, 1798-Pars, 1857). French philosopher and sociologist
Comte, Auguste (Montpellier, 1798-ParIs, 1857). French philosopher and sociologist

Teresa of Avila (1515-1582). Religious reformer of the Carmelite Order. Engraving by Capuz. Colored

Lamartine, Alphonse de (1790-1869). French romantic writer and politician
Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869). French romantic writer and politician. Colored engraving

Santa Clause writing on a piece of paper

Santa visits in the night, What a wonderful sight note and pen

BOARDING HOUSE LIFE: 1. Sometimes there is a great scarcity of men (on one occasion the proportion was 7 to 1), the one being in great request until it was discovered that he was married. 2

Fame, Eternity and Writing Arts, Pieter van Gunst, 1731

1448902; out of copyright

Census at Bethlehem and the adoration of the shepherds, Jan Luyken, Jacobus Baptist, Pieter Mortier, 1700

Apollo on Mount Parnassus, 1669

Three figures visit a writer, Jacob Folkema, Anonymous, 1702 - 1817

The Mighty Angel and John Forbidden to Write; Unknown; London (probably), England, Europe; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes

John Commanded to Write and the Blessed Dead; Unknown; London (probably), England, Europe; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes

CHINA: PROFESSOR, c1919. A theatrical tableau of a Chinese professor writing in a book, surrounded by four onlookers, China. Stereograph, c1919

AD: WATERMAN S, 1919. American advertisement for Watermans Fountain Pen, 1919

Japan - Geisha writing a letter Date: circa 1902

A wealthy Chinese lady writing in the traditional style with brush and ink. Date: circa 1910

Different approaches to personal slights
" You Engleeshe you do not fight ze duel. Vat d you do ven you air insult?" " Oh, we write to the newspaper." Date: 1895

Young Russian Girl writing
I write to you, what else? Young Russian Girl writing a letter with a fountain pen. It looks as if quite a lot of blotting paper will be required... Date: 1910

Petroglyphs at Writing on Stone Provincial Park in Alberta Canada

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