Desk Collection (#29)

Courtesan Dreaming of the New Year Procession, 1814. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Courtesan Dreaming of the New Year Procession, 1814

Letter M. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter M

Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1526

Libro quarto. De rechami per elquale se impara in diuersi modi lordine e il modo de recamare...Opera noua, page 2 (verso), ca. 1532

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya Brothel (Ogiya Hanaogi), from the series Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as Six Floral Immortals (Seiro bijin rokkasen), ca. 1794

Examination class for male and female students, Queens Road Evening Institute, London, 1908
Written examination in cvc class for male and female students, Queens Road Evening Institute, London, 1908. Seated in a hall in long rows, with teachers at the back

And When Did You Last See Your Father?, 1878, (c1920). Artist: William Frederick Yeames
And When Did You Last See Your Father?, 1878, (c1920). Fictional event from the English Civil War (1640s) showing a Royalist house under occupation by Parliamentarians

Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, at his desk, c1880. Huxley (1825-1895) was a prominent supporter of Darwin in the controversy that raged over his theory of evolution in the 19th century

Scene from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1927. Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan
Scene from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1927. I lay down the pen, and proceed to seal up my confession

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot receiving a letter of reference, 1898. Artist: Gustave Demoulin
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot receiving a letter of reference, 1898. A print from Les Francais Illustres, by Gustave Demoulin, Hachette, Paris, 1898

Horse Guards. The Commander in Chiefs Levee, c1841. Artist: T Turnbull
Horse Guards. The Commander in Chiefs Levee, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

General Post Office. Letter Carriers Room arranged for dispatch of Newspapers, c1841. Artist: Thomas H Ellis
General Post Office. Letter Carriers Room arranged for dispatch of Newspapers, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

General Post Office. Inland Office, c1841. Artist: Thomas H Ellis
General Post Office. Inland Office, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

Captain Carre of the H M T Egra, 1917

Writer, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Writer, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Wireless Telegraphist, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Wireless Telegraphist, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Wireless Telegraphist, (2nd Class), C. P. O and P. O, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Wireless Telegraphist, (2nd Class), C.P.O and P.O, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Stanley Baldwin, newly elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, May 1923 (1935). From The Royal Jubilee Book 1910-1935 [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

Modern moderation strikingly displayed, 1799. Artist: Kay
Modern moderation strikingly displayed, 1799. Modern moderation strikingly displayed, or a ministerial visitation of a sabbath evening school

Woman Writing a Letter, c1655, (1938). Artist: Gerard Terborch II
Woman Writing a Letter, c1655. Painting housed in the Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, Hague. From World-Famous Paintings edited by J. Greig Pirie [W. & G. Foyle, Ltd, London, 1938.]

The Hall, Shiplake Court, 1898
The Hall of Shiplake Court, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire as designed by architechts Sir Ernest George (1839-1922) and Harold Ainsworth Peto (1854-1933) (George & Peto)

Louis John Rhead (1857-1926) was an English-born American, artist, illustrator, author and angler, 1898. From The Studio, Volume Eight [London Offices of the Studio V, London, 1898]

Theodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, 1911. Botrel (1868-1925) was well known for his popular songs about his native Brittany

The Proctor and Parator, 1641, (1893). Title page of a tract on the abuse and exorbitance of the ecclesiastical courts, 1641

Henry Fisher, c19th century

The Library, Trinity College, Dublin, 19th century

The grammar school, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, 1885. Artist: Edward Hull
The grammar school, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, 1885. From Stratford-on-Avon, from the Earliest Time to the Death of William Shakespeare, by Sidney L Lee (London, 1885)

The Etcher, c1860-1880 (1924). Artist: Paul Adolphe Rajon
The Etcher, c1860-1880 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

Lord Randolph Churchill (1849-1895), English statesman, 1885
Lord Randolph Churchill (1849-1895), 1885. From a supplement to The Graphic (30 May 1885). Churchill was the father of the British prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill

School of young dancing girls at the Opera, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
School of young dancing girls at the Opera, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

A Gentlemans Dressing Room, 1771. Artist: J Golder
A Gentlemans Dressing Room, 1771. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London)

John Hunter, 18th century Scottish surgeon, (19th century). Artist: GH Adcock
John Hunter, 18th century Scottish surgeon, (19th century). Hunter (1728-1793) delivered a unique series of lectures on the theory and practice of surgery, which attracted many famous students

Doctors at the Universite de Paris, 1849. Artist: Edward May
Doctors at the Universite de Paris, 1849. A 19th century version of an original miniature from Chants Royaux, held at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris

The Reverend Doctor Syntax, 1828

June - Holiday at the Public Offices, c1836. Artist: George Cruikshank
June - Holiday at the Public Offices, c1836. Illustration from the Comic Almanack

The new registry of wills office, Somerset House, London, 1875. From 1837 the Registrar General of Births, Marriages and Deaths was in the North Wing of Somerset House

King Edward VIII at work, 1936. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as Edward VIII was crowned following the death of his father

King Edward VIII at work with his staff in St Jamess Palace, London, 1936. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury

The Queen and the Deserters Death Warrant, c1850s, (1900). Queen Victoria deals with official paperwork. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

The organisers of the Athens Olympics, 1906, (1936). As well as the inaugural games of the modern era in 1896, Athens hosted a further games, known as the Intercalated Games, in 1906

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish author, 1912. Artist: Emil Otto Hoppe
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish author, 1912. Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes. Supplement to The Bookman, 1912

Scribe or copyist, 15th century, (1870). An engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

Initial letter L, (1870). An engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

King Peter I of Serbia, July 1914. Suffering from worsening ill health and with the outbreak of the First World War only a month away

Hubert Lyautey, French First World War general and Minister of War, (1926). Lyautey (1854-1934) commanded French troops in the invasion and conquest of Madagascar in 1896-1898

John Hunter, Scottish surgeon, 1870. Artist: Francis Holl
John Hunter, Scottish surgeon, 1870. Hunter (1728-1793) gave a series of lectures on the theory and practice of surgery, which attracted many famous students, including Edward Jenner

Jules Lemaitre, French critic and dramatist, late 19th century. Artist: Dornac
Jules Lemaitre, French critic and dramatist, late 19th century. Portrait of Lemaitre (1853-1914) whose critical reviews of plays and books were extremely influential

Lectern, c15th century?, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Lectern, c15th century?, (1843). This item was dragged out of the lake at Newstead c 1750. It is believed to have been thrown into the lake at the time when the dissolution of the monasteries was

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