Letter Collection

Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Creator: Henry Wallis
Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) was an unsuccessful poet whose suicide became a symbol of blighted artistic genius

Letter from Mary Queen of Scots to Queen Elizabeth I, Sheffield, 29 October 1571. Artist: Mary Queen of Scots
Letter from Mary Queen of Scots to Queen Elizabeth I, Sheffield, 29 October 1571. Letter, in French, from Mary Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth

The Cossacks Reply to the Sultan (Zaporozhtsy), c1890, (1939). Creator: Il ya Repin
The Cossacks Reply to the Sultan (Zaporozhtsy), c1890, (1939). Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey, also known as Cossacks of Saporog Are Drafting a Manifesto

The Letter, 20th century. Artist: Rex Whistler
The Letter, 20th century. From The Studio Volume 120 [The Studio Ltd. London & New York, 1940]

Letter from John Hampden to Colonel Bulstrode after the Battle of Edgehill, 31st October 1642. Artist: John Hampden
Letter from John Hampden to Colonel Bulstrode after the Battle of Edgehill, 31st October 1642. Letter written from Northampton by John Hampden to Colonel Bulstrode

Letter from Sir Issac Newton to William Briggs, 20th June 1682. Artist: Isaac Newton
Letter from Sir Issac Newton to William Briggs, 20th June 1682. Letter written from Trinity College, Cambridge by Newton to William Briggs, MD

Letter from James Edward Stuart to Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, St Germains, 3rd May 1703. Artist: James Stuart
Letter from James Edward Stuart to Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, St Germains, 3rd May 1703. Letter from James Edward Stuart, the pretender, signed James R, to Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat

The Old Violin, 1886. Creator: William Michael Harnett
The Old Violin, 1886

Letter from William Cecil to Sir Christopher Hatton, 12th September 1586. Artist: Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Letter from William Cecil to Sir Christopher Hatton, Vice Chamberlain, 12th September 1586. Letter from Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Woman! Learn your letters!, 1923. Artist: Elizaveta Sergeevna Kruglikova
Woman! Learn your letters!, 1923

The Tax Collectors, 1520s. Artist: Massys, Quentin (1466?1530)
The Tax Collectors, 1520s. Found in the collection of the Liechtenstein Museum

Letter from Queen Mary (1542-1587) to the Abbot of Dunfermline, 1889. Artist: James Stillie
Letter from Queen Mary to the Abbot of Dunfermline. A letter from Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) to George Durie (died 1577) Abbot of Dumfermling

Letter by Arabella Stuart to the Countess of Shrewsbury, late 16th - early 17th century (1865)
Letter by Arabella Stuart to her aunt, the Countess of Shrewsbury, late 16th - early 17th century (1865). A direct descendant of Henry VII, Arabella Stuart, Duchess of Somerset

Detail of the Zaporozhets writing a letter to the Turkish Sultan, 1880-1890, (1965). Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey

Whitsun, illuminated capital letter in the Episcopal Sacramentary of Elna, manuscript on parchment made, probably in the scriptorium of the Cathedral of Elna (Roussillon), c. 1275-1300

Greetings from Worthing, postcard, c1913. Artist: Milton
Greetings from Worthing, postcard, c1913. Large letter postcard posted in 1913, with scenes from the Sussex seaside town

Letter by Oliver Cromwell to General Fairfax, 1646 (1865). Artist: Frederick George Netherclift
Letter by Oliver Cromwell to General Fairfax, 1646 (1865). Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax were the two senior generals on the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War

"The Challenge: A Puritan's Struggle between Honour and Conscience", by W. G. Orchardson..., 1864
"The Challenge: A Puritan's Struggle between Honour and Conscience", by W. G. Orchardson, in the Winter Exhibition of Cabinet Pictures, 1864. Engraving of a painting

Tommy writing home after battle, 11 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Tommy writing home after battle, 11 Jun 1917. A British officer, lying on the ground in a captured German trench in Oostaverne Wood, Belgium, writing a letter

"Squire Mayduke's Daughter" - drawn by John Gilbert, 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Squire Mayduke's Daughter" - drawn by John Gilbert, 1862. Illustration to a short story by Augustus Mayhew. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

"The Note and the Nosegay", by W. F. Yeames, in the Winter Exhibition, Pall-Mall, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"The Note and the Nosegay", by W. F. Yeames, in the Winter Exhibition, Pall-Mall, 1864. Engraving of a painting

Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Mariani. '...especially on Sundays after mass

The Post Office of Auckland, New Zealand: arrival of the "Home" Mails, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Post Office of Auckland, New Zealand: arrival of the "Home" Mails, 1864. "The mail-steamer from Sydney comes here once a month, bringing letters and papers from England

Self portrait, 18th century. Creator: Martin van Meytens
Self portrait, 18th century

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Dame de Qualité en Habit dEsté, between c1678 and c1693
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Dame de Qualite en Habit dEste, between c1678 and c1693

A Journey into the Herzegovina: Fate of a Turkish Spy, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown
A Journey into the Herzegovina: Fate of a Turkish Spy, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876....the death of a spy who had ventured in disguise to get information for the Turkish Pasha among

Letter Rack. Trompe l'oeil. Creator: Hindric Sebastian Sommar
Letter Rack. Trompe l'oeil, Unknown date

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

Trompe l'oeil, late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Johan Klopper
Trompe l'oeil, late 17th-early 18th century

Fourteen Ornamental Letters (C, D, I, Q) (image 13 of 14), 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Fourteen Ornamental Letters (C, D, I, Q) (image 13 of 14), 16th century

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

Portrait of a Lady, c1830. Creator: Thomas Sully
Portrait of a Lady, c1830

Queen Christina of Sweden (1626 - 1689), 1650. Creator: David Beck
Queen Christina of Sweden (1626 - 1689), 1650

Interior with a Young Lady Reading a Letter, 1668. Creator: Pieter de Hooch
Interior with a Young Lady Reading a Letter, 1668

Portrait of a Man, copy of a painting of 17th century. Creator: Anon
Portrait of a Man, copy of a painting of 17th century

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)

Folio from an Antiphonary with Initial P Containing The Ascension of Christ, c1365

The letter reader, 1795. Creator: Abraham Delfos
The letter reader, 1795

Minamoto no Yorimasa Preparing to Commit Suicide(He is not Danjo Matsunaga Hisahide), 1883
Minamoto no Yorimasa Preparing to Commit Suicide (He is not Danjo Matsunaga Hisahide), 1883. From Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage

British and native officers of Fane's Horse serving in China, 1860. Creator: Unknown
British and native officers of Fane's Horse serving in China, 1860. These corps of irregular cavalry occupy a notable position in the expeditionary army to China

Narihira's Servant Delivering a Letter to Takako, c1766. Creator: Shunsho
Narihira's Servant Delivering a Letter to Takako, c1766. Series: Tales of Ise in Iroha Order

Love letter, 1848. Creator: Waldmüller, Ferdinand Georg (1793-1865)
Love letter, 1848. Private Collection

Standing young man reading a letter, 1854-1914. Creator: Albert Neuhuys
Standing young man reading a letter, 1854-1914. Man in 16th-century dress, leaning against a tree

Sketches in India - Slinging Letter-bags across a Nullah in the Rainy Season, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in India - Slinging Letter-bags across a Nullah in the Rainy Season, 1858....the contrivance in use...when the streams

Sketches in India - the Catamaran Postman, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in India - the Catamaran Postman, 1858. Having..."shinned" up the side [of the ship] via the chains, on to the deck

Bathsheba in the Bath Receiving the Letter from King David, late 16th-early 17th century

Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Workshop of Francesco Trevisani
Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, late 17th-early 18th century. Italian cleric, grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII. Ottoboni was the last person to hold the curial office of Cardinal-nephew

Marie!...Marie!...elle me trompe, 1838. Creator: Honore Daumier
Marie!...Marie!...elle me trompe, 1838. Marie!...Marie!...she's deceiving me...'. From Croquis d'expression, plate 43

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