Writing Collection

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 Book of the Dead of Hunefer, ca 1450 BC. Found in the collection of British Museum

A Radical Lawyer, 1902. Artist: Spy
A Radical Lawyer, 1902. John Lawson Walton KC MP, British barrister and politician. Walton served as Attorney General from 1905-1908. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, 6th March 1902

Thomas Tallis, (c1505-1585), English organist and composer, 1700. Artist: Niccolo Francesco Haym
Thomas Tallis, (c1505-1585), English organist and composer, 1700. Portrait made in 1700 of the 16th century musician, from English Music, (1941)

Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-66), ca. 1555-60
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-66), ca. 1555-60

The Torments of Creative Work. Artist: Pasternak, Leonid Osipovich (1862-1945)
The Torments of Creative Work. From a private collection

Hieroglyphs in the notebook of Jean-Francois Champollion, c1806-1832. Artist: Jean-Francois Champollion
Hieroglyphs in the notebook of Jean-Francois Champollion, c1806-1832. Research on the system of the Egyptian hieroglyphs by Jean Francois Champollion, the translator of the Rosetta Stone

Giant limestone statues of Rameses II, Temple of Rameses, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 1836. Artist: David Roberts
Giant limestone statues of Rameses II, Temple of Rameses, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 1836. The reign of the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II (ruled 1279-1213 BC)

Mycenaean Linear A tablet
Minoan Linear A tablet from Aghia Triadha, from the Archaeological Museum of Heracleions collection in Crete. Linear A is an early Mycenean writing system that has not yet been deciphered

Wall paintings in the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt

Sumerian cylinder-seal impression depicting a governor being introduced to the king
Sumerian cylinder-seal impression depicting Haskhamer, Governor of the city of Ishkun-sin is introduced to the King of Ur (Ur-Nammu) who is seated by the goddess Ishtar, note the symbol of the moon

Young Man Writing. Artist: Meissonier, Ernest Jean Louis (1815-1891)
Young Man Writing. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

The Moabite Stone, 1926. The Moabite Stone, discovered in 1868, is a black basalt stone bearing an inscription by the 9th century BC Moabite King Mesha

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

The Prince of Wales signing a visitors book in Canada, c1920s. The future King Edward VIII signs his name during a royal visit

St. John, seated and holding a writing instrument to a tablet, an eagle with outstretched wings below his legs, from a series of the four evangelists after Agostino Veneziano

Saint Matthew, dated 1518. Creator: Agostino Veneziano
Saint Matthew, dated 1518

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

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

Hall Braille Stereotyping Machine, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Paderewski, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Paderewski, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Polish pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) seated at an outdoor table.

Iva Shuster -- Judge F.B. House, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Iva Shuster -- Judge F.B. House, 1917. Shows Iva Shuster who was appointed as official stenographer for the City Magistrates' courts in New York City in January 1917

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

German Nurses learning Russian, between c1915 and c1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German Nurses learning Russian, between c1915 and c1918. German nurses in a class room studying the Russian language during World War I.

The Gutenberg Bible, 1455. Creator: Unknown artist
The Gutenberg Bible, 1455. Found in the Collection of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

Pictures from the 1603 Gospel, vestry of the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, 1911.

The Cotton Famine: school for mill operatives at Mr. Stirling's mill...Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: school for mill operatives at Mr. Stirling's mill, Lower Mosley-street, Manchester, 1862. Literacy classes for unemployed Lancashire textiles workers

Pictures from the 1603 Gospel, vestry of the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, 1911.

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

Irene McIntyre, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Irene McIntyre, between c1915 and c1920. Salvation Army worker Irene McIntyre of Mount Vernon, New York who worked on the front lines in France during World War I.

Recipes, Naval cooking school, 59th St. N.Y., between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Recipes, Naval cooking school, 59th St. N.Y., between c1915 and 1918. Students looking at a blackboard on which are written recipes for rye bread and other foods, at the New York Cooking School

Komsomol Leaders Rufina Chudnik and Anna Preikshas, 1925. Creator: Unknown
Komsomol Leaders Rufina Chudnik and Anna Preikshas, 1925. The "Kuzbass" autonomous industrial colony was created in 1921

Boris Lvovich Brook - leader of the KOMZET expedition in the Far Eastern region in 1927, 1948. Creator: Unknown
Boris Lvovich Brook - leader of the KOMZET expedition in the Far Eastern region in 1927, 1948. From a collection of documents, photographs, maps

The Conception of the Virgin. Creator: School of Pinturicchio
The Conception of the Virgin, Unknown date

The Four Evangelists, from c.1616 until 1624. Creator: Pieter Soutman
The Four Evangelists, from c.1616 until 1624. The Evangelists are seated together at a table, each engaged in the writing of his Gospel. Matthew's attribute is an angel, Mark's a lion

Truth, Time and History, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Francisco Goya
Truth, Time and History, late 18th-early 19th century

St Jerome, 1600-1699. Creators: Titian, Unknown
St Jerome, 1600-1699

Matthew the Evangelist with Benefactor, 1516-1547. Creator: Perino del Vaga
Matthew the Evangelist with Benefactor, 1516-1547

Young man writing at a window, 1734-1785. Creator: Jan Stolker
Young man writing at a window, 1734-1785

Imamurasaki, a Prostitute of the Kimpei Daikoku House, 1887. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Imamurasaki, a Prostitute of the Kimpei Daikoku House, 1887. Series: Lives of Modern People

Isobayashi Taii on Horseback at Castle Gate with Falling Stones, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Isobayashi Taii on Horseback at Castle Gate with Falling Stones, 1886. Series: Lives of Modern People

Takeda Kounsai's Mistress Tokiko in the Snow, 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Takeda Kounsai's Mistress Tokiko in the Snow, 1888. Series: Lives of Modern People

Tsukushima Masamori Fighting Kyosokabe Yataro, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tsukushima Masamori Fighting Kyosokabe Yataro, 1865. Series: Famous Fights between Brave Men

Torii Kyoemon (or Yaemon) Katsutaga Standing by a Moat, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Torii Kyoemon (or Yaemon) Katsutaga Standing by a Moat, 1875. Series: Exploits of the Tokugawa Clan

Ichimura Kakitsu Holding an Inscribed Fan, 1862. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Ichimura Kakitsu Holding an Inscribed Fan, 1862. Series: Elegant Portraits of Actors

The Death of Murata Sansuke, 1877. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Death of Murata Sansuke, 1877. Series: Chronicles of the Conquest of Kagoshima in Satsuma Province

Tokugawa Yoshimune Playing Kemari, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tokugawa Yoshimune Playing Kemari, 1875. Series: Brief Account of the Rulers of the Tokugawa Clan. Asukai Masanori Teaching Tokugawa Yoshimune to Play Kemari

Namikiri Juzaboro with Drawn Sword, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Namikiri Juzaboro with Drawn Sword, 1866. Series: Biographies of fine modern men

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