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Arrival of the Evacuees - World War Two, Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Stamps were issued for the Children to write home Date: 1940s

Nespekasuti, Scribe of Karnak. 490 BC. Ethiopian age. Egyptian art. Sculpture on rock. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum

Joseph Hopkinson
JOSEPH HOPKINSON American judge and jurist who found time in his leisure moments to write Hail Columbia, happy land ! in 1798. Date: 1770 - 1842

Brokers working. Nineteen-century colored engraving

Australia written on a beach. Australia

Rudolph Valentino in The Eagle (1925)
Italian Movie Actor Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) - seen here in the role of Vladimir Dubrovsky, a Cossack in the Russian Army in the silent film The Eagle (1925). Date: 1925

Railway porter sign writer Mr E A Burgar. 1938

People gather round to watch the railway porter sign writer Mr E A Burgar. 1938

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John Wycliffe translating the Bible into English, 1300s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Saint Jerome translating the Bible into Latin, known as the Vulgate. Hand-colored engraving of a painting by Ghirlandaio

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Scribes using the stylus and other means of writing in ancient times. Hand-colored woodcut

Monk copying a medieval manuscript
Medieval copyist writing a manuscript on a sheet of vellum, 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an earlier illustration

Early Christians reading from a scroll
Christians reading a scroll in the time of the Roman Empire. Antique hand-colored print

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Thomas Jefferson reading his rough draft of the Declaration of Independence to Ben Franklin, 1776. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Silk fabrics being sold at the Sunday market, Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang Provice, China, Asia

Saddam Hussein signature, Hatra, Iraq, Middle East

St Matthew / Evang / Miniatu
SAINT MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST encouraged to write his gospel by an angel

Thomas Kempis Inspired
German monk THOMAS A KEMPIS (Thomas Hamerken von Kempen) in inspired to write his Imitation of Jesus-Christ by no less than Jesus in person

William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, play first performed c1598. Dogberry, Constable of the watch, instructing his clerk to write down replies given by Conrade and Borachio: Act 4 Sc 2

When the War is Over, Maggie (1) WW1
When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front writes a letter home to his love. (1 of 3) Date: 1914-1918

When the War is Over, Maggie (2) WW1
When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front writes a letter home to his love, with a promise of marriage when he returns. (2 of 3) Date: 1914-1918

Lady on a south coast beach writing postcards to family. Date: 1937

Accident in fog and black ice, Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex
Accident in fog and black ice, near Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex, 31 December 1959, in which an Austin van was a write-off but the driver received only minor injuries. Date: 1959

WW1 - To My Dear One - A Drummer pens a poem to his love, using his magnificent bass drum as a writing stand. " Though from your side I am away; My thoughts are with you night & day; With eyes

Schoolgirl wondering what to write on her slate. 1891

WW1 Poster, Write a Cheque Today for National War Bonds. 1918

Photographer at work, checking through contact sheets. Date: 1972

Mesopotamia. Record of food supplies. Iraq. Late Prehistoric
Early writing. Pictographs drawn. Mesopotamia. Record of food supplies. From Iraq. Late Prehistoric period. About 3000BC. Early administrative text. Cuneiform tablet. British Museum. London. England

Juan Luis Vives (1493-1540). Valencian scholar and humanist. Portrait. He lived nearly his entire life in the Southern Netherlands. Engraving. Colored

Martin Luther (1483-1546). Engraving. Colored
Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Engraving by G. Spangerberg in Germania, 1882. Colored

Adriaen Backer (1635-1684). Amsterdam almshouse regents, 167
Adriaen Backer (1635-1684). Dutch painter of the Golden Age. Amsterdam almshouse regents, 1676. Detail. Oil on canvas. Staatliche Museum, Berlin. Germany

Limestone grave stele with greek epitaph of Theudaisios of E
Limestone grave stele with greek inscription, epitaph of Theudaisios of Euesperides. 300-50 BC. From Amathus, Cyprus. British Museum. London. England, United Kingdom

China. School of chinese writing. 19th century engraving. Colored

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784). French writer and philosopher. The tertulia of Diderot. Colored engraving of The Artistic Illustration, 1888

Brokers working. Nineteen-century colored engraving

Boethius (480-524). Consolation of Philosophy. Cover. Leyden
Boethius (480-524). Christian eclectic philosopher, compiler and translator of ancient philosophy of Aristotles treatises. Consolation of Philosophy

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

Reliefs representing a falcon-headed sphinx. Temple of Horus. Edfu. Egypt

Lady writing a letter. Colored engraving from 1888

Wool and silk tapestry depicting a banker making a loan transaction and recorded in the ledger. Arithmetic. 1520, approx. Tournai

An old man teach to write a child. French Sudan. 1893

Reinmar Von Zweter (1200-1260), Rhenish poet, teaches two young men in the Arts. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 323r. University of Heidelberg

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

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