Items matching writing

A Guid Gangin’ Plea

A Guid Gangin’ Plea, From a water-colour drawing by Henry W. Kerr, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. An older gentleman sits at a writing desk with a quill pen in his mouth; he is holding what appears to be an opened [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, writing, colour

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2009-02-08

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1146.—Chair (Royal M.S. 14 E, iii.)

“The square-backed chair (Fig. 1146) was frequent in the mansions of the thirteenth century. In the fourteenth, they, and other articles combining household utility and elegance, were modified by the [...]

Keywords: furniture, chairs, people, writing, royalty, monks, scholars, christmas

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-19

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Evangelist with lion

A bearded man, perhaps in his thirties or forties, sits holding a book in his lap; to his left is a writing stand with an open manuscript; he holds a quill pen to his eye. There is a lion behind him, [...]

Keywords: colour, people, art, animals, windows, writing, pictures of books, religion, scholars, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-09-30

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The late Philip Bailey in his study at the Rope Walk, Nottingham

An elderly gentleman with white hair and a white beard sits at a writing desk, pen in hand, gazing out of the window, lost in thought. “Seldom has a poet come as near to absolute greatness, as Bailey [...]

Keywords: people, scholars, interiors, writing

Places shown: Nottingham; Nottinghamshire; England

Added: 2006-05-13

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