Alphabets Collection

Ancient Arabic Alphabet
Different types of ancient Arabic alphabets Date: Circa 1760

Alphabet & Typography
The Ancient Japanese alphabet Date: Circa 1760

Ancient Alphabets
Various ancient writing examples including the Egyptian and Phoenician alphabets. Date: Circa 1760

Ancient Alphabets
Writing examples of the Arabic, Turkish and Persian alphabets. Date: Circa 1760

Alphabet / B for Bees
B - is for the Bees, that fly out here and there

Alphabet / D for Ducks
D - for ducks, swimming, diving, and playing together

FLOWER A
Flowery A

An alphabet of Dutch Dolls
Wooden Dutch dolls are contorted into the letters of the alphabet, showing off their supple wooden joints. 1912

U Monk in Wine Cellar
U A conscientious monk tastes the monastery wine to make sure it is ageing well and keeping in good condition, a duty which must be performed

Farmworker Takes Break
A British farmworker and his dog take a well-earned break from the plough

Reluctant Schoolboy 19C
A reluctant schoolboy is dragged to school by his mother

FLOWER S
Flowery S

FLOWER G
Flowery G

FLOWER B
Flowery B

Alphabet / M for Miser
M - was a miser, who hoarded up gold

Theban alphabet (Honorian alphabet or the Runes of Honorius
5615723 Theban alphabet (Honorian alphabet or the Runes of Honorius) and Celestial Alphabet (Scriptura Malachim or Angelic Script) Engraving from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486-1535)

Illuminated letter E, 1886 (print)
3775853 Illuminated letter E, 1886 (print); (add.info.: Illuminated letter E Livre 1886); Lebrecht Authors

LETTER A
THE LETTER A Date: 1709-1784

Letter Y, Yellowish Youngster Yodling Youthful Yack (colour litho)
5217851 Letter Y, Yellowish Youngster Yodling Youthful Yack (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter Y, Yellowish Youngster Yodling Youthful Yack)

Letter Q, Quiet Quaker Quashing Quarrelsome Quidnunc (colour litho)
5217843 Letter Q, Quiet Quaker Quashing Quarrelsome Quidnunc (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter Q, Quiet Quaker Quashing Quarrelsome Quidnunc)

Letter N, Nauseating Nut Negligently Noticing Neighbouring Nymphs (colour litho)
5217841 Letter N, Nauseating Nut Negligently Noticing Neighbouring Nymphs (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter N)

Letter E, Eminently Eloquent Electioneer Eliciting Extremely Exceptionable Egg (colour litho)
5217830 Letter E, Eminently Eloquent Electioneer Eliciting Extremely Exceptionable Egg (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter E)

Letter S, Singularly Self-satisfied Snob Superciliously Surveying Seedy Scavenger (colour litho)
5217844 Letter S, Singularly Self-satisfied Snob Superciliously Surveying Seedy Scavenger (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter S)

Letter O, Obstinate Old Octogenarian Offering Outrageous Or Otherwise Offensive Observations (colour litho)
5217840 Letter O, Obstinate Old Octogenarian Offering Outrageous Or Otherwise Offensive Observations (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter O)

Letter M, Merry Mediaeval Monk Merely Making Midnight Meditation More Mellow (colour litho)
5217839 Letter M, Merry Mediaeval Monk Merely Making Midnight Meditation More Mellow (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter M)

Letter K, Kindly Kaffir King Keeping Kidnapped Kinsmen Kowtowing (colour litho)
5217837 Letter K, Kindly Kaffir King Keeping Kidnapped Kinsmen Kowtowing (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter K)

Letter I, Inordinately Intemperate Individual Incurring Inevitable Indigestion In India (colour litho)
5217835 Letter I, Inordinately Intemperate Individual Incurring Inevitable Indigestion In India (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter I)

Letter V, Voluptuous Vegetarians Vacuum Visibly Vanishing (colour litho)
5217849 Letter V, Voluptuous Vegetarians Vacuum Visibly Vanishing (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter V)

Letter H, Hefty Housewife Heartlessly Harrying Her Hapless Henpecked Husband (colour litho)
5217834 Letter H, Hefty Housewife Heartlessly Harrying Her Hapless Henpecked Husband (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter H)

Letter F, Footlight Favourites Fairy Figure Furiously Fluttering Fair Females Feelings (colour litho)
5217832 Letter F, Footlight Favourites Fairy Figure Furiously Fluttering Fair Females Feelings (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter F)

Letter T, Truculent Turk Trying To Tempt Timid Turtle Towards Tureen (colour litho)
5217846 Letter T, Truculent Turk Trying To Tempt Timid Turtle Towards Tureen (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter T)

Letter R, Riotous Rabbles Rowdy Ringleader Running Rapidly Right Round Rotund Roberts Really Rather Restricted Reach
5217845 Letter R, Riotous Rabbles Rowdy Ringleader Running Rapidly Right Round Rotund Roberts Really Rather Restricted Reach (colour litho) by Hammond

Letter P, Peppery Papas Powerful Palm Proclaiming Parental Prerogative (colour litho)
5217842 Letter P, Peppery Papas Powerful Palm Proclaiming Parental Prerogative (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter P)

Letter G, Gluttonous Goat Getting Gastronomic Gratification Guzzling Governors Gaiters (colour litho)
5217833 Letter G, Gluttonous Goat Getting Gastronomic Gratification Guzzling Governors Gaiters (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter G)

Letter C, Constitutionally Courageous Constable Chasing Cacophonous Cat (colour litho)
5217829 Letter C, Constitutionally Courageous Constable Chasing Cacophonous Cat (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter C)

Letter X, Xenophon Xenodochising Xerodermatic Xanthippe (colour litho)
5217850 Letter X, Xenophon Xenodochising Xerodermatic Xanthippe (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter X, Xenophon Xenodochising Xerodermatic Xanthippe)

Letter L, Love-lorn Lyrist Letting Loose Luxurious Language (colour litho)
5217838 Letter L, Love-lorn Lyrist Letting Loose Luxurious Language (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter L)

Cover illustration for Alliterative Anomalies for Infants and Invalids (colour litho)
5217826 Cover illustration for Alliterative Anomalies for Infants and Invalids (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info)

Letter U, Unmistakably Unemployed Unit Undergoing Unqualified Uneasiness (colour litho)
5217847 Letter U, Unmistakably Unemployed Unit Undergoing Unqualified Uneasiness (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter U)

Letter J, Jocular Judge Jabbering Jejune Jokes (colour litho)
5217836 Letter J, Jocular Judge Jabbering Jejune Jokes (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter J, Jocular Judge Jabbering Jejune Jokes)

Letter Z, Zulu Zoologist Zealously Zigzagging Zebrawards (colour litho)
5217852 Letter Z, Zulu Zoologist Zealously Zigzagging Zebrawards (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter Z)

Letter W, Wayward Wastrel With Winsome Wiles Wheedling Worthy Wayfarer (colour litho)
5217848 Letter W, Wayward Wastrel With Winsome Wiles Wheedling Worthy Wayfarer (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter W)

Letter D, Dogmatic Divine Deprecating Diffident Donkeys Doubts (colour litho)
5217831 Letter D, Dogmatic Divine Deprecating Diffident Donkeys Doubts (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter D)

Letter B, Bashful Bather Bitterly Bewailing Breeches Borrowed By Bland But Brawny Beggar (colour litho)
5217828 Letter B, Bashful Bather Bitterly Bewailing Breeches Borrowed By Bland But Brawny Beggar (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter B)

Letter A, Aesthetic Anthropoid Apes Adopting Abnormally Apathetic Attitudes (colour litho)
5217827 Letter A, Aesthetic Anthropoid Apes Adopting Abnormally Apathetic Attitudes (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter A)

A Victorian oval Christmas card of a kitten looking at a book of alphabets, c
3603399 A Victorian oval Christmas card of a kitten looking at a book of alphabets, c.1880 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eDavid Pearson; English

The letter P (engraving)
973235 The letter P (engraving) by Lear, Edward (1812-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: The letter P. Illustration for Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets (Frederick Warne)

The Worrying Whizzing Wasp (engraving)
973150 The Worrying Whizzing Wasp (engraving) by Lear, Edward (1812-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Worrying Whizzing Wasp)

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Exploring the fascinating world of alphabets, from the Ancient Arabic Alphabet to modern Typography. Discover the origins and evolution of these ancient writing systems that have shaped human communication throughout history. Marvel at the intricate beauty of Ancient Alphabets, each symbol carrying a story within its strokes. Dive into playful learning with Alphabet-themed illustrations like B for Bees and D for Ducks, capturing the essence of childhood innocence. Let FLOWER A bloom in your imagination as you unravel its hidden meanings. Delve into cultural diversity with An alphabet of Dutch Dolls, showcasing the richness of language across borders. Join a U Monk in Wine Cellar or witness a Farmworker Takes Break through vivid alphabet-inspired art pieces that transcend words alone. Travel back in time to meet Reluctant Schoolboy 19C and experience education through his eyes. And finally, encounter M for Miser - an intriguing character who teaches us valuable lessons about life's priorities and can not just letters but gateways to knowledge, creativity, and endless possibilities.