Desk Collection (page 5)

Captain Thomas Baillie (d.1802), 1779 (oil on canvas)
7337827 Captain Thomas Baillie (d.1802), 1779 (oil on canvas) by Hone, Nathaniel (1718-84); 91.4x73.7 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Nathaniel Hone)

Captain Philip Affleck (1726-99), 1744-67 (oil on canvas)
7337821 Captain Philip Affleck (1726-99), 1744-67 (oil on canvas) by Penny, Edward (1714-91); 94x66 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

John Harrison, Print, after Thomas King's 1767 oil portrait, in the collection of the Science Museum, London
7337507 John Harrison, Print, after Thomas King's 1767 oil portrait, in the collection of the Science Museum, London., 1768 (mezzotint) by Tassaert

Monk Alessandro della Spina, inventor of glasses, ca 1850 (illustration)
7422841 Monk Alessandro della Spina, inventor of glasses, ca 1850 (illustration); (add.info.: Science. Optics. Monk Alessandro della Spina, inventor of glasses, Pisa, Italy, 1296)

An adjustable desk and chair
5310068 An adjustable desk and chair; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an adjustable desk and chair for use in offices and schools. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Print of a woman wearing a Norman Head-Dress
3077698 Print of a woman wearing a Norman Head-Dress; (add.info.: Print of a woman wearing a Norman Head-Dress. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Portrait of Alexei Nikolaievich Kuropatkin
2604064 Portrait of Alexei Nikolaievich Kuropatkin; (add.info.: Alexei Nikolaievich Kuropatkin (1848 - 1925) in his library

Female clerks at a desk in an office, 1882
3478829 Female clerks at a desk in an office, 1882; (add.info.: Female clerks at a desk in an office. From The Quiver, London, 1882.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Literature. The french writer Jules Renard in his flat rue du Rocher, Paris. Photo, France, Nov., 27, 1901. (photo)
3434377 Literature. The french writer Jules Renard in his flat rue du Rocher, Paris. Photo, France, Nov., 27, 1901. (photo); (add.info.: Litterature. Photo, France, 27/11/1901. Coll. Part)

An officer's widow in mourning dress presents her son to the Commander in Chief for admission to a military school
FLO4669258 An officer's widow in mourning dress presents her son to the Commander in Chief for admission to a military school at Horse Guards. Steel engraving by T

Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, in his room at the Royal Hospital, Dublin (engraving)
8631626 Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, in his room at the Royal Hospital, Dublin (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Garnet Wolseley)

Carl Peters, Commander of the German Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (coloured photo)
8655482 Carl Peters, Commander of the German Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (coloured photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carl Peters (1856-1918)

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (coloured photo)
8655477 Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henrik Ibsen, (1828-1906), Norwegian playwright

Portrait of Charles Daniel, count of Talleyrand-Perigord (painting)
1759813 Portrait of Charles Daniel, count of Talleyrand-Perigord (painting); (add.info.: Charles Daniel, count of Talleyrand-Perigord (1734-1788) father of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

Bureau Design, from Album sur L'Ebinisterie: Le Guide du Fabricant de Meubles, Michel Jansen, Paris
STC255859 Bureau Design, from Album sur L'Ebinisterie: Le Guide du Fabricant de Meubles, Michel Jansen, Paris, late 19th century; Private Collection; (add.info)

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Studies of Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (engraving)
8626174 Studies of Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Crib, Crib, Crow, Cube, Cuff, Dart, Dead, Deer, Desk, Dice, Dime, Dine (engraving)
8649990 Crib, Crib, Crow, Cube, Cuff, Dart, Dead, Deer, Desk, Dice, Dime, Dine (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crib, Crib, Crow, Cube, Cuff)

William Thackeray in his study (litho)
8675774 William Thackeray in his study (litho) by Ward, Edgar Melville (1839-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Thackeray in his study)

Prologue to the Adventures of Don Quixote, 1869 (engraving)
8822170 Prologue to the Adventures of Don Quixote, 1869 (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info)

John Harrison...Inventor of the Compound Pendulum & of several Time Keepers, 1768 (Mezzotint)
7341882 John Harrison...Inventor of the Compound Pendulum & of several Time Keepers, 1768 (Mezzotint) by Tassaert, Philippe Joseph (1736-1803); 63.5x48.3 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Samuel Crowley, Purser (d.1836 or 1837), 1807-08 (oil on canvas)
7337876 Samuel Crowley, Purser (d.1836 or 1837), 1807-08 (oil on canvas) by Italian School, (19th century) (attr.to); 76.2x63.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

A typewriter of 1836, published 1897 (engraving)
481024 A typewriter of 1836, published 1897 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: From The Strand Magazine).

Portrait of Albert Robida (print)
3083271 Portrait of Albert Robida (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist)

Portrait of the anatomist Henrik Carl Bang Bendz, The artist's brother, 1829 (oil on canvas)
8710145 Portrait of the anatomist Henrik Carl Bang Bendz, The artist's brother, 1829 (oil on canvas) by Bendz, Wilhelm Ferdinand (1804-1832) ; Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen

Ferdinand I of Leon says the great (oil on canvas)
CUL4849675 Ferdinand I of Leon says the great (oil on canvas) by Unknown Artist; (add.info.: Ferdinand I of Leon says the great - Ferdinand I the Great (1016-1065)

Under the Lamp, 1875 (litho)
8698269 Under the Lamp, 1875 (litho) by Manet, Edouard (1832-83); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: By Edouard Manet).

A woman wearing a Norman Head-Dress
3078055 A woman wearing a Norman Head-Dress; (add.info.: Print of a woman wearing a Norman Head-Dress. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The naturalist Lacepede with Napoleon I, c.1900 (chromo)
2636227 The naturalist Lacepede with Napoleon I, c.1900 (chromo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. The naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacepede with Napoleon I)

Fulgence Bienvenue to his office, circa 1900
LSE4402877 Fulgence Bienvenue to his office, circa 1900; Private Collection; (add.info.: Fulgence Bienvenue (1851-1936) to his office, circa 1900); Photo © Leonard de Selva.

Asa Gray (1810-1888)
865033 Asa Gray (1810-1888); (add.info.: Asa Gray (1810-1888) American botanist, in the herbarium of the Harvard University Botanic Garden

Medieval book Collector (woodcut)
1574292 Medieval book Collector (woodcut); (add.info.: Woodcut of a Medieval book collector sitting at a desk reading. Dated 1494); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Goethe in his study with his secretary, John, 183 (litho)
8626214 Goethe in his study with his secretary, John, 183 (litho) by Schmeller, Johann Joseph (1796-1841); Private Collection; (add.info.: Goethe in his study with his secretary, John, 1831)

Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (coloured photo)
8655480 Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (coloured photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874), German poet

Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna, 1738-40 (oil on canvas)
XOS5877244 Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna, 1738-40 (oil on canvas) by Aved, Jacques Andre Joseph Camelot (1702-66); 153.5x121.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art

The Ghost of Christmas Past: Scrooge at the Schoolhouse, 1938 (watercolour, pen and black ink and pencil on board)
823341 The Ghost of Christmas Past: Scrooge at the Schoolhouse, 1938 (watercolour, pen and black ink and pencil on board) by Shinn

Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857), 1855-56 (oil on canvas)
7337837 Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857), 1855-56 (oil on canvas) by Pearce, Stephen (1819-1904); 127.5x102 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Cover of "Sherlock Holmes - Une Etude en rouge" by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
AIS5342592 Cover of "Sherlock Holmes - Une Etude en rouge" by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), published in 1887 in the Beeton's Christmas Annual (lithograph); © Iberfoto.

Captain Robert Knox (1642-1720) of the East India Company, 1711 (oil on canvas)
7337956 Captain Robert Knox (1642-1720) of the East India Company, 1711 (oil on canvas) by Trampon, P. (18th century); 126x102.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: P)

Roald Amundsen behind his desk in his office with a book on his lap, 1900s (b/w photo)
2094006 Roald Amundsen behind his desk in his office with a book on his lap, 1900s (b/w photo); (add.info.: Roald Amundsen behind his desk in his office with a book on his lap)

A woman writing a letter at a bureau in the 19th century, from The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June, 1891
3432526 A woman writing a letter at a bureau in the 19th century, from The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June, 1891; Private Collection; (add.info)

Napoleon Bonaparte's study, c.1800 (photo)
XZL150474 Napoleon Bonaparte's study, c.1800 (photo); Musee National du Chateau de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison, France; (add.info.: Percier, Charles (1764-1838) & Fontaine, Pierre (1762-1853);).

Sofa table with harp legs by Thomas Chippendale the Younger, 1802
BAL1828 Sofa table with harp legs by Thomas Chippendale the Younger, 1802; Stourhead, Wiltshire, UK.

Poster presenting the theatre play "Topaze" by Marcel Pagnol, circa 1928
LSE4111997 Poster presenting the theatre play "Topaze" by Marcel Pagnol, circa 1928.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Poster presenting the theatre play "Topaze" by Marcel Pagnol)

Captain James Cook (1728-1779), 1775-76 (oil on canvas)
7295323 Captain James Cook (1728-1779), 1775-76 (oil on canvas) by Dance, Nathaniel (1735-1811); 127x101.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

"John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress'...in Bedford Gaol,...by G. F. Folingsby..., 1864
"John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress' to his friends in Bedford Gaol", by G. F. Folingsby, of Munich, in the exhibition of Fine Arts at Melbourne, Australia, 1864

Pussyfoot Johnson, between 1919 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Pussyfoot Johnson, between 1919 and c1920. Shows William Eugene "Pussyfoot" Johnson (1862-1945) who was an supporter of Prohibition and law enforcement officer

Louis L. Klotz, Minister of Finance, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Louis L. Klotz, Minister of Finance, between c1910 and c1915.

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"Unveiling the Stories: A Desk Through Time" In the quiet corners of history, a desk stands as witness to tales untold. Like an empty chair awaiting its occupant, it holds secrets and whispers from literary giants like Dickens and Orwell. As if touched by their creative spirits, this wooden sanctuary has been graced by great minds. GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950), known to us as Eric Blair, found solace at this very desk while broadcasting his profound thoughts over the BBC in London during 1943. It was here that he penned words that would ignite change and challenge societal norms. Carl Gustav Jung sought refuge at this desk too, delving into the depths of human consciousness. The artist Rex Whistler immortalized these introspective moments in "The Letter, " capturing Jung's contemplation amidst ink-stained pages. Even royalty sought comfort within these four walls; Queen Victoria herself sat here with Abdul Karim by her side, defying conventions of class and culture in c. 1890. Her reign extended beyond politics as she poured her heart onto paper from this very spot. Music echoed through these hallowed halls when Wagner composed symphonies upon symphonies on this sturdy surface crafted by Balestrieri's skilled hands. The melodies flowed seamlessly from pen to paper under his watchful eye. Charles Dickens' quill danced across parchment atop this timeless desk, birthing characters who still haunt our imaginations today - Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge - all brought to life within these humble surroundings. Love stories unfolded here too; Abelard and Heloise etched their passion into every stroke of their letters exchanged across time and distance. Their forbidden love transcended boundaries but found solace within the confines of this sacred space. Saint John of the Cross found divine inspiration at this very desk where he translated heavenly visions into poetic verses that continue to stir souls.