Quill Collection (page 10)

George of Trebizond, from "True Portraits... "by Andre Thevet published in 1594
5668956 George of Trebizond, from A" True PortraitsA...A" by AndreThevet published in 1594 by Thevet, Andre (1504-92); (add.info.: George of Trebizond (1395-1472): from Crete

Portrait of the Rt. Hon. John Hely Hutchinson
CH35304 Portrait of the Rt. Hon. John Hely Hutchinson by Reynolds, Joshua (1723-92); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Louisa Hammond (oil on copper)
FIT86037 Louisa Hammond (oil on copper) by Kauffmann, Angelica (1741-1807); 26.8x33.7 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; eFitzwilliam Museum; Swiss, out of copyright

A Hurried Speculation, Warsaw, 1841 (litho)
LUB130696 A Hurried Speculation, Warsaw, 1841 (litho) by Piwarski, Jan Felix (1794-1859); 31x47 cm; Private Collection; Polish, out of copyright

Portrait of Thomas Pead, 1578 (oil on panel)
SGS119979 Portrait of Thomas Pead, 1578 (oil on panel) by Ketel, Cornelis (1548-1616); 86x70.5 cm; The Berger Collection at the Denver Art Museum

A Trompe L Oeil With A Pewter Ink Stand, Books And Papers, 1702 (oil on canvas)
CH24126 A Trompe L Oeil With A Pewter Ink Stand, Books And Papers, 1702 (oil on canvas) by Colyer or Collier, Edwaert (c.1640-c.1707); Private Collection; (add.info.: Life is short)

Charles Dickens (1812-70) at his desk, 1858 (b / w photo)
DHM137867 Charles Dickens (1812-70) at his desk, 1858 (b/w photo) by Watkins, Herbert (b.1829); Charles Dickens Museum, London, UK; eCharles Dickens Museum; eCharles Dickens Museum, London; English

Reproduction of a poster advertising Marquet Ink, 1892 (colour litho)
STC138816 Reproduction of a poster advertising Marquet Ink, 1892 (colour litho) by Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917); 117x76 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Lady Mary Stewart, wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose
CMO99993 Portrait of Lady Mary Stewart, wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose, 1749 (oil on canvas) by Ramsay, Allan (1713-84); 127x100.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

German poets Friedrich Schiller and Theodor Koerner in Loschwitz (engraving)
5208089 German poets Friedrich Schiller and Theodor Koerner in Loschwitz (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Alfred Tennyson - the Laureate of King Arthur (coloured engraving)
979463 Alfred Tennyson - the Laureate of King Arthur (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Number Three, Mars (litho)
908312 Number Three, Mars (litho) by English School; Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Nicholas Hardinge (engraving)
816487 Nicholas Hardinge (engraving) by Ramsay, Allan (1713-84) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nicholas Hardinge (1700-1758), English clerk to the House of Commons

Saint Luke (engraving)
812512 Saint Luke (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saint Luke, engraved by Freeman)

Portrait of John Wilkes (engraving)
819956 Portrait of John Wilkes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Wilkes, English radical)

Portrait of Jean Baptiste Gresset (colour engraving)
819871 Portrait of Jean Baptiste Gresset (colour engraving) by Chasselat, Charles Abraham (1782-1843) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jean Baptiste Gresset, French poet and dramatist)

Portrait of Miguel de Cervantes (engraving)
819869 Portrait of Miguel de Cervantes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, playwriight and poet)

Feigned Letter Rack with Writing Implements, c. 1655 (oil on canvas)
873825 Feigned Letter Rack with Writing Implements, c.1655 (oil on canvas) by Hoogstraten, Samuel van (1627-78); 80.33 x67.95 cm; San Diego Museum of Art

Thomas Masterman Winterbottom (oil on canvas)
780715 Thomas Masterman Winterbottom (oil on canvas) by Geller, William Overend (fl.1834-53); Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: Dr)

Victorian Christmas and New Year card of cupid scribbling on a notepad, c
3604110 Victorian Christmas and New Year card of cupid scribbling on a notepad, c.1880 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eDavid Pearson; English

Lazy Bobby (engraving)
3626086 Lazy Bobby (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lazy Bobby. Illustration for Chatterbox (1868). Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

A Writer Trimming his Pen, 1784 (oil on panel)
3545914 A Writer Trimming his Pen, 1784 (oil on panel) by Ekels, Jan the Younger (1759-93); 27.5x23.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dutch, out of copyright

A trompe-l oeil letter rack, with an engraving of King Charles II, a newspaper
3500163 A trompe-l oeil letter rack, with an engraving of King Charles II, a newspaper, a quill, a pen and a penknife (oil on canvas) by Colyer or Collier

The Archangels, 1890 (stained glass)
3475528 The Archangels, 1890 (stained glass) by Almquist, Carl (1849-1924); Church of All Saints, Pocklington, Yorkshire, UK; (add.info.: Shrigley & Hunt); eAlastair Carew-Cox; out of copyright

St. Mark, 1876 (stained glass)
3474899 St. Mark, 1876 (stained glass) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); St Martin in The Bull Ring, Birmingham, UK; (add.info.: Manufactured by Morris & Co.); eAlastair Carew-Cox; English

Wrong! Next Boy! (engraving)
3643605 Wrong! Next Boy! (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wrong! Next Boy! Illustration for The Boys Own Annual, 1893)

Joseph Carreras, poet and chaplain to Catherine of Braganza (mezzotint)
3638232 Joseph Carreras, poet and chaplain to Catherine of Braganza (mezzotint) by Green, Valentine (1739-1813); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Carreras)

William Lilly (engraving)
2781054 William Lilly (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Lilly. Illustration for Chatterbox (1889).); © Look and Learn

Dante Alighieri (colour litho)
727186 Dante Alighieri (colour litho) by Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri (Nerbini, 1937).); © Look and Learn

What am I to write father? said Tom (engraving)
725506 What am I to write father? said Tom (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: What am I to write father? said Tom)

Surnumeraire, illustration from Moeurs Administratives
740205 Surnumeraire, illustration from Moeurs Administratives, Dessinees D aprAs Nature by Henri Monnier, lithographed by Delpech, pub

Portrait of Robert Yeamans, 1642 (oil on canvas)
2830898 Portrait of Robert Yeamans, 1642 (oil on canvas) by Flessiers, Willem (fl. c.1627); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Portrait of Bernardino Spada (oil on canvas)
704435 Portrait of Bernardino Spada (oil on canvas) by Reni, Guido (1575-1642); Galleria Spada, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Bernardino Spada (1594-1661)

Portrait of a Seated man at a desk (oil on canvas)
704131 Portrait of a Seated man at a desk (oil on canvas) by Boilly, Louis Leopold (1761-1845); Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio, Italy; French, out of copyright

Michael Martin Harvey (b / w photo)
3102302 Michael Martin Harvey (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michael Martin Harvey)

L Ecrivain Public (colour litho)
3100063 L Ecrivain Public (colour litho) by Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: L Ecrivain Public)

Man with a violin
HGM81115 Man with a violin by Pothoven, Hendrik (1726-1807); Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands; eKunstmuseum den Haag; Dutch, out of copyright

Portrait of Sir Walter Scott (oil on canvas)
EDB50575 Portrait of Sir Walter Scott (oil on canvas) by Grant, Francis (1803-78); City of Edinburgh Museums and Art Galleries, Scotland; (add.info.: Scott (1771-1832), Scottish novelist, poet

The Doctor Expels a Pupil, from Frank Fairleigh or Scenes From the Life of a Private
2655421 The Doctor Expels a Pupil, from Frank Fairleigh or Scenes From the Life of a Private Pupil, pub. c.1870 (engraving) by Cruikshank

Silent Advocates of Temperance, 1891 (oil on panel)
PNH356622 Silent Advocates of Temperance, 1891 (oil on panel) by Lucas, Edward George Handel (1861-1936); 27.7x35.6 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries

Shakespeare
LLM338802 Shakespeare by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeare. Paynes Universum (1847).); © Look and Learn

Petrarch
LLM461647 Petrarch by Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Petrarch. Illustration for Storia d Italia by Paolo Giudici (Nerbini, 1931).); © Look and Learn

Saint Ambrose, c. 1796-1799 (oil on canvas)
499754 Saint Ambrose, c.1796-1799 (oil on canvas) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 148.7x225.3 (framed) 190x113 (unframed) cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Saint Mark (oil on copper)
CH401838 Saint Mark (oil on copper) by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666) (studio); 29.8x21.6 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian, out of copyright

A trompe l oeil of an engraving of King Charles II (oil on canvas)
RAF400891 A trompe l oeil of an engraving of King Charles II (oil on canvas) by Colyer or Collier, Edwaert (c.1640-c.1707); 59.7x29.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A trompe l oeil (oil on canvas)
RAF403514 A trompe l oeil (oil on canvas) by Klopper, Jan (c.1670-1734); 45.5x40 cm; Private Collection; Photo eRafael Valls Gallery, London, UK; Swedish, out of copyright

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"Unleashing the Power of the Quill: A Journey Through Art, Literature, and History" Step into a world where words come alive, guided by the delicate strokes of a quill. From Shakespeare's Bees to Pauline Baynes' enchanting illustrations in "The Chronicles of Narnia, " this captivating tool has left its mark on countless masterpieces. In "Portrait of a Young Gentleman, " an oil on canvas masterpiece, we witness the elegance and refinement that can be achieved with just a flick of the quill. The intricate details bring forth an aura of sophistication and grace. Saint John of the Cross, immortalized through an exquisite colored engraving, reminds us that even spiritual enlightenment can be conveyed through ink and parchment. His profound teachings continue to inspire generations. A chilling scene unfolds in Jacques Louis David's oil painting depicting Jean-Paul Marat's tragic demise at the hands of Charlotte Corday. The quill becomes not only a symbol but also an instrument for change as it witnesses revolutionary fervor turning into tragedy. At High Post Aerodrome, Supermarine test pilots take flight amidst innovation and daring feats. Their pens scribble notes capturing exhilarating moments as they push boundaries in aviation history - their stories etched forever thanks to this timeless writing instrument. Duns Scotus' philosophical musings find expression within his scriptum q manuscript. With each stroke of his quill pen, he delves deep into complex ideas that shape our understanding of existence itself. Baudelaire's haunting poetry finds visual representation in Charles Baudelaire's illustration for "Les Fleurs du Mal. " The intertwining lines mirror the dark beauty hidden within these verses - all brought to life by a simple yet powerful quill pen. Mozart's silhouette dances across time as his genius is captured through music composed with nothing but ink-filled feathers gliding effortlessly across paper. The magic lies not only in the melodies but also in the instrument that gave them life.