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1800s: Shots of man writing at desk.

1680s · ID: row-625

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United States 1800s: A young man in a period white shirt sits at an antique wooden slant-front desk, dipping a quill pen and writing in a ledger or journal. He is shown in profile and from behind, bent over the open book with papers spread across the desk surface, pausing occasionally to consider his writing. The reenactment costume and setting suggest a historical figure such as a bookkeeper, composer, or writer, possibly evoking Stephen Foster.

Subjects: 1800s 19th century accounting antique furniture archival footage bookkeeping brass hardware candlelight era composer concentration costume drama desk drawer handwriting historical figure historical reenactment history indoor scene ink journal ledger musician office paper period costume period dress profession professional quiet work quill pen sitting slant-front desk solitary work stephen foster vintage white shirt wooden desk working writer writing desk writing implement