Aloud Collection

Edmund Spenser reading to Raleigh
Edmund Spenser reading the first part of his epic poem The Faerie Queen to Sir Walter Raleigh in Ireland

LIGEIA "I would call aloud upon her name"; the narrator calls for his dead wife. Date: First published: 1838

Cartoon, Late from School-Room 1860
A small girl reads out aloud to her governess. Date: 1860

READING ALOUD FROM BOOK
Reading aloud from a book Date: 19th Century

Italian Nun and Educator Saint Angela De Merici
Saint Angela De Merici Italian nun and educator; canonised in 1807 Date: circa 1500s

Political structures by Genghis Khan
The image shows the Khagans deputy reading the regulations governing the meeting. 13th century

Young lady shortly fails to walk the tightrope
A young lady reads out a learned treatise upon tight-rope walking in a circus rather than actually performing on the high wire herself! Date: 1923

Girl Reading Aloud
A young girl reads a page from an old chronicle to her father and young sister

Reading Alound / Venice
Fellice Ballarin reciting Tasso to the people of Chioggia, a seaport in Venice, which used to be known in ancient times as Fossa Claudia. Date: circa 1885

Reading to a Gentleman
A young woman reads aloud to a gentleman Date: circa 1880

Father Reads to Family
At 25 minutes past 1, a German father reads to his family, while a servant girl pauses with a tray Date: 18th century

18Thc Frnc / Abbe Delille
The Abbe Delille reciting verse to attentive aristocratic ladies Date: 18th century

Reading a Story
Reading a story to guests at a Christmas house party Date: 1892

Charles Dickens reading to an audience
CHARLES DICKENS (1812 - 1870) Dickens reading The Story of Little Dombey at St Martins Hall in 1858. Date: 1858

Reading to Alice / Leslie
Alice in Wonderland - a mother reads to her daughter Date: 1879

Couple courting: The Triumph of Poetry
The Triumph of Poetry. Date: 19th Century

Four kittens on a cutout greetings card -- The Sewing Circle. circa 1890s

Suffragette, Mary Had a Little Hammer. Smiling suffragette brandishes her hammer, plate glass litters the pavement. Mary had a little hammer for a suffragette was she

Richard Steele Reading
SIR RICHARD STEELE Irish writer depicted reading aloud to his family. Date: 1672 - 1729

Syntax Reads Aloud 1815
Dr Syntax recites from his tour notes in a country inn: the reception by the other guests is varied. Date: 1815

Pupils reading aloud in geography lesson
Pupils read aloud to the class during a geography lesson Date: 1962

Girl Reads to Boy 1911
A girl reads from a book to a lazy boy, while another boy walks by, and wishes he could join them

Girl Reads Aloud to Mama
A girl, wearing a blue sash, stands next to her mama and reads aloud

Reading Chronicle / Persia
AHASUERUS or XERXES I the Great King of Persia (486-465 BC), who features in the Book of Esther, and fought against the Greeks

Mother Reads to Children
The children listen while Mama reads to them

Children Reading, 1867
A group of Victorian children listen to older girls reading a story

Mum Reads to Kids 1867
Victorian mother about to read to children

Herodotus / Muse / Leutemann
HERODOTUS Greek historian reading his works to the Greek people

Nares / Sunday Service
The Nares expedition aimed to restore to Britain the farthest north record in Alert and Discovery. Sunday morning service aboard the Alert

No Smoking Aloud
A very funny postcard about an Irishman who can t spell and thinks, poor fellow, that a notice saying NO SMOKING ALLOWED means NO SMOKING ALOUD, so he smokes quietly

Grandmother Reads Aloud
An elderly lady lays aside her knitting to help her grandson to read from the family Bible

Granddaughter Reads Out
A girl reads a letter from faraway to her grandmother by the kitchen range

Papa Reads to Family
Father reads by candlelight to his wife and their six children in a well- to-do household

Two Women Read by Fire
A young woman reads aloud by the fire while an older woman listens attentively

Shakespeare and Family
A precocious and voracius reader, young William reads aloud to his family in their Stratford home

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