Learning Collection (#7)

The Bookworm by Muriel Dawson
A small child engrossed in a book, even though he looks possibly too young to be able to read

Dressing Time by Muriel Dawson
A sweet little girl with a blunt bobbed hair cut and blue dress finishes dresses by putting on her red shoes

Warne alphabet 1875. ABC
Page from a Victorian alphabet showing A for apple, B for broom and C for cart

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. MNO
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with M for magpie, N for nest and O for oyster

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. DEF
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with D for donkey, E for eye and F for fox

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. JKL
Page from a19th century alphabet book with J for jar, K for kitchen and L for lion. Date: 1875

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. STUV
Page from a 19th century alphabet book withs for saucepan, T for tree, U for uncle and V for violets

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. GHI
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with G for girls, H for hand and I for Inn

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. PQR
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with P for police man, Q for quail and R for rabbit

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. WXYZ
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with W and X, inexplicably, for bees, honey and hives (?), Y for yacht (thats better, back on familiar territory) and Z for the good old zebra

Thai Binh Reading Pavilion, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam
The Thai Binh Reading Pavilion in the former Imperial City of Hue, in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

Grand Peoples Study House, Pyongyang, North Korea
External view of the Grand Peoples Study House in Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea

Miniatures for Piano, music cover
Cover design for a book of piano music for children, Treasures from an Old Oak Chest, Miniatures for Piano by H Baynton-Power

Approach to Music, piano music cover
Cover design for a piano tutor, Approach to Music, Book I, entitled " How do you do, Mr Piano", by Tobias Matthay (1858-1945)

At the Conservatoire
A student practices her singing and oratory at a Conservatoire in France

Princess Anne visiting Penzance, Cornwall
Princess Anne (Princess Royal, b 1950), visiting the John Daniel Centre in Penzance, Cornwall. The John Daniel Centre provides day services for local adults with learning disabilities

Learning about traffic lights / W H Robinson
A comfortable way of learning about traffic lights. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Correspondence Course / W H Robinson
Learning to drive by Correspondence Course. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Learning to avoid obstacles / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Learning how to bring on an overtaking car / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

The New Safety Street for learners / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Stick Practice, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys in protective masks, taking part in stick practice on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Cutlass Exercise, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a cutlass exercise on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Tailoring Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a tailoring class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Practical Seamanship, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a practical seamanship class using a large model boat on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Navigation Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a navigation and compass class with a large model boat on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Sleeping Cots, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys in sleeping cots on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Sailmaking, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a sailmaking class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

James Hall, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
James Hall, who In 1868, with other local businessmen, set up a charity to provide shelter for Tyneside waifs and train young men for naval service

Cookery class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a cookery class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Seamanship Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a seamanship class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Gymnastics Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a gymnastics class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Shoemaking Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a shoemaking or repairing class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Algeria - Charitable Embroidery School
Young girls at work on embroidery at the Charitable Institution run by Mrs Ben Aben. They sit and stitch in the natural light of the open courtyard

Poster advertising Pygmalion for babys first toys
Poster advertising a shop called Pygmalion for babys first toys, open throughout the month of December

A Trainee Signalman
A trainee signalman operates the junctions on a model railway as part of his training. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Mosque Fatih Camii
The Mosque Fatih Camii - the Mosque of Mehmet the Conqueror. Built by The Conqueror between 1463 and 1470. Architect unknown

Leavesden Asylum, Hertfordshire
Male attendants in a ward at the Asylum for Imbeciles opened in 1870 at Leavesden near Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire

Schoolchildren at Cleopatras Needle, London
A class of London County Council schoolchildren on a trip to Cleopatras Needle on the Thames Embankment, Central London. Their teacher points with her umbrella and tells them all about it

Art Studio - Queens College, Harley Street. Ladies sketching a model, with the teacher alongside

Ups-a Daisy
A sensible provision now made on some of the nursery slopes, whereby the plump skier may, with the minimum of effort, regain his or her feet after a fall

Great Barr Park Colony, Staffordshire

Nurses Home, Great Barr Park Colony, Staffordshire
The Hailey Nurses Home at the Great Barr Park Colony, Staffordshire

Classroom Scene - North London School
An absolutely delightful photograph of a mixed class of school children, learning to write. They have each had to write the word cab, accompanied by a drawing of a horse-drawn cab

Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975. The chief centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic learning in the world and the worlds second oldest surviving degree granting university

A piano lesson
A young girl sits her doll on her lap and teaches it to play the piano

First Lesson
A young girl practises reading with her mother

School Lesson in the desert
Taking a school lesson in the desert. A magnificent photograph

Canadian soldiers learning how to attack with a bayonet

Clown learning to ride bare-back horses, c. 1888
Engraving showing a clown being taught either to ride horses bare-backed or to fly at a circus, c.1888

Greek Learning
After the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, Greek scholars flee to the west : the Medici family of Firenze (Florence) are particularly welcoming

Charlemagne & Scholars
He confers with scholars and clerics : he is a great patron of learning

Pacific Norfolk Island
Landing at Norfolk Island is often a dangerous matter, as the boats crew of the Maeander are learning

China / Reading & Writing
Chinese peasants are taught to read and write as part of Chairman Maos Great Leap Forward

Learning to Type
A young woman learns to type at a secretarial school, on a massive manual machine

Edwardian Schoolroom
The tutor of an Edwardian teaches the Young Master in the schoolroom of his home

Finer Points of Dancing
Man with an artificial dance partner, used as an aid to learning dance moves. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evan"

Pupils Learning Russian
Pupils learning Russian at Hatfield School

To Rambouillet
The Paris crowd, learning that Charles X has fled to Rambouillet, set out to attack him there

German Soldiers Training
German infantrymen learning to handle their rifles

Music Lesson / Bramfield
A class of pupils learning the recorder at Bramfield Primary School, Suffolk, England

The Model Actress
The model actress tries to read her script and stir a cup of tea at the same time

Learning to Roll Pastry
Two little girls (Princess Victoria and Princess Alice) are taught by their mother (Queen Victoria) how to roll pastry and make jam

Learning Riding Skills
Cadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr learn the finer points of riding

Learning about Horses
Cadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr learn about the anatomy of the horses they will ride

Fixing L-Plates
The first step in learning to drive : fixing L-plates to the family car

Learning Music
Studying and practising music on a wide range of instruments under the supervision of a teacher

Bicycle with Stabilisers
A child riding a bicycle with stabilisers on it

Girl Learning Lacework
A schoolgirl learning the art of lacework at the London County Council Handicraft School

Learning to Weave
A girl learning to weave on a loom at the London County Council Handicraft School

Stalingrad Lessons
Russian children take lessons in a bombed school building

Northerners & Bow 1555
Northerners learning to use the bow

Cultural Activities 16C
Mercury rides over in cockerel-driven chariot as citizens practice arts & sciences: painting, sculpture, music, medicine, astronomy & others

Two women potting plants
Two women learning the skill of potting plants

Students in lecture theatre, Warwick University, Coventry
Students in a lecture theatre at Warwick University, Coventry

Pupil reading with teacher
A boy pupil reading with his teacher, at her desk in front of the blackboard

Science lesson, Northfield House, Leicester
Teacher helps pupil with his test tube experiment at Northfield House Junior School, Leicester

Sheba Rebels
Sheba, son of Bichri, rebels against David, but is pursued to Abela whose townspeople, learning that its only Sheba they want, cut his head off and throw it to his pursuers

Barnardo Girls Ironing
Barnardo girls learning domestic skills at Dr Barnardos Girls Village Home, Barkingside (on the outskirts of London)

Christina / Sweden / Miniatu
QUEEN CHRISTINA of SWEDEN Reigned 1632-54, patron of arts and learning

Magdalene / Cambridge / 1907
Cambridge: Magdalene College the Pepys Library

Christina / Sweden / Fursten
QUEEN CHRISTINA of SWEDEN reigned 1632-54, patron of arts and learning

Scottish Gent 1646
Sir Thomas Urquharts fancy clothes - lace and trimmings at every point - could make you forget that he is renowned for his learning, notably for his translations

Learning the Flute
A music student is instructed by his teacher in the art of playing the double pipe, an ancestor of the flute

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