Learning Collection (#8)

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

Learning to Swim 1898
Learning to swim

Ragged School 1853
Children being taught at the Brook-Street ragged and industrial school

Apprentices & Trades
A group of apprentices learning various tasks in a rural setting

Learning to Ride Hobby
Englishmen learn to ride Johnsons Pedestrian Hobby Horse at the riding school in the Strand, London; the machine is based on Drais machine, the Draisienne

Learning, Parrot Fashion
Learning, parrot fashion

Epiphanius of Salamis
Saint EPIPHANIUS bishop of Salamis in Cyprus, theologian and authority on devotion to Mary, greatly respected for his learning

Languages at Westminster
The modern languages classroon at Westminster, with the boys learning from an early wax cyclinder gramophone

Academie Francaise
Allegorical depiction of the academy showing toga clad men of learning surrounded by scientific instruments participating in all branches of the arts & sciences

Window Cleaning Girl
Georgina, replaces the male window cleaner whilst he is in the army during World War Two. She wears an apron, a ladder on her shoulder and a bucket over her capable arm

Fire Drill 1930S
All saved! The importance of learning a fire drill is fully realised by those in charge of Childrens Homes. Here waifs and strays practice using a sheet as a fire escape

Chemistry Students 1930S
Female students at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School, London studying Chemistry and Biochemistry, learning the secrets of cell structure and minute organisms

Learning to Drive, Paris
Paris traffic presents problems, even in 1899, so cabbies and bus-drivers learn to avoid jaywalkers, cyclists, dogs, nurses with prams and other hazards of the streets

Pensioner Driver
Its never too late, as this Chelsea Pensioner, with a lady instructor or passenger demonstrates, as he learns to drive a car!

Learning the Balalaika
A group of Russian children being taught how to play the balalaika and mandolin, with piano accompaniment

Baby Learning to Walk
A small baby boy takes his first steps, helped along by his two sisters

Henry Duke Norfolk
HENRY HOWARD, sixth duke of NORFOLK - statesman and diplomat, considered a clown by some, by others a patron of learning. with his autograph

Stimulating Baby
A young mother, with baby on her lap, looks down tenderly as she holds up a finger to interest the child. Perhaps the baby is learning to focus

Child Clings to Mother
A toddler, perhaps learning to walk, steadies itself by clinging to its mothers skirt

Liebig Games - 2
Three boys construct a tower with wooden bricks, learning some of the basic principles of physics - gravity, balance and the distribution of loads

Despondency in Rome after learning of their armys defeat at the battle of Cannae

C19 French Schoolbook
Two pages from a French schoolbook, with a scene from an ecole maternelle (= dame school) and images of trades

College De France Fd
Francois founds the College de France, an institution of higher learning and research designed to complement (and compete with) the Sorbonne

Doctor Syntax meets a blue stocking beauty
Dr Syntax meets with a blue-stocking beauty

Pope Benedictus XIV
POPE BENEDICTUS XIV (Prospero Lambertini) known as the scholars pope for his learning

Adam & Eve Despair
Adam and Eve despair, learning that they are to be expelled from Eden

School Board Examination
An inspector from the School Board examines two cottage children to see if their mama is teaching them right

Women Working
Girls learning the art of salesmanship at the Westminster School of Retail Distribution, London

CAGLIOSTRO (1743 - 1795)
GIUSEPPE BALSAMO, aka CAGLIOSTRO, Italian adventurer here learning occult secrets from his master Althotas, who may never have existed

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