Lecture Collection

Scene in a lecture theatre, with chemical equations written on the blackboard, a woman giving a lecture, and students taking notes. circa 1940s

The Visitors Who Told the Master Off by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman, showing a somewhat arrogant visitor to a hunt lecture the Master of Foxhounds much to the shock of other members. Date: 1936

Barred from Womens Lecture for wearing bloomers
A woman wearing bloomers is stopped by a Vicar from entering a Lecture (for Women Only !) as she is wearing bloomers, which Rev Self Righteous views as totally unsuitable for a lady! Date: 1911

Balloon and parachute lecture, Charles Green

Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity
A lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity. In the early eighteenth century, Gray demonstrated that charges of electricity could be conducted by some materials

Girton College Lecture
A lecture at Girton College, Cambridge, a women-only college until 1977: the students concentrate and prepare to take notes

Chemist Demonstrates

An operation screened live in a medical lecture
An invention by Mr Herbert A. Silver enabling medical students to watch surgery from the lecture theatre. A circle of electric lamps is suspended over the operating table while the image is projected

Speke & Grant. Lecture
The explorers deliver a lecture at the Royal Geographical Society

YMCA Derby Lecture Hall during WW1

Derby YMCA Lecture Hall during WW1

Samuel Cody assorted memorabilia
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Extremely important Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate No.9, 1910, issued to S. F

Senate House & Library William Beveridge Hall
A photograph which shows the William Beveridge Hall, arranged for a lecture, at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden

Allan Boesak speaking at NUJ
Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician, stands at a podium making a speech to the National Union of Journalists in Central Hall, Westminster, London

Whitehall, London, pre-1691
An aerial view of Whitehall, London, prior to the fire of 1691. This image was used by Mark Lemon in his lecture About London in 1862. Date: pre-1691

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
DIE SCHWEIZERISCHE ROBINSON Mr & Mrs Robinson and their four sons sit down for the Sabbath Lecture. Date: First published 1812

Rev. W. Carlile found of the Church Army, lantern slide
William Carlile, founder of the Church Army, shown giving a lantern slide lecture

English grocer giving a lecture on hunting in a large room in the Dragon tavern, 19th century. The wall is decorated with hunting cap, leather breeches and three fox tails. Mr

Built of the Mayflowers timbers? A barn at Jordan s
Dr Rendel Harris lecturing at Old Jordans Hostel in Buckinghamshire, in a barn which he believed was built from timbers of the Mayflower. Date: 1920

The Nature of Light - Sir William Braggs experiments
The Universe of Light: Factors in " A Fascinating Problem". The Nature of Light - The famous physicist Sir William Braggs experiments at his opening lecture at the Royal Institution - aimed

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - Hartridge
Christmas lectures for children at the Royal Institution: Professor Hamilton Hartridge who lectured on Colours, and How To See Them, showing a cat s-eye telescope, 1946. Date: 1946

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - A. V. Hill
Polly and David Hill assisting their father Professor A.V. Hill at a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture: when the youngsters heart-beats were shown on a screen

Lecture tour leaflet, Richard Cotton Carline
Leaflet for USA lecture tour, Richard Cotton Carline, official aerial war artist, adventurer, artist, lecturer. circa 1928

Evangeline Booth, Salvation Army, by Ira L Hill
Portrait of Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army (daughter of William Booth, founder), by Ira L Hill. Used for her 1919 lecture tour, The Secret of the Salvation Armys Success. circa 1919

Sphere cover - Rosita Forbes
Front cover of The Sphere magazine featuring a photograph of writer and traveller Rosita Forbes dressed in the costume she wore on her travels to the Senussi in the North African desert

Lecture at the Museum of Practical Geology, London, 1852
Engraving showing Dr. Lyon Playfairs lecture on Glass at the Museum of Practical Geology, London, 1852. Date: 21 February 1852

WORKING MENS LECTURE
Lecture to working men on ornamental ironwork at South Kensington Museum. Date: 1870

A lecture at the London Institution
Dr Syntax attends a scientific lecture at the London Institution. Date: 1820

AN EVENING LECTURE
An evening lecture in polite society Date: 1854

Lecture at the Society of Arts 1900
A lecture at the Society of Arts. Date: 1900

The first Royal Aeronautical Society Mitchell Memorial ?
The first Royal Aeronautical Society Mitchell Memorial Lecture was given by Joe Smith, CBE, FRAeS, at the University of Southampton on 21 January 1954. From left: Dr Gordon Mitchell, AM Sir John N

Garden of Hamilton Place before Lecture Theatre construction
A sketch of the garden of No.4 Hamilton Place before construction of the Lecture Theatre

Churchill recovering from injuries following a car accident
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) leaves hospital after being struck by a car late one evening while crossing New Yorks Fifth Avenue in December, 1931, barely escaping with his life. Date: 1931

Wall panelling in the new Lecture Theatre c. 1960
Wall panelling in the new Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

The rear of No. 4 Hamilton Place from the park
The rear of No.4 Hamilton Place from the park during the final stages of completing the Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

No. 4 Hamilton Place during final stages of Lecture Theatre
The rear of No.4 Hamilton Place during the final stages of completing the Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

The rear of No. 4 Hamilton Place from Apsley House
The rear of No.4 Hamilton Place from Apsley House during the final stages of completing the Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Excavation of the garden at No. 4 Hamilton Place
Excavation of the garden at No.4 Hamilton Place prior to construction of the lecture theatre, circa November 1959. Date: 1959

Projection window and rear exit in the new Lecture Theatre circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Samarkand, Uzbekistan - Lecture in a Registan Madrasa
Samarkand, Uzbekistan - Students attending a lecture in a Registan Madrasa (Islamic Religious School). Date: circa 1910

Lecture by Diderot
DENIS DIDEROT reads a paper to a circle of friends Date: 1713 - 1784

Lecture on Astronomy, Paris
The Robin Theatre in Paris hosting a mid nineteenth century lecture aimed at attracting young people to the enigmatic branch of natural science astronomy. Date: 1864

The Big Wheel and Tower, Blackpool, Lancashire. The posters on the right are advertising a lecture to be given by Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett

Sir Stanley Hooker, Barry P Laight
From left: Sir Stanley Hooker, Barry P. Laight, RAeS President 1974-1975 and Lady Camm at the Sir Sydney Camm lecture, 17 February 1975. Date: 1974

LCC-LFB Wilfred Pickles (BBC) at Fire Brigade HQ
The BBCs Have a Go radio programme visited the London Fire Brigade with its host, Wilfred Pickles. The picture shows the radio broadcast from the HQs lecture theatre

Ancient Greek Lecture
A lecture in ancient Greece

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - H H Turner
Royal Institution Christmas Lecture. A new fairyland opened for children: little girls fanning away the white cloud formed by the pouring of liquid air on to water, at the Royal Institution

Atoms of which things are made
Sir William Braggs experiments in his opening lecture, concerning the Nature of Things delivered at the Royal Institution. Date: 1924

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