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

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

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

Balloon and parachute lecture, Charles Green

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

Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity
A lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity

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

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

The Lecture, Louis Wain Cats - Comical Doings published Ernest Nister c. 1910. Date: circa 1910

Pietro de Crescenzi lecturing on agriculture, 15th century. The audience of gardeners, loggers, harvesters, hold adzes, scythes, sickles. La Lecon d'Agriculture. France, XVe siecle

English gentleman playing with a dog in a study, Regency era
English gentleman listening to a lecture from his bewigged father in a study. Tom Takeall in riding coat, striped waistcoat, buff trousers and riding boots, plays with his dog. Taking Advice

MURCHISON IN CAVERN 1849
A geological lecture by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, the noted Scottish geologist, in Dudley Cavern, is well attended Date: 1849

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"

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

The Big Wheel and Tower, Blackpool, Lancashire

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

Dr Archie Ballantyne, RAeS Secretary, and Dr A. J. Barrett
Dr Archie Ballantyne, RAeS Secretary, and Dr A.J. Barrett, Head of the Technical Department, at the opening of the Lecture Theatre in December 1960

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

NFS-Firewomen dispatch rider training
Women dispatch riders in training during the Second World War

Ancient Greek Lecture
A lecture in ancient Greece

Denis Diderot / Meissonier
DENIS DIDEROT French encyclopedist and philosopher who worked as a teacher and a translator. Discussing the encyclopedia with colleagues

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

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - H H Turner
Royal Institution Christmas Lecture

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

Lectern. 18th century. Spain
Lectern. 18th century. Wood and copper. Cathedral Chapter of Ciudad Rodrigo. Castile and Leon. Spain

Walter Crane Lecturing
WALTER CRANE English painter. Best known for imaginative and humorous illustrations, especially of juvenile books. Date: 1845 - 1915

Thomas Stevenson / Vf 1899
SIR THOMAS STEVENSON Forensic scientist Date: 1838 - 1908

William Ramsay / Vfair 08
SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY British chemist giving a lecture Date: 1852 - 1916

Eugene-Louis Doyen / Sem
EUGENE-LOUIS DOYEN French medical Date: 1859 - 1916

Phrenology lecture, 1852
Dr Gustav Schere lectures on phrenology at the Buchhandlerdorfe, Leipzig. Date: 1852

Mr. Young describing search for Livingstone
Edward J. Young, British explorer of Africa, describing his search for Dr Livingstone at the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society at Burlington House in 1868. 1868

Lecture theatre, London University, Burlington House 1871
The impressive lecture theatre of the London University at Burlington Gardens, filled with people (of the male variety) in 1871. Date: 1871

Wrens probationary officers at a lecture, 1940
Probationary officers of the W.R.N.S. at a lecture at Greenwich Training College, 1940. Date: 1940

Cartoon, Strategy, WW1
Cartoon, Strategy. An old man lectures a French soldier about military strategy. After the Battle of the Marne, he promises to explain the Hundred Years War! Date: 1916

Letter from Lt. Colonel Richardson, dog trainer
Letter from the renowned dog trainers Lt. Colonel Edwin Hautenville Richardson to the Royal Society of Arts, confirming that he would give a lecture for them on the subject of dogs in peace and war

Cartoon, Scientific Researches! New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air, by James Gillray

No. 2: People We Don t Envy by George Studdy, 1915
No. II: The Army Service Corps subaltern compelled to deliver a lecture on Supplies to a contingent of men recruited from grocers, butchers, provision dealers etc. Date: 1915

Entertainers near Orleans cathedral, circa 1815.. Handcolored copperplate engraving by M. S. from Benjamin Rotchs Manners and Customs of the French, London, Sotheran, 1893

ADLER, Alfred (1870-1937). Austrian psychiatrist: member of group around Freud. Oil

MOREAU, Jean Michel, called the Younger (1741-1814). Assemblee des Notables Presided over by Louis XVI, 1787. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. Palace of Versailles

Liber ordinum maior, 11th c Mozarabic chant
Liber ordinum maior. Ms 4. 1052. Tradition A Castilian-Leonese of Old Hispanic or Visigothic chant. Biblical codex to the lecture of religious services. Mozarabic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN

A lantern lecture for soldiers in a YMCA hut, WW1
Mental refreshment for fighting men: a lantern lecture in a Y.M.C.A. hut

Lectures at the Front, WW1
A lecture on scouting by a British officer in a small theatre behind the firing line on the Western Front

Emmeline Pankhurst Daily Mail 1913
A newspaper placard advertising the Daily Mail dated Monday December 8th, 1913, with the headline, Mrs. Pankhurst Last Nights Decision

AFS despatch riders at lecture, London, WW2
AFS despatch riders, male and female, at a lecture, London, Second World War. Date: 1940s

Eve talks to Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, WW1
Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine, lectures Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller during the latter part of the First World War, on the fact that his economy campaign

Chinese Guerilla School
Early in the morning, students gather in front of a picture of Sun Yat-Sen, founder of the Chinese Republic. They salute the national flag and listen to a lecture about the latest war news

North Shensi Academy
Students attend a lecture at the North Shensi (Shaanxi) Academy for Chinese Communists Date: 1938

Music conference lecture 1888
Conference of the national society of professional musicians. Mr. A.J Hipkins illustrating his lecture on the history of the pianoforte. Date: 1888

Tolstoys Daughter
Tolstoys daughter TATIANA, photographed at Milan where she gave a lecture about the domestic life of her father. Date: circa 1900

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

Professor G. T. R. Hill explaining how a variable pitch pr?
Professor G.T.R. Hill explaining how a variable pitch propeller works at a Dr Mann Juvenile Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, 13 January 1937

Professor G. T. R. Hill demonstrating a Sidcup flying suit?
Professor G.T.R. Hill demonstrating a Sidcup flying suit at a Dr Mann Juvenile Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, 13 January 1937

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