Lesson Collection

A trombone lesson at the Conservatoire
Professor M. Delisse tutors a quartet of trombone players

Thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus. Extinct
Thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus (Thylacinus harrisii). Extinct. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Cartoon / Zulu War / Punch
A LESSON Punch comment on the British defeat; the lesson - despise not your enemy

Piano teacher and pupil, 1915
Teacher: What does ff mean? Child(learning military march): Fump! Fump! Date: 1915

Apprentice Engineers
Apprentices at an Engineering training school in Leeds. Date: 1968

Horn Lesson in a Wine Cellar
A group of gentlemen and a small boy congregate in a wine cellar to practice playing the horn whilst enjoying a drink or two (non-alcoholic for the small boy of course)

An Early lesson of Marching

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Native School. Date: circa 1910s

Lesson Time by Muriel Dawson
A sweet child in an embroidered smock dress studiously writes upon a slate

Pe Class / Melton Mobray
Physical Exercise - Fitness class in progress at Sarson School for Girls, Melton Mowbray

Learning to Lunge 1930S
A group of children have a fencing lesson and watch the teacher carefully as she demontrates how to lunge!

Teddy bears in a classroom having a music lesson. They sing at their desks while their teacher plays the violin. Date: circa 1900s

Physalia pelagica, Portugese-man-of-war
Illustration by Rene Primevcre Lesson from Voyage of the Coquille (1826-1338)

Chemistry Lesson
A male teacher leans over a group of schoolboys as he explains something to them during a Chemistry lesson at Nuffield Junior School, London. Date: 1960s

First Lesson in the Goose Step
A small scrawny goose leading Germen troops, in a goose-stepping lesson. Heath Robinson produced a large number of drawings for the Sketch during World War I

Green-throated carib, Eulampis holosericeus. Male adult
Green-throated carib, Eulampis holosericeus (Trochilus holosericeus). Male adult. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons

West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, and dugong, Dugong dugon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

A lesson in perspective. Illustration shows a perspective view with the Eye of the Law at the vanishing point where the little ones shield the more important figures in the foreground; from small to

Millinery Class
Schoolgirls at a London County Council School learning hat- making in a millinery class. Date: early 1930s

Greek Dancing Lesson
A dancing lesson : a woman instructs a young girl

White Girl in India 1901
A little white girl gives a scripture lesson to an Asian woman, with the aid of an illustrated bible

Astronomical Umbrella
Teacher using an umbrella to demonstrate the position of the stars to a group of schoolboys

Lesson in Agriculture
A group of farmworkers receive instruction in agricultural methods

Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, India
C. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk

Buru flying dragon, Draco lineatus (Draco viridis). Dragon de Bourou, Draco Bourouniensis, after an illustration by Rene-Primevere Lesson

Sombre hummingbird, Aphantochroa cirrochloris (Ornismya simplex, Trochilus cirrochloris), albino variety. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene

Great blue turaco, Corythaeola cristata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

An archerery lesson, Victorian period

Woodworking class, Victorian period

Bagpipe lesson, Scotland

The first lesson - Victorian period

Lesson Hour at Bulak, Egypt Date: 1898

Alican Land, We Have All Had A Lesson
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image depicts a gathering of Alican Land animals, listening to the Prime Minister's speech

The Astronomy Lesson
This oil painting portrays a young lady wearing a pink dress, looking out at the starry, night sky through a telescope from a seated position, aided by an astronomer behind her. Date: circa 1923

Cinemategolf, the latest in golf tuition. A pupil at the Portman School of Golf has her strokes filmed while receiving a lesson. Date: 1933

Helen Hicks and Eleanor Holm
American golfer Helen Hicks Harb (1911-1974) giving a lesson to swimmer Eleanor Holm (1913-2004) on Long Island. Date: 1931

Caricature illustration by G F Studdy, of dog on leash and boy being tipped out of bath tub with water. Captioned, The Swimming Lesson'

Grandmother giving little girl a knitting lesson Date: 19th century

Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, originally a private enterprise with women teachers, closed to men. Date: 1907

Teaching Mothers to Care for their Infants 1907
In a parish in St. Pancras, Battersea, poor mothers being taught how to care for their infants. Date: 1907

Prepare for the Holidays by William Heath Robinson
A man learning how to swim without water by correspondence from a college by letter. Date: 1919

Drawing lesson, Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex
Drawing lesson at Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex Date: 1935

Piano Lesson
Ellen et sa Grandmere. From a drypoint by Paul Helleu (1859-1927). A French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, and designer

Time for Lessons
The Lesson. Mother teaching her child to read

Clarnico
The Clarnico Lesson. Advertisement postcard for Clarnico sweets with a girl and her dog. Date: circa 1920

Nurse showing a baby to an old man and woman
Nurse showing a baby to old man and woman seated in front of a fireplace in a parlour, while the young mother and her daughters enter

English gentleman being shown into a drawing room for a musical night, 19th century. Facey Romford in tweeds playing the flute, Cassandra Cleoptra holding a music score. Mr

Advert for photography lessons 1884
An advertisement for photography lessons with the London Stereoscopic Company based on Regent Street, London, England. Date: 1884

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