Older Collection (page 10)

Smiling and Scowling
Two adults and an older child smile at the photographer, three younger children scowl at the camera

French Bourgeois Family
Papa with his journal, mama with her sewing, the two older girls practising duets, the youngsters playing with the cat - while a log burns cheerfully in the hearth

Deserted Village / Betray
A young girl, betrayed by her lover, is discussed by two older women

Two Women Read by Fire
A young woman reads aloud by the fire while an older woman listens attentively

Boy Working at Coalface
OLDER BOY WORKING WITH A PICK Young men work as getters from age 18 : they work from as little as eleven to as much as 18 hours a day

Girl Carrying Coal
OLDER GIRL CARRYING COAL I carry a hundredweight and a quarter (60kg+) on my back, and am frequently in water up to my calves (Report)

Boys in Classroom
An older boys helps a smaller one with a difficult sum

Elizabeth I / More
QUEEN ELIZABETH I Anthony More is reputed to have painted her portrait when she was aged 21 however she looks somewhat older here

Dining on Oysters
An insolent young man smoking a cigar, puts on his gloves as he makes a parting comment to an affronted older gentleman who is stopped in the act of smashing open an oyster

Ways of Reading
Ways of reading : young read assiduously, older they will be distracted; older still they will need spectacles or magnifiers; yet older, they will doze over their books

Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and today Two modern women in the latest car pass a chauffeur driven woman in an older model

In the Nursery
The nursemaid baths the youngest, while three older children play

Witches & Cauldron
MIDSOMMARNATT in Sweden : While the older witches brew a magic potion, younger ones dance round the cauldron, and cats and bats screech and squeak

Witches in Flight
A young witch gets a lift on the broom of her older companion as they leave for the Sabbat

Children / Mixed 1867
A group of Victorian children listen to older girls reading a story

Tunguska Kulik Camp
Kuliks winter quarters near the Southern swamp. New growth rivals the older trees that perished in the blast

Smoking the first cigarette
A young boy is encouraged to smoke his first cigarette by two older girls, while a shocked lady intrudes upon the scene

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