Pupil Collection

Masters of Malvern College
Illustration by Fred May showing the Headmaster of Malvern College, Mr Frank S. Preston, taking a roll-call of some of his staff. Malvern College is an independent school in Worcestershire, England

DE BARBARI, Jacopo (half 15th century-1515). Portrait of fra Luca Pacioli with a pupil. Pacioli demonstrating one of Euclids theorems. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. ITALY. Naples

Medieval History. Jewish community. Teacher and student. Miniature. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Study room at Rugby School, 1967
An elaborately decorated study cubicle in Town House, Rugby School. Date: 1967

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

WILLIAM BYRD 1543 - 1623
WILLIAM BYRD English organist and composer, a pupil of Tallis. He is shown here conducting one of his compositions, which is being sung by Elizabethan courtiers

Alcuin of York (730-804). Alcuin presents to Rabanus Maurus
Alcuin of York, or Ealhwine, nicknamed or Flaccus (730-804). English scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, Northumbria. Alcuin presents to Rabanus Maurus to Saint Martin. Miniature

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

Winston Churchill School
WINSTON CHURCHILL Pictured as a pupil at the school of the Misses Thompson in Brunswick Road, Brighton, second row, second from left, in November 1886

Chemistry Laboratory at Eton College, Berkshire
Boys being taught in the Chemistry Laboratory at Eton College, Berkshire. Date: circa 1905

Two females handstands on beam

A desperate character. A woman detective pupil at the Baker Street school for lady sleuths, run by Mr Kersey, in disguise as a man puts the finishing touches to her character in order to further a

Infant Primary School, England - Schoolgirls in the garden
Infant Primary School, England - Schoolgirls holding hands in a long chain in the garden. Date: circa 1920s

WW2 - R. A. F Blind Flying Instruction
A photograph of a British WW2 Royal Air Force trainer giving his pupil instruction in blind flying, he is sat in the rear seat, completely covered by the hood. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Miles Magister Instructional Flight
A photograph which shows a British WW2 Royal Air Force instructor piloting a Miles Magister training aircraft, with the pupil sat in the rear cockpit. Date: circa 1940s

Six portraits of dancers, October 1922: Anne Bult a pupil of Madame Vandyck; pupils of the Edith Baird School of dancing in a pirates dance; Mary Poulton a pupil of Mlle Anita; Doreen Adams a pupil

Une Enfant Qui Sait Compter
This illustration, the title of which translates as The Child Who Can Count, shows a pupil speaking with an examiner, having the following conversation

The Victor of Verdun
A side profile portrait caricature of a military man, with a slumped posture and a sniffly nose. Date: circa 1917

The Soulful Hun
A portrait illustration comically presenting a Hun as soulful, by holding a flower while pleasantly smiling. Date: circa 1917

H C Prior, King's School Scholar, Eton Wall Game
H C Prior, King's School Scholar, Keeeper of the College Wall, The Eton Wall Game Date: 1909

Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso
Isaac Stern (1920-2001), Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso. Seen here with a young pupil. Date: circa 1980s

Young women and geisha on an Edo street, 18th century
Scene outside an office for servant placement with the entrance to a female bathhouse. An older woman talks to a nanny with baby and other working women

Mr and Mrs Gillingham with son Anthony at St Andrews day - Eton College. Date: 1935

Cartoon, The Parliamentary Toots -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis criticism of Lord John Russells government. Mrs Blimber (co-owner of a school)

Childrens Happy Evenings 1890
Children playing and being entertained by women as part of the " childrens happy evenings" initiative, designed to improve attendance in London Board schools by offering evening

Steerforth and Mr Mell, David Copperfield
Steerforth and Mr Mell at Dotheboys Hall, in a scene from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. 19th century

Humanised owls at school on a greetings postcard -- The Pursuit of Knowledge. Date: circa 1890s

Cover design, Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil
Part-work cover design by George Cruickshank, Frank Fairlegh or Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil, Part I, price one shilling. 1849

Probably pupil midwives, St Mary Abbot?s Hospital
Probably pupil midwives, St Mary Abbots Hospital. Reverse reads Midwifery 1933. Me G. Thomas. Annotated St Mary Abbots Hosp G Thomas Date: 1933

French Military Personnel 1871
Portraits of military personnel including: a veteran, a mastermind, a doctor, a stretcher bearer, an officer of state, a home guard, a drummer, a captain in the home guard, a foot soldier

WEIGHING A PUPIL
The Nit Nurse checks a young boy for head lice as the rest of the class look on with interest and possible apprehension! Date: 1958

Cartoon, Late from School-Room 1860
A small girl reads out aloud to her governess. Date: 1860

Schoolboy wearing mortarboard
Victorian schoolboy wearing mortarboard Date: Late 19th Century

PUPIL 19C SCHOOLBOY
Victorian schoolboy wearing mortarboard Date: Late 19th Century

Boys of the Ipswich Ragged School Date: circa 1860

Class from Carlton School, Grafton Road, London
Mixed class from Carlton School, Grafton Road, London - built in the 1880s. Date: circa 1890s

Girls at Hamilton House School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Owl teacher and robin pupils on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1880s

Folk Dancers in Wembley Stadium - Festival of Youth Date: 1937

Students playing cricket steam train in background
Students playing cricket (steam train in background) Date: 1905

Fire Drill! Date: 1930s

Two pupils at Marlborough College, Wiltshire, dressed for tennis. Date: 1911

Martin de Cervera. University classroom. Painted on the door
Martin de Cervera. Spanish painter documented around 1595 and 1621. University classroom. Painted on the door of the manuscripts repository in 1614. Library of the University of Salamanca. Spain

The Seven Liberal Arts. Rhetoric. Miniature of the thirteenth century where a teacher is teaching a class. Chateau de Chantilly. France

Woman police officer talking in a school classroom
Woman police officer (Helen Parnell) talking to a group of children in a school classroom. Date: circa 1980s

Study and fagging at Malvern College
Last minute study and fagging: some of the junior boys doing some hasty revision while one of them cleans a senior boys boots, at Malvern College, an independent school in Worcestershire, England

House dormitory at Malvern College
Senior boys getting ready to go to bed in one of the house dormitories at Malvern College, an independent school in Worcestershire, England. Date: 1958

Advertisement for National Benzole petroleum -- boy model (Denis Gilmore) in school uniform. 1959

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