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Mrs Tabithas Cat Academy Louis WainHumorous illustration by Louis Wain (1860-1939) showing a feline teacher instructing her kitten pupils
Humanised owls at school on a greetings postcard -- The Pursuit of Knowledge. Date: circa 1890s
Masters of Malvern CollegeIllustration 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
NADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER, French music teacherNADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER (1887-1979), French music teacher and conductor. Her students included Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Lennox Berkeley, Virgil Thomson and Leonard Bernstein. Date: early 1960s
The education of British Youth: Stonyhurst CollegeAs part of their series on the education of British Youth, the Illustrated London News ran a feature on Stonyhurst College, Lancashire
Large classroom, Harrow SchoolA large classroom at Harrow School with several classes held at once
Study room at Rugby School, 1967An elaborately decorated study cubicle in Town House, Rugby School. Date: 1967
Isadora Duncan / Ils 1909ISADORA DUNCAN American dancer, seen here with some of her pupils
Entrance, Christs Hospital SchoolPupils stand outside the entrance to Christs Hospital School
Sunday School teacher and pupilsA Sunday School teacher and his pupils
Schoolboys sitting on The Table Rock, Glyder Fach, Snowdon, North Wales Date: circa 1930s
The great artists of dance - Margaret Morris and some of her pupils, London, 1923 Date: 1923
Tonbridge School 1950SPupils at Tonbridge School. Date: 1950s
Harrow School in 1934A view up toward some of the principal buidings of Harrow School
Eton College courtyardScene with teachers and pupils in the courtyard of Eton College
Docking, Kings Lynn, Norfolk - The School Date: 1904
Harrow School, North London - The Old School Building at the top of the Obadiah Slope. Date: 1939
Teddy bears in a classroom having a music lesson. They sing at their desks while their teacher plays the violin. Date: circa 1900s
Street scene, Harrow SchoolPupils in the street outside Harrow School. Date: 1918
Pupils in playground, St Lukes C of E PrimaryPupils in a school playground, St Lukes C of E Primary
Rugby School with pupils playing rugbyExterior view of Rugby School with pupils playing rugby in foreground. Date: 1906
Chemistry Laboratory at Eton College, BerkshireBoys being taught in the Chemistry Laboratory at Eton College, Berkshire. Date: circa 1905
Teacher reading to infants, Brentwood, Essex
Two females handstands on beam
Tunisia - Arab SchoolAn Arab School in Tunisia. All of the students have removed their shoes and sit either side of their teacher with their writing tablets
Three SchoolgirlsThree schoolgirls in summer dresses look intently at drawings on the desk in front of them
Teaching Logic, 1481A teacher of logyke (logic) instructs his pupils, from Caxtons Myrrour of the Worlde, printed in 1481
London Ragged School, Battersea 1890sThe London Ragged Schools Union was established in April 1844 to combine resources in the city, providing free education, food, clothing, lodging and other home missionary services for poor children
Fyfield Residential Open Air School, EssexPhysical Exercise at Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex Date: 1935
Womens League of Health and Beauty, Prunella StackLady David Douglas-Hamilton, formerly Prunella Stack, with some of her students and teachers at the rehearsal of the Womens League of Health and Beauty for the first peace-time rally in Regents Park
Infant Primary School, England - Schoolgirls in the gardenInfant Primary School, England - Schoolgirls holding hands in a long chain in the garden. Date: circa 1920s
Boys of the Ipswich Ragged School Date: circa 1860
WW2 - R. A. F. Boys Entering Flying ClassroomThis photograph portrays a queue of British WW2 Royal Air Force pupils stepping into their flying classroom. Date: circa 1940s
WW2 - R. A. F. Observer SchoolA photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force pupils receiving gunnery training at an observer school. 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
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and family at BorodinoRussia - Tsar Nicholas II and the Imperial Family at a Convent at Borodino: one of the pupils offers the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich a work she has made. Date: circa 1911
Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody ArchiveEARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, 1912, by Mappin and Webb, hallmarked London 1912, with fine model of Cody?s Flyer, Type No
Frederic LamondA portrait sketch of the Scottish classical pianist and composer, Frederic Archibald Lamond, 1868-1948, who was one of the last surviving pupils of Franz Liszt
Opera, costumed music students, Royal College of MusicOpera, music students, Royal College of Music. Theatrical portrait of 6 students in costume, captioned Group of Mr Visetti's pupils in Le Roi L'a Dit'
Advert for Kinmel School, a boys public school in Denbighshire, aimed at preparing pupils for a career in business. Post-war, it became the site of the Clarendon School for Girls. Date: 1932
Acland County Council School, Kentish Town 1906Conventional way of teaching where all the pupils are facing the front of the classroom while the teacher is writing on the chalkboard. Date: 1906
Teacher reading to childrenA group of young children huddle around their teacher and listen intently as she reads from a book. Part of the exchange of culture that was the British-Soviet Friendship society. Date: 1960s
London Board School for Poor GirlsHead Mistress taking morning assembly, with girls standing-up in rows facing the front singing a religious song. Date: 1900
A study in an infant school, where the young children are learning their left and right hands. Date: 1898
Rest period, Fyfield Residential Open Air School, EssexRest period at Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex Date: 1935
Haymaking, Fyfield Residential Open Air School, EssexHaymaking at Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex Date: 1935
Gardening, Fyfield Residential Open Air School, EssexGardening at Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex Date: 1935
Drawing lesson, Fyfield Residential Open Air School, EssexDrawing lesson at Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex Date: 1935
Indian children, tea estate or school, c. 1880 sLarge group of Indian children, tea estate or school, c.1880 s
c. 1880 South East Asia - Chinese boys school Singaporec.1880 South East Asia - Chinese boys school Singapore
Davenie Watson, one of Billy Newsomes talented pupils, 1931 showing her fondness for a boudoir doll Date: 1931
Sketch by Bryan de Grineau showing the great dining-hall at Fettes College, Edinburgh. A master and two prefects are dining near the large stone fireplace carved with the Fettes College arms
Sketches by Bryan de Grineau of Fettes College, Edinburgh. The top picture shows the study rooms in Kimmerghame House leading off from a central common room with armchairs, piano and billiard table
Childrens Happy Evenings 1890Children 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 CopperfieldSteerforth and Mr Mell at Dotheboys Hall, in a scene from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. 19th century
Rugby School and playing fieldsThe playing fields of Rugby School, where the game of Rugby football was allegedly started when a pupil (William Webb Ellis) picked up the ball and ran with it during a school football match in 1823
Shaftesbury Society, Arthur Street Home, LondonA group of children stand at the rear of the Arthur Street Home run by the Shaftesbury Society and Ragged School Union. The children appear to be inmates or pupils of the establishment
Empire Day Commonwealth flag sent to England from AustraliaA flag sent to the boys and girls of Blackley Municipal School, Manchester by the pupils of Wellington Road School, Adelaide and unfurled on Empire Day by Sir Frederick Cawley, Liberal M.P
Empire Day - Union Jack sent from England to AustraliaA Union Jack flag, sent by the girls and boys of the Blackley Municipal School in Manchester to those of Wellington Road School, Adelaide, Australia
JelloJell-O advertisement...and remember girls, Jell-O, so easily made, is always welcome and in good taste. Cookery teacher and pupils. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal January 1924
The Busking, George Heriots School, Edinburgh, Scotland. Heriot (c. 1563 - 1624) was jewellery to King James VI of Scotland. In June, pupils busk at his foundation stone Date: 17th century
Shrewsbury Grammer School - library 1861Library was erected in 1595, but underwent considerable alterations in 1815. Square-headed windows at the ends were replaced by the pointed windows seen in the engraving. Date: 1861
GERMAN TEACHER / PUPILSA German schoolteacher and his pupils, having a lesson out of doors. Date: 1510
SOCIAL / GOVERNESS 1885A governess in a country house with brother and sister pupils Date: 1885
DEBS CURTSEYING 1934Debutante pupils of Mrs Ruby Peeler practice their curtseys ready for presentation at court. They have practice trains pinned on the back of their frocks. Date: 1934
COOKERY CLASS / PASTRIESA cookery class - the pupils appear to be making tarts. Date: 1920s
PUPILS HOME FROM SCHOOLHome from School on the commencement of the Holidays. A boy blows a horn to herald his and his siblings arrival home. They are greeted by an overjoyed mamma and brother. Date: 1835
PUPIL 19C SCHOOLBOYVictorian schoolboy wearing mortarboard Date: Late 19th Century
English Yokel practising maths on slate 1858An English Yokel practising his maths on a slate. Date: 1858
Southend - Never Never Land - Unruly ClassroomSouthend - Never Never Land classroom model diorama depicting a classroom with unruly animal pupils. Date: circa 1935
WW2 - Home Front - Schoolchildren in Chelsea, London take part in a paper-salvage campaign, carrying a total of two tonnes of paper from their school in Glebe Place to the Kings Road
FRENCH LADY FENCERS (1)A master fences with two female pupils simultaneously. (1 of 2) Date: 1885
Straw boater schoolchildren, StratfordChildren in school uniform, including straw boater hats, walk to school in Straftford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1990
The Art Studio - Tudor Hall School - Burnt Norton, Campden, Gloucestershire. In 1910, the school moved to Somerset from London
Class from Carlton School, Grafton Road, LondonMixed class from Carlton School, Grafton Road, London - built in the 1880s. Date: circa 1890s
Market Reports Illustrated - Tobacco"Market Reports Illustrated - " Tobacco - There was a sudden downward tendency!" A school Master spies three naughty boys grabbing a crafty smoke outside the school wall
Girls at Hamilton House School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: circa 1930s
John Hassalls London School of Art in Kensington, WW1An outdoor scene showing pupils at the John Hassall London School of Art busy painting at easels in the garden. The Tatler declines to give away the specific address as the school produced many of
Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB) School - Alberta, CongoExamination day at an Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB) School at Alberta, Democratic Republic of Congo. HCB (now Feronia) is a large-scale commercial farmland
Eton Boy in Street 1950SAn Eton schoolboy going nonchalantly into town. Date: 1950s
Physical education, BoxingAt a secondary school in Stoke on Trent, England, two boys box in front of their class mates, part of their physical education
Kaiser Wilhelm IIs sonsThe six sons of Kaiser Wilhelm II pictured in 1900: (l to r standing) Eitel Friedrich (1883-1942), Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951), Adalbert (1884-1948); (in front) Oskar (1888-1958)
Pupils coming out of Holmshill Middle SchoolPupils coming out of school at Holmshill Middle School in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Owl teacher and robin pupils on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1880s
