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Clare Sewell Read
Date: 1875

Children reading together Pals by C V MacKenzie
Charming illustration showing two children, arms around each other as they perch on a stool reading a book together. Date: 1920s

Children reading together Story Time by Mackenzie
Charming illustration showing two children, a boy and girl, sharing a book in the middle of a playroom. Date: 1920s

After Dinner 1877
A group of gentlemen, in formal evening attire, enjoying an after dinner drink. The original caption for this image read: Three-bottle men, were you? said Dr. Roy. Date: 1877

COMICAL ROAD SIGN
A motorcyclist pauses to read a comical road sign for Much Hadham Cold Christmas. Did they indeed. Date: 1950s

Reads patent garden watering engine 1851
Reads patent garden watering engine, exhibited at the Crystal Palace in 1851, demonstrated here in a real garden. Date: 1851

CHINESE LITERACY 1951
Chinese peasants are taught to read and write as part of Chairman Maos Great Leap Forward Date: 1951

MORNING AFTER THE BALL
THE MORNING AFTER THE BALL A pretty girl sits up in bed to read the morning newspapers review about the ball she attended. Date: 1889

FAMILY / HAMILTON / 1793
A family domestic scene in Britain. The children read and play musical instruments. Date: 1793

WOMAN & BOUQUET 1850 WOMAN & BOUQUET 1850
A typically bashful Victorian young woman receives a romantic bouquet and is about to read the attached letter to reveal the name of her admirer. Date: circa 1850

FAMILY / HAMILTON / 1795
A family domestic scene in Britain. The children read and play musical instruments. Date: 1793

COLONIALISM / DURBAN 1837
Jan Tzatzoe, Andries Stoffles, The Revd Dr Philip and Revds Read (senior and junior) give evidence against DUrban following ill- treatment of Africans Date: 1837

READING IN GARDEN
Four children in the garden read a fairy story Date: circa 1880

QUEENS SPEECH 1871
Queen Victoria attends the State Opening of Parliament. The Queens speech is read to the assembled Lords and Members. Date: 1871

GIRL & TEDDY READ C1912 GIRL & TEDDY READ C1912
A girl and her teddy read a picture book Date: circa 1912

Four gondoliers in their gondolas behind St Marks, Venice
Four gondoliers sit in their gondolas in a canal basin behind St Mark s, Venice, while waiting for tourist passengers. Three of the men wear dark blue striped shirts

An elderly man wearing a grey cloth cap - Palma Mallorca
An elderly man wearing a grey cloth cap sits on a park bench in Palma Mallorca, Spain. He read an open newspaper. He is dressed in smart casual clothes Date: 2006

A middle-aged man reads a book near a bookstall in Palma
Portrait of a middle-aged man with thinning hair standing by a bookstall in Palma, Mallorca, Spain. He reads an open book and wears a black leather jacket Date: 2006

Man in market cafe Mahon, Menorca, Spain
A man sits alone reading a newspaper at a small table between a cash dispenser and a toffee machine in a cafe in the indoor market of Mahon, Menorca, Spain Date: 2012

A churchwarden - Bath Abbey, England
A churchwarden sits to read beneath the memorials during a quiet moment in Bath Abbey, England Date: 1999

Two gondoliers wait for tourist clients at St Marks, Venice. One gondolier is silhouetted in the background, the other sits and reads a newspaper Date: 2013

Yawning boy reads comic during an internal flight in Iceland
A small boy ignores the specacular scenery of mountains and glaciers outside the aircraft window, and yawns while reading a comic during a short internal flight in Iceland Date: 1986

Young woman reading by Henri-Paul Mottez
Young woman reading. Henri-Paul Mottez (French, 1858-1937). Date: 1905

Lancaster Herald reads the Proclamation of the new Monarch
Prince Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) is proclaimed in London and throughout the Empire as the new sovereign, King George VI. Here the Lancaster Herald, Mr. A. G. B

Birth of Princess Margaret - Interested villagers of Glamis gathering outside the post Office to see/read the first bulletin

Ware butterfly bombs - A passing despatch rider
Photograph: Ware butterfly bombs - A passing despatch rider [... ] of Dower Street, Flatbridge, [... ] read a unique road sign wa[... ] beach-head against ?butterfly? bombs. Picture issued April ?

War News. Engraving after a painting by Jose Jimenez Aranda
War News. Engraving by Rico, after a painting of Jose Jimenez Aranda (1837-1903). Almanac of The Illustration, 1887. Colored

Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish painter and printmaker. Los Caprichos. Aquellos Polvos. Aquatint n 23 published in 1799

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (1466/1469-1536). Dutch Renaissance humanist and a Catholic Christian theologian. Portrait

Travellers to England! Jamaican migration advertisement
Travellers to England! Remember: There is unemployment in England. Make sure there is a job before you go. Make sure you know where you are going to stay, before leaving Jamaica

RMS Titanic in the stocks, Harland & Wolff, Belfast
RMS Titanic - rare cabinet style photograph of the Titanic in the stocks at Harland and Wolff, Belfast. In the foreground a sign reading White Star Royal Mail Steamer can clearly be read

House in Courseulles where King George VI stayed
There is a small hard to read Memorial Plaque above the central door. The King stayed here on 16 June 1944 much against the wishes of most senior military figures who were concerned for his safety

T W Read, Transvaal Scout Council
T W Read, District Scoutmaster, Transvaal Scout Council, South Africa

St Leonards-on-Sea Convalescent Home for Poor Children - Gir
Girls playroom at St Leonards-on-Sea Convalescent Home for Poor Children. Some girls play with the two large dolls houses, while others read

Trinity College Rugby Team, Dublin, Ireland, including N P Jewell (front row, far right). 1908-1909

Women Munitions Workers Keighley WW1
On 23rd September 1916, the West Riding Volunteer Regiment organised a flag day and procession with marching bands. It included an attractive tableaux or float by the Keighley National Shell Factory

Fish Delivery boy distracted by Tit-Bits
Fish Delivery boy distracted by the latest addition Tit-Bits - this promotional card is advertising life insurance (via the magazine) to insure ones life for 1000. Date: circa 1906

Bourgeoisie. Social gathering. Ladies. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

School of Talmudists, 1887, by Samuel Hirszenberg (1865-1908
Samuel Hirszenberg (1865-1908). Polish painter. School of Talmudists, 1887. National Museum. Krakow. Poland

United States. American War of Independence (1775-1783). Declaration of Independence: General Washingtons army in New York on July 9, 1776. Engraving by Howard Pyle, 1892. Coloured

Music Cover, Cat on Hot Bricks
Music cover, Cat on Hot Bricks, a Rollicking Rag for Piano by Ezra Read. 1922

Leonide Pigeaire
LEONIDE PIGEAIRE claims to be able to read blindfolded when she is magnetised : though accused of fraud, the question has never been resolved Date: 1837

Queen Charlotte / Read
CHARLOTTE SOPHIA OF MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ Queen of George III Date: 1744 - 1818

Edward VIII abdication message read in Parliament
King Edward VIII s, final and irrevocable decision to abdicate, his message being read in Parliament. " I, Edward the Eighth

Ypres - The Dump - Hill 60, Zillebeke
Ypres - The Dump. Hill 60, Zillebeke. Map References - I 29c : 28NW4/NE3. Captain Edward Handley-Read, Rba - Machine Gun Corps (1869-1935)

The British Firing Line - a portfolio of 12 engravings in colour from drawings made on the Western Front 1914-1917. Printed by George Pullman & Sons Ltd

Mike Read with Radio 1 Roadshow group
Mike Read (left), radio DJ and presenter, with a BBC Radio 1 Roadshow group

Reading the Talmud
An elderly Jewish man reads the Talmud, a central text of Judaism which includes discussions on Jewish law, ethics, customs and history. Date: 1884

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