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Anaximenes (c. 610-547 BC). Greek philosopher of the Ionian school and one of the first to place the origin of the universe on a principle called infinite

Official proclamation of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) as Empre
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 19th century. LONDON. Official proclamation of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) as Empress of India in the steps of the Stock Exchange

Arthur J. M. Jepshon reading the letter of the Khedive to off
Arthur J.M. Jepshon reading the letter of the Khedive to officials council, authorizing Stanleys mission and the evacuation of provinces of the Sudan on the part of the Egyptian authorities

Cloistered nuns. Gospel reading. 19th-century colored engraving

Pedagogues sarcophagus. Relief. III c. A. C
Pedagogues sarcophagus. Relief depicting a teacher with his students. III century A.C. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain

Zurbaran, Francisco de (1598-1664). Spanish painter. Saint Andrew, c. 1635-1640. Detail. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Japanese Geisha looking through a picture book
Japanese Geisha turning the pages and looking through a picture book. Date: circa 1904

Japanese woman reading a long document and smiling to herself. Date: circa 1905

Music cover, The Sea Side Schottische, by Ezra Read. circa 1890s

Music cover, The Return from Klondyke, A Descriptive Fantasia composed and arranged by Ezra Read. 1898

Music cover, Cinderella Waltz by Ezra Read. circa 1910

Five Japanese girls reading a Fairy Tale amid the blossom
A beautiful card showing five Japanese girls reading a Fairy Tale amid the blossom Date: 1905

George Alsop, Writer
GEORGE ALSOP English-American writer who hath drawne exact the Province Mary Land that those that read must fall in Love with it. Date: 1638 - ?

Ladies Read at Table
Bored with male-dominated conversation, women find their own diversions in cards, books and magazines; the chaps seem rather peeved... Date: 1927

Cartoon, The aperitif. A waiter stands beside a table whilst a seated couple read the menu. The woman asks her husband why he has such a good appetite

Cartoon, Communism and women. Husband and wife at the dinner table. He reads in the newspaper about how women are shared around the community under Bolshevism

Reading W / Book Machine
A man uses a circular contraption to read books, enabling him to move between volumes with ease. Date: 1588

MARY READ (102+)
MARY READ Resident of West Cowes, Isle of Wight, twice married, mother of eleven : she lived 102, perhaps 104 years, and visited Victoria at Osborne Date: 1749? - 1851

Balloon Seller / 1971
A balloon seller with an extremely large balloon, annoys a man by trying to read his newspaper over his shoulder. Date: 1971

Sir William Read / Grave
SIR WILLIAM READ Quack doctor and oculist Date: - 1715

Cj Fox / Read / Humphry
CHARLES JAMES FOX British statesman as a young man Date: 1749 - 1806

John Frost (Read)
JOHN FROST Social reformer, leading Chartist, convicted of treason and exiled to Tasmania 1840 - 1854 Date: 1784 - 1877

Visionary Woman and Book
The figure of a woman holding a book is seen by Turkish warriors : could it be that she is exhorting them to read the Bible and be converted ? Date: 1642

Aristocratic Lady
An aristocratic lady in her park, with a book to read and a servant at hand to fetch and carry : a year from now, the French Revolution will change her lifestyle... Date: 1788

Christian Hermit
A hermit kneels outside his cell, to read the Holy Word and contemplate Jesus on the Cross

The palmists warning (The New Science) -- an engaged couple have just had their palms read, and the palmist has warned them that they are not suited to each other. Date: 1887

Lady having her palm read
A lady having her palm read while others look on. Date: 18th century

Music cover, Coronation Grand March, composed by Ezra Read, with portraits of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. 1902

Schoolchildren in a school display area. Date: 1970s

Portrait of a working class man reading The Graphic

Passing Events revue by R H Douglas
Passing Events revue by R. H. Douglass. First produced Palladium Theatre, 8th March 1915. Sketches satirising events of the day were the essence of revue

Music cover, Postmans Holiday Ragtime (Le facteur en ballade), composed by Ezra Read. circa 1895

Lady reading in a room, c. 1800
A lady reading in a nicely furnished room, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Five dogs reading a notice on a New Year card
Five dogs reading a warning notice on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, News from Montauban, WW1
Cartoon, News from Montauban. Three young French women read an English communique about heavy firing in the Montauban region

Man with book, Close-up Photography, Manchester
A man has to remove his glasses to peruse a book entitled Close-up Photography in a Manchester bookshop. Date: circa 1981

Woman reads Iris Murdoch book, train to Manchester
A woman reads an Iris Murdoch book on a train to Manchester. Date: circa 1980

Cartoon, Uneasiness, WW1
Cartoon, Uneasiness, showing a naturalised German couple living in France. The man reads his newspaper, looking for reassurance, while his wife asks what is wrong. Date: 1915

WW1 - A Saving Grace
WW1 - An illustration personifying Britain as Little John Bull and Big John Bull. John Bull in his living room reading newspaper articles by Percy Scott and books by John Jellicoe

Parade on Whalley Road, Read, Lancashire
Parade on Whalley Road, Read, Burnley, near Padiham, Lancashire, England. Date: 1911

Two children reading books, on the cover of Nursery Rhymes Date: c. 1930

Boy and goat with comic magazine, Balham, SW London
A boy and a goat with a comic magazine, Balham, SW London. The original caption reads: The kid reads them and the goat eats them! Date: circa 1961

BESTEIRO, Juliᮠ(1870-1940). Spanish socialist
BESTEIRO, Juliᮠ (1870-1940). Spanish socialist politician, member of Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and Workers General Union (UGT)

MAURIAC, Fran篩s (1885-1970). French writer. Nobel Prize in Literature (1952). Portrait from 1910

FANTIN-LATOUR, Henri. Reading
FANTIN-LATOUR, Henri-Th鯤 ore (1836-1904). Reading. 1863. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum

Display with Glass Barriers
Hand coloured. Illustration of some kind of display with glass barriers, with a corner running down the centre of the image

Womens War Work WW1 Munitions
A painting of a munitions worker by Edith Harwood (1894-C1916) wearing the blue uniform of overalls and bonnet, the woman holds, with gloved hands, a shell

Suffragette Newspaper The Suffragette
Placard for The Suffragette newspaper (edited by Christabel Pankhurst), stating Buy & Read The Suffragette 1D Weekly. Printed in purple and green. Date: circa 1913

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