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FANTIN-LATOUR, Henri. ReadingFANTIN-LATOUR, Henri-Th鯤 ore (1836-1904). Reading. 1863. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum
Display with Glass BarriersHand coloured. Illustration of some kind of display with glass barriers, with a corner running down the centre of the image
Womens War Work WW1 MunitionsA 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 SuffragettePlacard for The Suffragette newspaper (edited by Christabel Pankhurst), stating Buy & Read The Suffragette 1D Weekly. Printed in purple and green. Date: circa 1913
Indian troops stationed at Contalmaison during WWIIndian soldiers sitting and reading newspapers near to Contalmaison, France, during the First World War. Date: 1917
Mairi Chisholm reading in the cellar at PervyseMairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm of Chisholm, better known as Mairi Chisholm (1895-1981), Scottish nurse and ambulance driver during World War I pictured in silhouette, taking a rare
Marchioness of Downshire, 1915The Marchioness of Downshire, nee Evelyn Grace Mary Foster, pictured peacefully reading a book. At the time this picture was published
Tankard - A Souvenir of the Great WarTankard. Transfers read The Historical Touch. and What time. Base reads A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware
Vase - A Souvenir of the Great WarVase. Transfers read Dear. and Where did. Ornate border to rim. Base reads A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware
Milk Jug - A Souvenir of the Great WarMilk Jug. Transfers read Where did. and When the ell. Base reads A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware
Teapot - A Souvenir of the Great WarTeapot. Transfers read Dear. and Well, if you knows. Ornate border around the rim. Base reads - A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware
Neuve Chapelle - WWINeuve Chapelle. Including a separate hand-written description as follows - Here enemy made a counter-attack (under cover of a mist) in mass formation
Gott strafe England (For I can t)Gott strafe England. (For I can t). France. Censor stamp and signed E. B. K(itching) - see No. 4489, note on Censor. Message verso - From what I read, he is taking London by storm
Mother and child returning to the their shell-torn homeHome - A mother and child returning to the their shell-torn home. Captain Edward Handley-Read, Rba - Machine Gun Corps (1869-1935)
The Madonna of Montauban. Date: circa 1918
Hohenzollern Redoubt, nr Auchy lez BassHohenzollern Redoubt, nr. Auchy lez Bass饮 Captain Edward Handley-Read, RBA, Machine Gun Corps (1869-1935). Date: circa 1918
Trones Wood in distance from road to Longueval, WW1Trones Wood in distance from road to Longueval, Somme, WW1. By Captain Edward Handley-Read, RBA (1869-1935), Machine Gun Corps
Albert 1916 - The Cathedral from Rue Fardherbe. By Captain Edward Handley-Read, RBA (1869-1935), Machine Gun Corps. Date: 1916
The Canal near Bethune, WW1The Canal near Bethune. By Captain Edward Handley-Read, RBA (1869-1935), Machine Gun Corps
Chemical Theatre, Guys HospitalFrontispiece illustration of Chemical Theatre, Guys Hospital and title page of A syllabus of a course of chemical lectures read at Guys Hospital. Date: 1816
The Bystander being read in a British trenchA sentry keeps watch in a British trench while his comrade spends his turn off duty reading a copy of the Bystander, the latest issue of this journal
Selfridges books advertisement by H. L. OakleyAdvertisement for London department store, Selfridges and its book department, featuring a silhouette of a tranquil, cosy scene showing a family seated by the fireside, all enjoying a good book
Woman reads the news of a great British victory, WW1A woman reads the news of what is described by the newspaper as a great British victory in the early days of the First World War
Portrait photograph of Charles Dickens reading to his daughters. English writer and social critic
Reading by candlelightBeautiful illustration of a young boy and girl reading a book Date: 1926
A quiet corner on Sark. A woman in a brown skirt, pink hat and matching blouse reading a book on the stony beach of the Channel Island
Sheet music cover, Little Scouts, a march for piano by Ezra Read (1862-1922). Depicting four boy scouts and a dog in front of a tent. Date: early 20th century
Street parade with people in costumeA street parade with people in costume, including big heads
Uzbeks reading public decreeA group of Uzbek people wearing taqiyahs crowd around a public decree notice pinned to the wall of a building. Date: 1924
Reading a score in a music library. Date: 1940s
Obtaining Encyclopaedia Britannica booksEncyclopaedia Britannica, 16 larger double volumes instead 32 single volumes. General knowledge books with some colour illustrations. Small monthly payments. Date: 1925
Dorstone SundialAn ancient sundial on the village green at Dorstone, Herefordshire, England. They must have been tall people in the good old days to have read the time by this!
Cyclist in Plus FoursA cyclist wearing plus fours, stops to read the inscription on the sundial monument to daylight saving campaigner William Willet, Petts Wood, Chislehurst, Kent, England. Date: 1939
William Thom, PoetWILLIAM THOM Scottish weaver and poet, best-known for his poem The mitherless bairn which I haven t read because it is probably rather sad. Date: 1799 - 1848
Marguerite RobervalMARGUERITE ROBERVAL Unfortunate French girl abandoned on an island off Canada coast until rescued 1545 after two years : read full story in source below. Date: CIRCA 1542
James Rice, WriterJAMES RICE novelist whose novels are today little read, if at all... Date: 1843 - 1882
William Pett RidgeWILLIAM PETT RIDGE Writer, author of The second opportunity of Mr Staplehurst and A breaker of laws neither of which I have read and I don t suppose you have. Date: 1860 - 1930
JAMES READ churchman, missionary in Africa Date: CIRCA 1840
Joseph PoniatowskiJOSEPH ANTOINE PONIATOWSKI Marechal de France - but you ll need to read Berangers poem to learn whats going on in this picture. Date: 1763 - 1813
William Edward NorrisWILLIAM EDWARD NORRIS Prolific British novelist whose titles - such as Harry and Ursula - have not been read by me nor, I suspect, by you. Date: 1847 - 1925
Nicholas MichellNICHOLAS MICHELL Cornish writer whose poetical effusions include Ruins of many lands and The poetry of creation which neither you nor I have read, nor plan to. Date: 1807 - 1880
George MeredithThe English novelist and poet, George Meredith. Date: 1828 - 1909
Pestering the MasterTwo friendly dogs pester their master as he tries to read his newspaper in the back garden. Date: 1930s
Paul Hamilton HaynePAUL HAMILTON HAYNE American poet, nephew of the noted lawyer, who left us several volumes of poems, none of which you have read, have you ? Date: 1830 - 1886
Janet Hamilton, PoetJANET HAMILTON (nee Thomson) Scottish poet, who taught herself to read at age 5, to write at age 54 : she became blind in 1866 despite bearing ten children. Date: 1795 - 1873
The Grey Man, July 28 (1874). Read, Samuel 1815 - 1883. Date: 1874
Hokke Hall (Hokke-do) within the Todai complex, Nara, JapanThe Hokke Hall (Hokke-do) within the Todai temple complex - often called the Sangatsu Hall (Sangatsu-do) - where in ancient times the Lotus Sutra (Japanese)
Japan - Two Japanese girls in traditional costume reading a picture book. Date: circa 1905
