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Background imageReader Collection: Fireside Reader

Fireside Reader
A young woman wearing a gingham dress, sitting by the fire, reading an illustrated book. Date: late 1950s

Background imageReader Collection: Vols. I, II and III

Vols. I, II and III
Three ladies read by the sea on a bench, observed by two small dogs. Date: 1889

Background imageReader Collection: Ottoman newspaper with Dervishes (centre)

Ottoman newspaper with Dervishes (centre)
An Ottoman newspaper reproduced on a postcard, with a central photograph of Mevlevi Dervishes with ney player and Koranic reader

Background imageReader Collection: Salonica - Group of Whirling Dervishes with ney player

Salonica - Group of Whirling Dervishes with ney player and Koranic reciter (reader). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Background imageReader Collection: Constantinople - Whirling Dervish Group

Constantinople - Whirling Dervish Group with ney players, zither player and Koranic reciter. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Background imageReader Collection: Whirling Dervishes - young and old

Whirling Dervishes - young and old (Constantinople). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Background imageReader Collection: Card of Yogi Fazalelahi Sheikh

Card of Yogi Fazalelahi Sheikh
The card of Yogi Fazalelahi Sheikh - the Great Fire Walker and Famous Spiritualist

Background imageReader Collection: Boy on stilts

Boy on stilts
A boy on stilts smiles out at the reader

Background imageReader Collection: French Trade Card 20C

French Trade Card 20C
The hand-out of a French fortune-teller of Lyon - clairvoyant, palm-reader, card-teller and Secret Egyptian Work

Background imageReader Collection: History of Moll Flanders

History of Moll Flanders
A portrait said to be taken from life in Newgate (prison); designed to give the reader the impression that she was a living person

Background imageReader Collection: Shakespeare and Family

Shakespeare and Family
A precocious and voracius reader, young William reads aloud to his family in their Stratford home

Background imageReader Collection: Printing, 16th Century

Printing, 16th Century
A printing office showing the compositor, the printers and the proof-reader at work

Background imageReader Collection: Fire in a Hotel Room

Fire in a Hotel Room
Fire breaks out in a hotel room when a late-night reader falls asleep



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