Reading Collection (page 11)

Hugh Miller, Scottish geologist
Hugh Miller (1802-1856), Scottish geologist. 19th century

The Pocket Book. early 19th century

Cartoon, Miss-Ann-Thropy. 19th century

Girl reading a newspaper on a greetings postcard
Girl wearing glasses, reading a newspaper on a greetings postcard. Date: early 20th century

Mother cat reading to kittens on a postcard
Mother cat reading to her two kittens at bedtime on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Lady on a bench reading a book on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, The Lotus Eater. 1901

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Penny Readings. 1901

Not Forgotten by Steer. 1888

Moliere reading his comedies to his housekeeper
The French dramatist Moliere reading his comedies to his housekeeper. 17th century

Jumbles by Lewis Baumer - Farmer Pigs and the Cat Family. 1897

Alexandre Dumas, Comedie Francaise
Committee Room, Comedie Francaise - Alexandre Dumas reading a play

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus as a child

Cookery
Small girl reading a cookery book. Artist Hilda Cowham. Date: 1915

Girl reading a book
Young girl in pink dress lying on the floor reading a book. Illustration from Delineator magazine October 1927. Artist anon. Date: 1927

Dickens scrap - Pip and Joe in Great Expectations
Charles Dickens scrap - Pip and Joe in the novel Great Expectations, Chapter 7. 19th century

My Mothers Bible -- mother and son, When I stood at mothers knee. (1 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

Interior, Parliament Library, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Interior of the Parliament Library, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, built in the style of a chapter house and inspired by the British Museum Reading Room. Date: circa 1910

Queen Victoria as a young woman. 19th century

Cartoons, W H Smith as Secretary for War - a Fancy German Portrait, and the Reality. William Henry Smith, newsagent, bookseller and Conservative MP

Viscountess Valletort and her son
Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, Viscountess Valletort (1808-1881) and her son, William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1832-1917). circa 1837

Joseph Chamberlain in his Library, Princes Gardens, London
Joseph Chamberlain in the Library of his Princes Gardens home in SW London. circa 1900

Edward Lloyd, newspaper publisher and paper mill owner

Stock Share Certificate - Reading Company, 81 shares. 1967

The Love Letter
Two country women reading a love letter over a gate. Date: 1890s

Between the Acts, ballet dancer reading
Between the Acts by Gordon Nicoll. A ballet dancer reads a magazine in the dressing room during a pause in the performance. Date: 1928

Girl reading - Young girl sitting on a cushion with her puppy reading her picture book. Artist: Angusine Jeanne Macgregor Date: circa 1920

Interior of the free public Library and Museum, Liverpool. Date: 1875

Cheltenham, Public School 1890s
Cheltenham, public School in Gloucestershire, with boy seated on long wooden benches reading. Date: late 1890s

CASHMERE TWINSET 1948
A young woman, with a short fringe and her hair up in a bun, models a cashmere twinset. Date: 1948

A young girl with blonde curls sits with her picture book on a stone bench in a woodland clearing. Date: 1913s

LATERAN TREATY 1929
Reading the Lateran Treaty outside the Lateran Palace in Rome. It was signed for King Victor Emmanuel III by Mussolini, making Pope Pius XI king of the Vatican State. Date: 1929

Father Christmas reading Xmas letters
Father Christmas reads his mail Date: circa 1870

PENN Air National Guard - Fairchild C-119J Flying Boxcar 51
Pennsylvania Air National Guard - Fairchild C-119J Flying Boxcar 51-8167 (msn 170), at Reading, PA. Delivered to the United States Air Force as Kaiser-Frazer C-119F-KM Flying Boxcar

Speakers at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, with several photographers alongside. A large banner behind them reads: Scrap Polaris. Date: late 1960s

Guglielmo Marconi reading a wireless telegraph message on tape from a across the Atlantic, on board the Italian Cruiser, Carlo Alberto. Date: 1902

A French schoolgirl. Date: 1851

Two young women at home, relaxing and reading their books. Date: 1910

Two girls reading books, one sprawled in an armchair, the other kneels on the floor. Date: 1910

A woman reading with her lapdog Date: 1910

Interior of the reading room at the London Library, in St. Jamess Square. Date: 1900

Harts, Temperance House, coffee and dining rooms at 159 Aldersgate Street, London Date: 1838

A group of Brahmans studying the scriptures. Date: 1890s

WW1 - Home Front - Keeping the home fires burning
Keeping the home fires burning. A Mother and her two daughters spending an evening by the fire while husband/Father is away at war

The General Election - Intelligent Voters
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Intelligent Voters. A mild satire as a bunch of working class rural yokels of Mudford take great interest in the finest small print of a prospective

Man about to propose to woman on ocean liner Date: 1908

Woman reading a newspaper Date: 1897

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