Reading Collection (page 23)

A Lover of Shakespeare
An artistic young woman sits with a book in her hand surrounded by evidence of her other creative hobbies including a harp and an unfinished sampler. Date: circa 1850

Reading in Velvet Dress
A woman in a velvet dress with fur trim sits at a table reading a book. Date: late 19th century

Woman Reads Novel in Bed
A girl propped up by pillows reading a book with an orange cover. Date: circa 1910

Reading by Firefly Light
Reading by means of the light of the Elater Noctilucus (firefly). Date: 1883

Reading / Broad Street
Reading, Berkshire: Broad Street Date: 1904

Reading Newspaper 1951
A woman in a flower print dress reads the Star newspaper (headline Morrison: Arms Drive Comes First ) from the comfort of an armchair Date: April 1951

Two Girls & Signpost
As they reach a crossroads, two female hikers stop for a map inspection. One arrow points towards the sanatorium. Date: 1930s

Cartoon, The Brave Mothers of France, WW1
Cartoon, The brave mothers of France, reading letters from their sons fighting on the Western Front. Date: 1916

Family on Beach, C. 1910
A family group, including dog, enjoying sitting in the sun on a sandy beach against a backdrop of beach huts Date: circa 1910

Magna Carta in a Museum
A Magna Carta behind glass in a display cabinet being observed by a gentleman. Date: circa 1960

Dog Dressed as Student
Dressed in the traditional garb of a German student, this dog accompanies his reading with a stein of beer Date: circa 1930

Joseph Hume Reading
JOSEPH HUME radical statesman Date: 1777 - 1855

Declaration to Army
Reading the Declaration of Independence to the army in New York Date: 9 July 1776

Girl in Chair, Dolls
She sits in her wicker chair, reading to her three dolls while her bear sits, neglected, on the floor Date: early 20th century

Juan Luis Vives - Blowchke
Juan de Vives (1492 - 1540) Spanish humanist and philosopher

Thomas A Kempis - Israel
Thomas A Kempis alias Thomas Hammerken or Hemerken (1379 - 1471) Dutch ecclesiastic and writer, became an Augustinian monk

an Interesting Chapter
An interesting chapter A woman wearing a flouncy outfit smokes a cigarette while she reads. Date: circa 1900

Reading a Book / Armchair
A woman sitting in an armchair with a rose pattern selects a book from one of the piles on the floor. Date: 1920

Bela Bartok
BELA BARTOK (1881 - 1945) Hungarian composer relaxing on board ship Date: circa 1930

Robert Lowe 1874
ROBERT LOWE Viscount Sherbrooke English politician: a satirical view Date: 1811 - 1892

7th Earl of Albemarle
WILLIAM COUTTS, 7TH EARL OF ALBEMARLE Succeeded to the title in 1891; father of George Keppel, who was the husband of Edward VIIs mistress Alice Keppel. Date: 1832 - 1894

Edward Horsman / Faustin
EDWARD HORSMAN Politician Date: 1807 - 1876

Dn Chodowiecki / Family
DANIEL NIKOLAUS CHODOWIECKI Polish artist and illustrator working at home with his family, who all seem just as industrious as he is! Date: 1726 - 1801

HH Henson
HERBERT HENSLEY HENSON English prelate, Canon of Westminster, advocate of disestablishment Date: 1863 - 1947

Thomas Guy / Bookshop / Dixo
THOMAS GUY English bookdealer as a young apprentice in his bookshop; he went on to found Guys Hospital, London, in 1722 Date: 1645? - 1724

Thos Cranmer / W Holl
THOMAS CRANMER Archbishop of Canterbury Date: 1489 - 1556

Max Reinhardt / Setzer Pho
MAX REINHARDT Austrian theatre, opera and film director; worked in the USA from the 1930s Date: 1873 - 1943

Robert Bridenell Carter
ROBERT BRIDENELL CARTER Oculist and medical writer Date: 1828 - 1918

5th D Buccleuch (V Fair)
WALTER FRANCIS SCOTT, fifth duke of BUCCLEUCH and seventh of QUEENSBERRY Statesman, depicted reading the Daily Telegraph. Date: 1806 - 1884

Lord Ronald Gower - Scottish Writer and Sculptor
Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1846-1916) - Scottish aristocrat, Liberal politician, sculptor and writer. Date: 1889

Dr Johnson / Goldsmith
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer reads Oliver Goldsmiths The Vicar of Wakefield and admires it - much to the delight of Goldsmiths landlady Date: 1709 - 1784

Erasmus / Statue
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Statue to the Dutch humanist Date: 1466 - 1536

Goldsmith / Statue / Foley
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Statue to the Irish writer Date: 1730 - 1774

Nightingale Reading
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE as a young woman, reading Date: 1820 - 1910

Edward Lord Coke / Reading
EDWARD Lord COKE Jurist Date: 1552 - 1634

Mr Brodeau of Oxford
MR BRODEAU OF OXFORD Date: 18th century

Heloise / Garden / Edwards
HELOISE Sitting in her garden, no doubt reading a love letter from Abelard Date: 1101 -1164

Reading to a Gentleman
A young woman reads aloud to a gentleman Date: circa 1880

Millais / Mayall Photo
SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS Pre-Raphaelite artist relaxing by the fireside Date: 1829 - 1896

Father Reads to Family
At 25 minutes past 1, a German father reads to his family, while a servant girl pauses with a tray Date: 18th century

Dwight Moody
Dwight Lyman Moody (1837 - 1899), American evangelist and businessman, speaking from a platform Date: 1875

Station Scene
A passenger reads his newspaper while waiting for his train : note the sign saying Wait here for Third Class Date: circa 1895

Russia Carriage Interior
Passengers inside a railway carriage in Russia Date: 1891

18Thc Frnc / Abbe Delille
The Abbe Delille reciting verse to attentive aristocratic ladies Date: 18th century

Reading a Story
Reading a story to guests at a Christmas house party Date: 1892

Thought-Reading Horse
Alpha, the thought-reading horse, currently performing at the London Aquarium : he is evidently a whizz at arithmetic Date: 1895

Voltaire Hildburghausen
Francois-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778) the French writer and philosopher reading L Annee Litteraire

Crackers by Charles Robinson
Children have fun pulling Christmas crackers, wearing the paper hats and reading the jokes that came out of them Date: 1906

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