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British troops reading French guide before embarking for the D Day Landings during the Second World War in 1944
Fortune teller - ConstantinopleA female street fortune teller in Constantinople
Poster advertising Adam Illustrated Monthly MagazinePoster advertising Adam Illustrated, the monthly magazine for men, price one shilling
A printer checking a large proofA printer checks a very large proof, hot off the press. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
George V, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, IndiaKing George V reading the proclamation to a large crowd at his Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India
George V and Mary laying foundation stone, AberystwythKing George V and Queen Mary laying the foundation stone for the National Library at Aberystwyth, Wales. The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) and Princess Mary are also present
Turkish Professor reading a textA Turkish professor, wearing a large white turban, lies down to readi a text on a fine Turkish carpet (or four!) with a Hookah Pipe on a small hexagonal Mother-of-pearl inlaid table behind him
Constantinople - Turkish religious scholar, reading the Koran, seated on a fine carpet
Four Mevlevi MusiciansFour Mevlevi musicians including three Ney (wind instrument) players. The ney is featured on Egyptian pyramid wall paintings of 3000BC
Young girl readingA young girl sits quietly and reads a book
The Subscription Rooms, Brookes Club(Whig)Gentlemen relax by the fire, reading and playing cards in the luxurious comfort of the Subscription Rooms of the Brookes Club, Pall Mall, London
Reading the papers in the rainThe streets are crowded with top-hatted gentlemen eagerly reading the main story of the day, umbrellas shielding them from the heavy rain
Patient on Trolley at Reading War Hospital, BerkshireA unidentified location believed to be one of the First World War Military Hospital sites at Reading, Berkshire. A military patient in a basketwork trolley is being pushed by a colleague
Hermann Vezin on his 82nd birthdayHermann Vezin (1829-1910), American actor, drama teacher and writer, reading a congratulatory telegram on his 82nd birthday
Britannia and Eve, February 1933A woman rests languidly on a cushion, book in the hand and looks rather seductively out at the viewer
Czech vaudeville telepath Fred MarionPhotograph of the Czechoslovak vaudeville telepath Fred Marion (a.k.a. Josef Kraus), 1933. Kraus is making a " trial" of a tin box as to whether it contains a hidden object
The Future Mrs Winston ChurchillClementine Churchill while still Miss Clementine Hozier, featured in The Sketch magazine in the week prior to her marriage to Winston Churchilll on 12th September 1908
A secret is sharedA woman whispers something into the ear of a humbly dressed servant who carries a bible. The painting is entitled Peine Perdue, meaning a waste of time
Grandfather reads to grandchildrenGrandfather reads a Rupert the Bear picture book to his grandchildren, both of whom have fallen asleep
Education, readingA class of children sit quietly and read
Boys Club evening activities, February1930Evenings at a Boys Club needn t be a dull affair with plenty of activities to get involved in, including chess, playing the piano, playing cards, and reading. Not a Playstaton or iPod in sight!
White Star Line, SS Olympic window sketchesA White Star Line handwritten booklet entitled Particulars of Oceanic Steam Navigation Co, SS Olympic, May 1911. The vessel returned to the shipyard in Belfast in October 1911 for alterations
Titanic Reading and Writing RoomThe Reading and Writing Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912
Titanic blueprint (part)Part of the blueprint of the SS Titanic, showing first, second and third class passenger areas, crew rooms and boiler rooms
1958 Creation Life PeersA page from the ILN devoted to portraits of the first life peers created in 1958 including Baroness Ravondale, Sir Ian Fraser, Sir Robert Boothby and Sir Edward Twining
Women Reading Mags 1919Two fashionable French women read fashionable French magazines
Boy reading, photographic portrait 1936A beautiful photographic portrait of a smart young boy reading what looks to be a newspaper
Fidel Castro in the USFIDEL CASTRO - President of Cuba, pictured here reading a book on the Mount Vernon Shrine during a vsit to Washington in 1959. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*
Eat More Fish by de RosaHumorous illustration showing a gentleman relaxing as he bobs in the sea using a rubber ring, reading in his newspaper about eating more fish
Spahis, 1915Reading a comunique to the Spahis, Recy, near Chalon, Marne on the French front during World War I in July 1915
Relaxing in the garden, reading, gardeningTwo young women in similar white blouses and long dark dresses spend an afternoon relaxing in the garden. One sits on the lawn and reads, the other stands with a lawn mower. A lawn roller sits behind
Reclining Japanese girl readingA reclining Japanese geisha beauty reads from a text
Eccleston Street Rest Home, Pimlico, London. The Duke of Connaughts Soldiers and Sailors Home - interior shots. The Best Place in London for a Soldier or Sailor to stay at !
Imam at prayer inside the AyasofyaImam at prayer inside the famed Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) in Constantinople. Architects of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul were Anthemius of Tralles and Isadorus of Miletus
The Book ShopTwo girls (one hardly older than a toddler!) look through a variety of volumes in a Bookshop
The World ForgettingLady reclining on a settee reading a book
Yugoslavian Girl reading a love letter - portraitA striking postcard in vidid colours, depicting a pretty Yugoslavian Girl reading a love letter, possibly from a partner away fighting in a distant land
Recruitment PosterDaddy, what did YOU do in the Great War? A young girl reading about World War One poses a difficult question to her Father; a clever campaign to promote duty to serve
Reading With Understanding; Or, A Leg-ible Article, by BevanA reproduction in colour photograuvre from the picture by Bevan Petman. The illustration shows a lady reading The Sketch whilst dangling her legs over the side of an armchair
First LessonA young girl practises reading with her mother
We Are Fed Up With War News- Send Us The TatlerA photograph of First World War soldiers reading The Tatler somewhere in France, for a little light relief
Palestine Mandate 1922Proclamation of the Palestine mandate at Jerusalem: reading the kings commission before Sir Herbert Samuel, Lord Allenby, and the Emir Abdullah
The Power of ImaginationA Grandfather laughs to himself as he reads aloud to his two grandchildren, both of whom have fallen asleep in his arms. The imagined fantasy world of the story unfolds behind him
Arabic School, Cairo, EgyptAn Arabic School in Cairo, Egypt
A. D. 19(?)Two veteran Tommies with Methuselah-like beards are still manning the trenches of the Western front in an unspecified year sometime in the future; a light-hearted comment on the endless
Kaiser Reading the IlnWILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY. Pictured reading a copy of The Illustrated London News, " because he wishes to be the best read man in the world"
A THRILLERA young women, cigarette holder perched artfully between her lips reads a sensational novel, her eyes wide at the contents
The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Seamens Orphanage in LivePrince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamens Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870. The Liverpool Seamens Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care
