Reading Collection (page 42)

Old Man Reads Bible
SUNDAY MORNING An elderly man sits in his cottage, reading The Bible

Women Reading / Moller
A woman sits on a stool reading, unaware that she is being watched through some curtains

Reading Chronicle / Persia
AHASUERUS or XERXES I the Great King of Persia (486-465 BC), who features in the Book of Esther, and fought against the Greeks

Girls Reading at a Desk
A girl kneels on a chair so she can read her book which is on a table with a vase of daffodils

What Women Read-By a Man
A male idea of the female taste in reading material

Girls New Hat
An illustration from the late C19th depicting an earlier scene: a little girl in an ermine trimmed coat with cape & muff tries on a new bonnet

First Fire of the Season
The First Fire of the Season. A contented Victorian family bask in the glow of the fire and their own goodness

Sunny Stories for Tiny Folk
Stylised front cover illustration of a childrens book from the 1920s showing three little enjoying a cosy afternoon knitting and reading

NY Bus Terminal Newstand
Men and women browse through an array of newspapers and magazines on sale at the Garfield News Company stand at New York port authority bus terminal

Businessman Silhouette
A silhouette of a businessman leaning against a chair reading a newspaper

Nimes Amphitheatre Ruins
The remains of this elliptical Roman amphitheatre as seen in the late 18th century. The best-preserved arena in France, which is still in use today

Tea and the News
Oh lor, oh lor ! oh dear, oh dear ! - two ladies at their tea table share their alarm at the frightful things they read in their newspapers

Wm Armstrong / Fireplace
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturer relaxing at home

Grandfather reading
A Victorian illustration showing an old grandfather reading with a small child

Woman Reads the Reverie
A dreamy young lady seated by the fire with book in hand The Reverie

Boy Engrossed in a Book
A boy engrossed

The Three-Decker Novel
Three ladies read the successive volumes of a three-decker - the tranquil opening volume, the awful disclosures of the second, the tearful denoument of the third

Rehearsing in 1863
A rehearsal taking place on stage with actors reading from their scripts. Date: 1863

Female Student 1960S
A female undergraduate with a bouffant hairstyle, from New Hall Cambridge, who is reading Modern European History. She carries her books under her arm

Cover: dog of Flanders
A young woman sits with her dog, reading a book

Quixote in his Study
The Don in his study, excitedly reading old romances of days when knights were bold

Danish Cafe Scene 1901
Scene in a Danish cafe

Gentleman Smoking Pipe
A boy asks of a smartly- dressed man sitting in an armchair reading a newspaper and smoking a pipe, What is a gentleman? The reply is, One who smokes Dunhill

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 1 of 8
The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts... She swots up on some pre-cookery reading... The Art of Making Tarts and the History of Jams

Governess and Pupils
Four children have a reading lesson with their governess

St Bartholomew Reading
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE he is always depicted carrying a knife, even when - as here - he is reading a book

Christine De Pisan / Btwek
CHRISTINE DE PISAN French writer

Oxford Uni Marg Hall
Women undergraduates in the Junior Common Room of Lady Margaret Hall

Compass on a Map
A compass with a scale ruler, used as an aid to map reading

Pompadour Reading
JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON marquise de POMPADOUR mistress of Louis XV of France

Child & Alphabet 1922
A young child stands within a circle made up from all the letters of the alphabet. He looks a little perplexed...will it ever make sense?

Half a Mile to Egypt
A cyclist near Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, pauses to contemplate a strange sign reading Egypt half a mile !

Peoples Naval Division
Men of the Peoples Naval Division in the Marstall Building, Berlin, during the German Revolution

Reading Room Brit Museum
Construction of the great Reading Room of the British Museum, the forerunner of the British Library

Ww1 Cartoon / Sea-Lions
HAPPY MEMORIES OF THE ZOO " What time do they feed the Sea-Lions, Alf?"

W H Smith at his Desk
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH Statesman and newsagent reading at his desk

Girl Reading
A young woman wearing sunglasses relaxes, reading a newspaper declaring that the singer Mel Torme has " won a million fans in a weekend" during his British tour!

Reading Letters
A man in a suit tries to plough his way through an enormous pile of letters

French Domestic Scene
A lady reads quietly by the window

Reading the Tarot cards

Advert / Bon Marche Paris
Au Bon Marche, Paris

Mother Reads to Children
The children listen while Mama reads to them

Civilians Read War News
Civilians read news of the war

Classroom Scene / Primary
Walter Halls Primary School, Nottingham Children reading, writing and drawing

Man Smoking on Train
A man wearing round spectacles and smoking a pipe is engrossed in reading a book while he makes his train journey

Man Reading on a Train
A man wearing round spectacles and smoking a pipe is engrossed in reading a book while he makes his train journey

Racial / Scottish Woman
A Scottish countrywoman in her cottage

Reading Cards in Bed
A girl in bed and her visiting friend study what the cards have to tell them

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