Reading Collection (page 48)

English School Master
An English schoolmaster

Beaumarchais / Lavreince
PIERRE-AUGUSTIN CARON de BEAUMARCHAIS French clockmaker and writer depicted reading his works to some friends

DICKENS (1812 - 1870)
CHARLES DICKENS reading from his works

Classroom Scene 1883
A group of female students discuss a piece of school work

Reading a Ghost Story
The Ghost Story The unnerving effects of reading Gothic novels late at night

Gillray / Tales of Wonder
Tales of Wonder! Gillray satire on the taste for Gothic novels

Pierre D ailly
PIERRE D AILLY French theologian reading

Stanley Baldwin Library
The English politician Stanley Baldwin reading in his library

Family / Bible Reading
A family read The Bible on Saturday night

The Latest Novel
The latest novel

Sightseers on board the Hecla in the Crimea
Sightseers on board the Hecla after the attack on Russian defences near Eknas, Finland, during the Crimean War

People by the Serpentine, Hyde Park, Central London
A group of people, adults and children, passing the time by the Serpentine, Hyde Park, Central London, on an autumn afternoon

Futuristic home, with chores done automatically
A futuristic home, with chores done automatically. The housewifes life will be an easy one in which she can sit back, read the paper and listen to music

Wagner / Tid / Bayreuth
RICHARD WAGNER German musician, playing to friends at Bayreuth

To seat five persons Gentlemen struggle to read their newspapers in an overcrowded train

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