Reading Collection (page 7)

A Franciscan Cardinal
A portrait painting of a seated Franciscan cardinal, reading a book, wearing the traditional red robes, which are representative of the blood of Christ. Date: circa 1916

Woman at her Desk
A painting which shows a woman who is wearing a blue robe, sat at her lamp lit desk, with her head down reading. Date: circa 1915

Cafe Lunch
A sketch which shows an old couple and a younger woman inside a cafe, having a drink and reading the menu. Date: circa 1915

The Card Table
An oil painting of three women playing cards at a small circular table, with a man reading his paper. Date: circa 1918

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, main staircase
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, main staircase. Date: 1912

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, dining room
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, view inside a dining room. Date: 1912

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, booklet cover
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, Largest Steamers in the World, publicity booklet cover design by Sam M Brown, 32 pages approx. 4.75 x 7 inches, bound with red ribbon. Date: 1912

RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other items
RMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz

Space Memorabilia - Joan Aldrin collection
Space Memorabilia - rare Apollo 11 signed first day cover, comes directly from the collection of Joan Aldrin. The Apollo 11 signed cover has a 10 cent First Man On The Moon postage stamp

Space Memorabilia - Apollo 11 first day cover
Space Memorabilia - rare Apollo 11 signed first day cover, comes directly from the collection of Joan Aldrin. The Apollo 11 signed cover has a 10 cent First Man On The Moon postage stamp

Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in play scene
Actors Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in the letters scene from Pinero's play, His House in Order Date: 1906

Bristlewoods, by Frank Reynolds
Caricature illustration by Frank Reynolds, of a man and woman, sitting up reading in 2 single beds, with air raid equipment on side table. Captioned, Bristlewoods see it through'

In The Sea at Margate, photograph of man with parasol
In The Sea at Margate, reportage photograph of man holding a parasol, smoking a cigarette, and reading a newspaper whilst in the sea

Evening School, Burmese prison, illustration of prisoners
Evening School in a Burmese prison, illustration showing prisoners seated on the floor, reading from books, with two teachers. From an article, The Burman in Durance'. Date: 1895

Caricature by Phil May, of William Gladstone, reading Homer
Caricature illustration by Phil May, of William Gladstone, seated, reading Homer. Captioned, A Vacation Exercise'. Philip William May (22 April 1864 ?? 5 August 1903), caricaturist. Date: 1895

Portrait photo, family of three

Legal leaders during the reign of King George V
Legal leaders during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Earl of Reading, Earl of Birkenhead, Lord Sankey, Lord Carson, Sir John Simon. Date: 1935

Ex Libris Bookplate, Joan Silvester Horne, woman reading a book with a tennis racket under her arm

Interior of the Wawel Royal Cathedral, 1875, by Swierzynski
Saturnin Swierzynski (1820-1885). Polish painter. Interior of the Wawel Royal Cathedral, 1875. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

Oliver Cromwell discovering the letter of King Charles I at the Blue Boar, Holborn, London Date: 1647

L. Ponsford & Co Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for L. Ponsford & Co, makers of printers blocks in half-tone and line, showing a girl, picking the pocket of a distracted man who is reading in a work building

Madonna and Child
A famous oil painting after Jan Van Eyck, portraying a virgin and child reading, now referred to as the Ince Hall Madonna

The Daughter of the House
A portrait painting showing a comfortable looking girl, wearing a blue neck garment, holding some fruit in her right hand, while reading a book. A pink bird resides in the cage next to he. Date: 1879

Mentone Beach
This oil painting shows a variety of people strolling, reading and relaxing on Mentone Beach, on Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. Date: circa 1921

Les Bibliophiles
Etching showing an autumn day in Paris, with a line of bibliophiles reading by the water. Date: circa 1931

A Cosy Room
Oil painting of a lady casually sat on her bed, reading a paper with her dog laid on the floor. Date: circa 1928

Travel to the Theatre
People reading and talking as they queue outside the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Oil painting by Herbet Ashwin Budd. Date: circa 1929

British actors at a microphone
British actors Greer Garson (1904-1996), Leslie Howard (1893-1943), Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), Brian Aherne (1902-1986), Ronald Coleman (1891-1958) and Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) in Hollywood

Advert for Osram light bulbs, made by the General Electric Company. Date: 1954

A display of bound, illustrated volumes. Date: circa 1954

Elizabeth Fry Reading Scriptures at Newgate Prison
Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry gives a Bible reading to female inmates at London's Newgate Prison. Date: Date unknown

Passengers sitting on Post Office Tube Station platform
Postcard advert for Shurey's Publications supplied free with Shurey's magazines. Lady reading a book, man smoking a pipe and a uniformed Post Boy between them. Date: circa 1910

The Village Postman Date: 1907

Advert, Sutton's Seeds Post Free
Advert, Sutton & Sons, Reading, Sutton's Seeds delivered post free by the postman. Date: 1880

Woman at home with baby elephant Date: circa 1960s

Woman wearing morning dress 1875
Widow wearing elegant Victorian mourning dress, with tassel edge, tails and long train. Hair dressed high at the back with complicated twists and rolls with flat cap. Date: 1875

Caricature of George Leybourne, music hall singer
Caricature of George Leybourne (1842-1884), British music hall singer, described as a lion comique, famous for his song Champagne Charlie. It appears that his death had been mistakenly announced

School teachers relaxing in a staff room, reading, chatting, smoking, drinking and playing cards. Date: circa 1971

Men working on Festival of Britain building site, London
Group of men working on the Festival of Britain building site, London. Seen here taking a break to read their favourite newspapers: the Daily Herald, the Daily Worker and the Daily Mirror

Queen Victoria January 1901 News Newspaper Report
queen, victoria, january, 1901, news, newspaper, report, reporting, british, royal, royalty, dead, death, events, event, official, announcement, crowds, gathered, reading, read, mansion, house

Lloyd George and Lord Reading, Western Front, WW1
Lloyd George and Lord Reading visiting soldiers graves on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Tashkent secondary school
Boys reading books in the library of their secondary school in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Date: 1950s

Young Uzbeks reading about Stalin
Two young Uzbek women reading the first volume of the collected works of Stalin. Date: 1950s

Teacher reading to children
A group of young children huddle around their teacher and listen intently as she reads from a book. Part of the exchange of culture that was the British-Soviet Friendship society. Date: 1960s

Russian schoolchildren in neckerchiefs sit at desks writing while their teacher stands amongst them reading from a book. They are possibly learning English as part of the British-Soviet Friendship

Scargill Arthur Sitting Audience Conference 1938
scargill, arthur, sitting, audience, conference, 1938, leader, trade, trades, union, unionist, unionism, tuc, miners, num, 1970s, suit, tie, smart, political, man, reading, morning, star, newspaper

David Warburton, trades unionist, at a conference
David Warburton (b 1942), British trades unionist with the GMWU (General and Municipal Workers Union), seen here at a conference reading a copy of the Morning Star newspaper. Date: circa 1970s

Donald Soper, Methodist minister, socialist and pacifist
Donald Oliver Soper, Baron Soper (1903-1998), prominent Methodist minister, socialist and pacifist. Date: circa 1980s

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