Reads Collection (page 5)

Lecture by Diderot
DENIS DIDEROT reads a paper to a circle of friends Date: 1713 - 1784

Royal Ordnance Factory, Patricroft, Lancashire
Royal Ordnance Factory, Patricroft, Eccles, near Manchester, Lancashire, England. Showing men manufacturing Canons - World War One - The sign reads

Cleobury Mortimer - Ditton Priors Railway Station GWR, Shrop
Cleobury Mortimer/Ditton Priors Railway Station GWR, near Kidderminster, Shropshire, England. Last Passenger Train on the Cleobury Mortimer - Ditton Priors Line (Great Western Railway)

Fine Timbered House, Audenshaw - Droylsden Area, Lancashire
Fine Timbered House, Thought to be in the Audenshaw/Droylsden Area, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Sign reads GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY - THREE MINUTES WALK TO FAIRFIELD STATION Date: 1900s

Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge
Circular tin badge, issued by the Womens Social and Political Union. Has the words, Votes for Women around the edge and W.S.P.U in centre against a background of green celtic knots

Woman Munition Worker and Shells WW1. A young woman sits posing on a pile of shells in the munitions factory. Caption reads, One of the little ducks helping to hatch the shells Date: circa 1916

Suffragette Votes for Sheep Martyr. Little Bo Peep stands with her shepherds crook holding a picture of a sheep in a prison cell, with Votes for Women as the headline, and a martyr beneath

Suffragette, Cat In Muzzle, the Vote. A Cat sits with a muzzle round its head, while caption reads, The Vote, I ve Had some! Date: circa 1912

Suffragette with Brick. Suffragette holding umbrella and brick stands outside the Houses of Parliament. Verse reads, And this is the Suffragette Lady of note

Suffragette Scared by Mouse. Suffragette stands on stool, shrieking with panic as a mouse runs towards her. In the series, This is the House that man built Caption reads

Suffragette Ghost Horrible Nightmare. Man wakes up to find a ghost in shroud, holding a gun to his head, and brandishing a VFW placard. Caption reads, A Horrible Nightmare Date: circa 1907

Plate design - Heads of State and flags of the Allies - WWI
Unmarked plate. Transfer shows portraits of Heads of State and flags of the Allies, and reads 1914 - THE ALLIES - HONOUR - DEFENCE - PEACE. Good condition. Commemorative Ware

Alfred Meakin china plate - Lloyd George quotation
Alfred Meakin china plate with decorated border. Transfer reads - BARNSTAPLE. THE RT. HON. D. LLOYD GEORGE, PRIME MINISTER

Grosvenor China cup and saucer - WWI era
Grosvenor China (Jackson and Gosling) cup and saucer. Transfers show ship, British soldier, British sailor and Allied flags. Reads MIGHT IN THE RIGHT CAUSE SHALL PREVAIL - EUROPEAN WAR 1914

Chelson China cup and saucer - Britannia and Allied flags
Chelson China (New Chelsea Porcelain, Longton) cup and saucer. Transfers show Britannia and Allied flags and reads World War Peace - 1914-1919 - Liberty, Justice, Truth

Unconquerable The King of the Belgians
Unconquerable. The Kaiser : So you see - you ve lost everything. The King of the Belgians : Not my soul. The frame has a plaque which reads Presented by the Belgian Refugees in recognition of their

Reading the Talmud
An elderly Jewish man reads the Talmud, a central text of Judaism which includes discussions on Jewish law, ethics, customs and history. Date: 1884

The Bookworm, by Carl Spitzweg
A monochrome reproduction of Carl Spitzwegs The Bookroom which shows an elderly bookworm emersed in research. Date: 1850

Bombay - Arrival of King George V and Queen Mary
The arrival at Bombay (Mumbai) of King George V and Queen Mary for the Coronation Durbar (held in Delhi in December, 1911 to proclaim the new Emperor and Empress of India)

London Newsagents 1970S
A teenager reads the adverts in the window of a typical London newsagents corner shop. Date: mid 1970s

Girl and boy lie on the floor surrounded by toys
Girl and boy lying on the floor surrounded by their toys, whilst reading a story book. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

The Sketch front cover: Mrs Ernest Simpson
Front cover of The Sketch magazine in March 1935, featuring a portrait by Dorothy Wilding of Mrs Ernest (Wallis) Simpson. The caption reads: Mrs Simpson is the beautiful wife of Mr

Old Husband / Young Wife
An elderly husband reads his newspaper, while his younger wife longs for a bit of passion

Puritan Woman
A young Puritan reads The Bible, but allows herself a touch of vanity in her dress

Client: Tricosa - location: BOAC Terminal
Client: Tricosa - Beige White Suit - location: BOAC Terminal - November 1956 (Agency: S. C. Peacock) Shoot date: November 28, 1956 Date: 1956

A Thrilling Story -- mother and two children
A Thrilling Story -- a mother reads from a book to her two children, who don t look very thrilled. late 19th century

Santa Claus by Charles Robinson
Illustration of Santa Claus reading his Book of Good and Bad Children by candlelight, surrounded by toy dolls. Date: 1906

Royal visit to India: address of the Municipal Council
Arrival of the Prince of Wales at Bombay: address of the Municipal Council. Dosabhai Framji reads a welcome address to the Prince (later King Edward VII). Date: 1875

Mysterious woman reading her bible and praying
Mysterious woman kneeling and reading her bible Date: circa 1890s

Maurice Farkoa - Musical comedy actor and singer
Maurice Farkoa (1864-1916) - Musical comedy actor and singer born in Izmir, Turkey. Date: 1904

Young lady shortly fails to walk the tightrope
A young lady reads out a learned treatise upon tight-rope walking in a circus rather than actually performing on the high wire herself! Date: 1923

Fashionable lady sitting beside her bed reading a letter
A fashionable lady is sitting beside her bed reading a letter from a man. She seems rather displeased about the content. Date: 1923

A library for troops on Western Front
Photograph: A library for troops on Western Front.Shows a queue of men, some with books and newspapers outside a library. The sign for the library reads

Suffragette Christmas Cracker
Rather Masculine Looking suffragette waving an umbrella proclaims, When a Voter I shall be Proof against all Bribery. Nor shall Vile Corruption prove of Avail. I ll Vote - for love

Suffragette Annie Kenney Policeman
Suffragette Annie Kenney pictured amongst a group of W.S.P.U members. The caption, hand written on the reverse reads, Miss Annie Kenney interrogating a policeman at the House of Commons

Suffragette in prison Votes for Women
A suffragette is seated inside a prison cell. Note the graffiti on the walls. The rhyme, addressed to the inmate reads, While you remain a suffragetteA velentine you ll never getWhat man would ever

Women Munitions Work WW2
A munition worker in green hat, overalls and a dirty face stands proudly in front of a pyramid of shells. The caption reads, May be I do look black but I ain t no slacker

Women WW1 Munitions Southampton
A photograph of two women wearing the uniform of munitions workers. The handwritten note on the reverse reads, Elsie and I in munitions work during the war at the Rolling Mills, Southampton

Stylish lady reading a paper
A fashionable young lady in her underwear reads a paper, standing in front of a mosaic wall-hanging. Note the fantastic headwear on show! Date: 1923

A musician takes a break to read Tit-Bits
A musician takes a break from his violin practise to read Tit-Bits - perhaps the bird in the cage is breathing a sigh of relief.... Date: 1904

Japanese Geisha looking through a picture book
Japanese Geisha turning the pages and looking through a picture book. Date: circa 1904

Japanese woman reading a long document and smiling to herself. Date: circa 1905

Five Japanese girls reading a Fairy Tale amid the blossom
A beautiful card showing five Japanese girls reading a Fairy Tale amid the blossom Date: 1905

Horseplay
This is some sort of ritual amongst the fire-fighters. Photo caption reads horseplay.. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters

Bedtime Story
Mother (the one in the rather tasteless dressing gown with a bouffant hairdo), reads a bedtime story to her enthralled son. Date: 1960s

Bismarck Reads, 1877
OTTO von BISMARCK German statesman, reading in 1877. Date: 1815 - 1898

Thomas Bailey Aldrich
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH American author and editor, wrote The story of a bad boy some novels and books of poems. Who now reads him ? Date: 1836 - 1907

Kitten Reads Book
A small tabby kitten intently reads a large textbook. Date: 1960s

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