Taught Collection

Dr Joseph Bell
Dr JOSEPH BELL surgeon at Edinburgh University school of medicine where he taught Conan Doyle and inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes

Feline Bell-Ringers 1875
These five cats have been taught - entirely by kindness - to ring bells in sequence, though whether they themselves enjoy the sound they make is open to question

Boxing for Ladies 1886
The modern girl taught to prefer a bout with the gloves to a scratch with her finger nails

Boy Repairs Boots / 1930
A boy is taught to mend his own boots in classes at a London School

Police Learn Ju-Jitsu
Ju-jitsu is taught to the French police

Young Native American Indian boy learning to shoot his bow and arrow - USA. Date: circa 1950s

Passengers on the deck of an Emigrant Ship, 1849
Engraving showing emigrants on the deck of their ship, at sea, 1849. A group of children are being taught their lessons by a school master whilst a small crowd gathers around the ships galley

Children in a French convent school, being taught by a nun. Date: 1886

Frederic Lamond
A portrait sketch of the Scottish classical pianist and composer, Frederic Archibald Lamond, 1868-1948, who was one of the last surviving pupils of Franz Liszt

Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition, Antarctic
Robert Falcon Scott Terra Nova Expedition - important archive of 52 negatives taken by Lt

E M Mayers, said to have taught The Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, and other royals to cycle Date: 1914

Woodwork classroom for boys who continued their education at Acland County Council School, Kentish Town, London. Date: 1906

Acland County Council School, Kentish Town 1906
Conventional way of teaching where all the pupils are facing the front of the classroom while the teacher is writing on the chalkboard. Date: 1906

Teaching Mothers to Care for their Infants 1907
In a parish in St. Pancras, Battersea, poor mothers being taught how to care for their infants. Date: 1907

Children at Manchester City Art Gallery learning 1925
Children at Manchester City Art Gallery being taught about art. They are looking at a painting of Edward, Prince of Wales by John St

A photograph of the Prince of Wales at Honolulu, Hawaii, on his second tour of the empire. The Prince is sat in a Hawaiian canoe whilst being taught surf-riding by Duke Kahanamoku. Date: 26th May 1920

Royal Philanthropic Society at Redhill, Surrey was set up to help homeless boys that were begging or would have entered into crime, a skill that they could apply into adulthood. Date: 1872

A study in an infant school, where the young children are learning their left and right hands. Date: 1898

MOSLEMS AND HOURIS
Moslems are taught that if they die for the faith, they will find beautiful nymphs - HOURIS - awaiting them in the next world : so they go happily to their deaths

HOURIS
Moslems are taught that if they die for the faith, they will find beautiful nymphs - HOURIS - awaiting them in the next world : so they go happily to their deaths

Young muslim boys being taught by a teacher, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: young muslim boys being taught by a teacher, Egypt

Russians wearing gas-masks in precaution of a chemical warfare attack, various scenes as people go about their daily work. Date: 1932

Marylebone School
The St Marylebone School began as the Marylebone Day School of Industry, founded in 1791 in what was then Paradise Street, now Moxon Street, to educate the children of the poor in the parish

Cupid taught by the Three Graces

Young boy on a scooter - Young boy on a scooter being taught to ride by his older sister. Date: circa 1920

Teacher at the front of the class and two at the back, teaching a mixed class about model drawing

BOYS TAUGHT TRADES
Two boys in a workshop at the London School for Mental Defectives: the children are taught trades such as upholstery, carpentry and boot making Date: 1931

BOYS ATHLETICS
A group of boys are taught how to hurdle correctly Date: 1930s

BOYS COOKING
Boys are taught how to cook Date: 1930s

CHINESE LITERACY 1951
Chinese peasants are taught to read and write as part of Chairman Maos Great Leap Forward Date: 1951

Mrs Salmons waxworks
Equivalent to todays Madame Tussauds. Owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Salmon

Disabled Dance Class
Disabled children are taught to dance by teacher Miss Betsy Adlard, using the special methods invented by Miss Margaret Morris. It is difficult for them, but fun. Date: 1930s

Arthur Newstead (1881-1952) - Pianist, taught at the Institute of Musical Arts (now the Julliard School). Date: circa 1904

WOMENs PRISON 1920S
A corner of the French " Borstal" for girls at Fresne, where girls under age who have been convicted for small offences are kept and taught an ordinary school curriculum

Brighton Motor Trials - Miss Dorothy Levitt
Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Levitt (1882-1922) in her 80 hp Napier at the Brighton Motor (Speed) Trials, on 21st July 1905

The Violin Lesson - A girl practises accompanied by Mother
The Violin Lesson - A girl in a short white party dress, black tights and a black bow in her hair practises some pieces, accompanied by her Mother playing an upright piano. Date: 1912

British Countryside - The Village School at Church Knowle near Corfe Castle in Devon - the children being taught outside. Date: 1938

Cavendish Road School for Deaf, Balham
The London School Boards Cavendish Road School for Deaf, Balham, south London - children are being taught to speak. Date: early 1900s

Gas Attack School
A school in Berlin, Germany, where pupils are taught how to protect themselves against asphixiating gas attacks and how to rescue and revive other people. Date: 1930s

George Buchanan / Harding
GEORGE BUCHANAN Scottish humanist writer, satirised Franciscans, supported Calvinism, imprisoned by the Inquisition, taught Montaigne, James VI. Date: 1506 - 1582

Mary Baker Eddy / Cole1898
MARY BAKER EDDY Founder of Christian Science in 1898, when she taught her last class Date: 1821 - 1910

Ralph Abercromby / Hoppner
SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY British General who taught the Duke of Wellington the art of war Date: 1734 - 1801

Ralph Abercromby / Darton
SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY British General who taught the Duke of Wellington the art of war Date: 1734 - 1801

Thomas Inglefield, limbless painter
THOMAS INGLEFIELD born without arms or legs in 1769, yet taught himself to draw with the stump of his arm. Date: 1804

Johann Valerius (2)
JOHANN VALERIUS German born without arms, but who taught himself to do amazing things such as firing a musket with his feet Date: 1667 - 1705+

Goldsmith / Peckham
OLIVER GOLDSMITH School in Peckham where the Irish writer taught Date: 1730 - 1774

Sir Ralph Abercromby
SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY British General, who taught the Duke of Wellington the art of war Date: 1734 - 1801

Johann Valerius
JOHANN VALERIUS German born without arms, but who taught himself to do amazing things such as firing a musket with his feet Date: 1667 - 1705+

Group of orphaned children during Revolution, Russia
A group of orphaned children who have lost their parents during the Revolutionary period in Russia, being taught to sew by their carers. Date: circa 1917

WW1 Naval Artillery Training
World War 1 Naval Artillery Training, England. Captioned: Where the lads are taught to shoot. Date: 1910s

Little Toy Maker
Swedish children are taught to make toys out of wood and straw. Here is a little girl with her first masterpiece ! Date: 1930s

Domenico Puligo
DOMENICO PULIGO Italian artist from Firenze, noted for pictures of the Madonna and the Holy Family : a friend of Andrea del Sarto who taught him much. Date: 1475 - 1527

All-Weather Golf
A woman golfer being taught how to hit the ball properly at Milbury Court all weather indoor golf club. Date: early 1930s

Agricultural Students
Young women students being taught how to harvest, Swanley Agricultural College, Kent, Engalnd. Date: early 1930s

Janet Hamilton, Poet
JANET HAMILTON (nee Thomson) Scottish poet, who taught herself to read at age 5, to write at age 54 : she became blind in 1866 despite bearing ten children. Date: 1795 - 1873

China - Xianxian - French Jesuit Mission - Childrens Choir
China - Xianxian - French Jesuit Mission - Young children having a lesson outside. Date: circa 1905

Learning to Mend Shoes
A class of London County Council schoolboys being taught how to repair shoes. Date: early 1930s

Girls in Class / Iln 1911
East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English. Date: 1911

NFS firewomen in dispatch rider training, WW2
London Region NFS firewomen undergoing dispatch rider training

European Gentleman in India learning Arabic
An European Gentleman with his Moonshee, or Native Professor of Languages. (plate 1 of 20) Date: 1813

Supreme being Taught
Placard for use in schools, intended to inculcate devotion to L Etre Supreme instead of the old Christian deity, proposed by Robespierre and approved by the Convention. Date: 7 May 1794

African Children
These three young Africans have been taught to dress respectably and to salute their elders and betters... Date: early 20th century

Jumping Sheepdog
Two schoolboys lock hands and a sheepdog is taught to jump inbetween them. Date: early 1930s

Maori Woodcarving
Westernised schoolboy descendents of Maori tribes are taught the woodcarving skills of their forefathers, at a school in New Zealand. Date: 1940s

Female boxer
" The modern girl taught to prefer a bout with the gloves, to a scratch with her finger nails". 1. Her first lesson. 2. Fair professionals. 3. Training under instructions of a champion. 4

Jewish School in Poland
A group of Jewish schoolboys being taught at a Jewish school in Poland. Date: early 1930s

Leapfrog Girls 1940S
Two Australian girls playing leapfrog. Under an Australian National Health scheme, children from deprived areas were taught how to enjoy exercise and stay healthy. Date: 1940s

Forging of Notung
Act one : taught by Mime, Siegfried forges Notung the magic sword

Merlin and Vivian
Vivian enchants Merlin with the magic which he himself - besotted by her charms - has taught her

Cricket - Crystal Palace
Girls are taught how to play cricket at Crystal Palace. Date: 1950s

Authority in the young / W H Robinson
Cultivating a sense of authority in the future Empire builders. A roll reversal at school as the pupil heads the lesson and the school masters are taught

The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Seamens Orphanage in Live
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamens Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870

Clown learning to ride bare-back horses, c. 1888
Engraving showing a clown being taught either to ride horses bare-backed or to fly at a circus, c.1888

Language Students
London telephone girls being taught French and German in a classroom

Aspasia (Sculpture)
ASPASIA Greek adventuress and consort of the Athenian statesman Pericles, said to have taught rhetoric and to have conversed with Socrates

Ape Signalman
This signalman of Uitenhage, South Africa, lost both legs and an arm when run over by a train : he taught a baboon to operate the signals when he heard the train whistle

Navy Cadets
A group of boys is taught about steam driven electric generators, which light and heat ships. They hope to become navy cadets one day

Red Guard Learn Guns
Red Guard from the Putilov factory are issued with guns and taught what to do with them : they pose for the camera

Social / Azerbaijan 20C
Jewish children being taught in a synagogue in Azerbaijan

Ragged School
Scene in a ragged school, probably in London, where homeless boys are cared for and taught a useful trade

Learning to Roll Pastry
Two little girls (Princess Victoria and Princess Alice) are taught by their mother (Queen Victoria) how to roll pastry and make jam

Mettray / General View
Birds eye view of the Agricultural Colony at Mettray, France, where street children are taught farming and occupational skills

French Taught to Salute
French infantrymen are taught when and how and who to salute

French Trumpeteers
French cavalrymen are taught to use their trumpets

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