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School room, c. 1800School room, male and female teachers reading aloud to pupils, c.1800 Date: C.1800
Schoolroom, c. 1800, segregated into boys on one side and girls on the other. Date: C.1800
Group of orphaned children during Revolution, RussiaA 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
Theodore & Co. by H M Harwood & George GrossmithPromotional postcard for Theodore & Co. by H. M. Harwood & George Grossmith from Theodore & Cie by Marcel Nancey & Paul Gavrault (Theatre des Nouveautes, Paris)
Please Teacher by K R G Browne, R P Weston & Bert LeePromotional postcard for Please Teacher by K. R. G. Browne, R. P. Weston and Bert Lee; music Jack Waller and Joseph Tunbridge. First produced at the London Hippodrome, 2nd October 1935
Five kittens on a greetings card, trying to learn a lesson. Date: circa 1890s
Three cats with globe on a greetings cardThree cats with books and globe on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
WW2 poster, teacher and pupils on allotmentWW2 poster (For Freedom series before lettering is added), showing a teacher and her pupils on allotment with rhubarb leaves
Japan - Music Teacher playing a Shamisen (or Samisen). The alcove behind her is called the tokonoma and is the pride of the house Date: 1932
Lion teaches geometry to bear, mouse, pig and rabbitA lion schoolmaster teaches geometry to a bear, a mouse, a pig and a rabbit. Date: circa 1933
A lesson arranged by the Enemy. H. M. Bateman" A Lesson arranged by the enemy. The Higher Education." In this cartoon Bateman imagines a schoolmaster getting his students out of bed at night to look at a zeppelin fly past. Date: 1916
Kate Rorke - English actress and drama teacherKate Rorke (1866-1945), English actress and drama teacher, played Helena in A Midsummer Night sDream and Sophia Western in Tom Jones
The Reedham Orphanage, Purley, Surrey - ClassroomThe Reedham Orphanage, Purley, Surrey. A class of boys and girls sit at their desks while a teacher stands at the blackboard. Date: circa 1908
Women taking tea, Nak Tong Mission, Seoul, KoreaKorean and western women having tea outside the Nak Tong Mission House, Seoul, Korea. The western women are missionary teachers from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG)
The new science block centre at Malvern CollegeBoys leaving the new science block centre at the end of a lesson at Malvern College, an independent school in Worcestershire, England. Date: 1958
Headmaster and prefects at Malvern CollegeThe Headmaster, Mr D. D. Lindsay with two senior prefects, M.J. Theobald and R. T. Collet at Malvern College, an independent school in Worcestershire, England. Date: 1958
Egyptian children at outdoor school using horn books.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Children playing schools, with a teacher writing sums up on a blackboard. Date: circa 1930s
Cartoon, French classroom scene, WW1Cartoon, French classroom scene, with girls knitting socks for soldiers at the Front during the First World War. Date: 1915
Silhouettes for classroom decoration by H. L. OakleySilhouettes for classroom decoration by H.L. Oakley, in The Teachers World, 2 September 1927. The subjects illustrated are Literature, History and Geography. Date: circa 1920s
Silhouette of H. L. Oakley as a schoolboySilhouette of H.L. Oakley as a schoolboy, doing cutout portraits of his teachers and schoolfriends, for which he was awarded a bronze star by the Royal Drawing Society
ALTAMIRANO, Ignacio Manuel (1834-1893). Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician. Oil
Woman motor driver teaching soldier to drive, WW1A new driver in the Army Motor Transport section being taught to steer by a female instructor during the First World War. A school to teach women driving and car mechanics was established by the Hon
Eastern Queens Pageant, Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Eastern Queens Pageant, part of the Ypres Ball at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The highlight of the evening was when the Queen of Sheba was played by the ballet teacher Princess Astafieva
Trent Park Teacher Training College, North London (later part of Middlesex University). Being remote from road access and water supply
Confucius (551479 BC) - Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. Date: 551479 BC
The Singing Colony of Madame Novello DaviesMadame Novello Davies, the well-known teacher of singing and voice production and mother of the composer and musician, Ivor Novello (who is pictured centre)
Tobias Grantz, teacher of law, judge and advocateTobias Grantz (1660-1732), teacher of law, judge and advocate of G tz, Saxony, Germany
Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and teacherJohann Matthias Gesner (1691-1761), German classical scholar and schoolmaster
George Budd, English physicianGeorge Budd (1808-1882), English physician, professor of medicine at Kings College Hospital. He gave his name to Budds cirrhosis and Budd-Chiari syndrome. Date: 1848
Students at the Painting School, Pelham Street, LondonStudents at the Painting School, Pelham Street, nr. South Kensington Station, London. Principals: A. S. Cope, A.R.A and J. Watson Nicol. Date: 1910
Seraphine Astafieva (1876-1934) Russian ballet dancer and teacher who performed with Diaghilevs Ballet Russes between 1909 and 1911
Isadora Duncan teaching children at Rye, New York, WW1Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), modern dance innovator, pictured with some of her pupils at Rye in New York, telling them a story on what looks like a beach. 1915
Huntsman and hounds, Winkleigh, DevonHuntsman and hounds outside the village school, Winkleigh, Devon. Date: 1960s
Boys and teacher in schoolroom, ChinaBoys and teacher in a schoolroom, China. Date: circa 1890
Silhouette of Professor William Walker ARCA (Associate of the Royal College of Art). Date: 20th century
Ian Hay, alias John Hay Beith, writerIan Hay, the pen name of Major General John Hay Beith (1876-1952), British schoolmaster, soldier, and writer of novels and plays. Date: 1914
South Africa - Elderly Missionary - BasutolandSouth Africa - An elderly missionary instructs an elderly Mosuto man - Basutoland (now the Kingdom of Lesotho) circa 1910s
Tommy Hampson returns home after OlympicsThomas " Tommy" Hampson (1907 1965), British athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Los Angeles Olympics, pictured on the shoulders of boys from St
Alice Nikitina 1937Alice Nikitina (1909 - 1978) Dancer, teacher and singer. 1937
Class of children and two teachersA class of children and two teachers. The children are in costume for a school production entitled The Tudors. Date: March 1926
School for Chauffeurs, 1904The only class of instruction for chauffeurs at Battersea Polytechnic, a class suggested by Colonel Mark Mayhew and patronised by Sir George Newnes, who presented a 20 h.p. Darracq car
A food hygiene courseTwo chefs prepare food infront of a predominantly female audience who take notes and listen keenly to the two experts. The blackboard behind the cooks has details of todays dishes which include beef
Margaret FullerSARAH MARGARET FULLER marchioess Ossoli American teacher, editor and transcendentalist, drowned in shipwreck with husband and son with her autograph Date: 1810 - 1850
Ferdinando TenducciGIUSTO FERDINANDO TENDUCCI Italian castrato singer, teacher and c omposer, working largely in England. Date: 1735? - 1790
Gilbert RommeGILBERT ROMME - French maths teacher and revolutionary politician, accused of conspiracy he stabbed himself in prison, though some say he was rescued, fled to Russia. Date: 1750 - 1795
Richard RawlynsRICHARD RAWLYNS Mathematics teacher from Great Yarmouth, author of Practical Arithmetic. Date: CIRCA 1656
Arturo PessinaARTURO PESSINA Italian singer and teacher Date: circa 1900