Reading Collection (page 6)

British Museum - new reading-room 1857
Interior of the new reading-room in the British Museum, London. Date: 1857

Quiet please, at the Birmingham Reference Library, Ratcliffe Place, 27th March 1961

Down on trainer Tom Dreapers farm at Kilsallaghan, Co. Meath, Arkle seems to be sharing a newspaper with Head Stable lad, Paddy Murray. May 1966

John Muir, c. 1917 from a 1909 photograph. Creator: Orlando Rouland
John Muir, c. 1917 from a 1909 photograph

Girl reading a letter beside a stove, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

The Death of Saint Clare, c. 1400 / 1410. Creator: Master of Heiligenkreuz
The Death of Saint Clare, c. 1400/1410

St. Mary Magdalene Penitent, 1585. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
St. Mary Magdalene Penitent, 1585

Saint Luke, 1518. Creator: Agostino Veneziano
Saint Luke, 1518

Saint Mark, dated 1518. Creator: Agostino Veneziano
Saint Mark, dated 1518

Exterior of British Museum - reading room 1855
Construction of the great Reading Room of the British Museum, the forerunner of the British Library Date: 1855

In Realms of Fancy, 1898, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
In Realms of Fancy, 1898, (c1902). After a painting in the Tate Gallery, London. From The Nations Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great

Portrait of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife. Artist: Roman-Pompeian wall painting
Portrait of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife. Found in the collection of Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli

Boy Reading, c1900. Artist: Warwick Reynolds
Boy Reading, c1900. From The Studio Volume 93. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1927]

Mobile library in an English village
Enthusiastic readers line up to enter a mobile library in an unidentified rural village in the 1950s. Date: 1950s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Stories from Puppyland. Mr Terrier, proud father of ten puppies, smokes his pipe and reads his newspaper. Date: 1904

Citroen Vintage Car, England. Reading registration. Date: 1920s

WWI: SAILORS, 1918. American sailors in the resting room of the Red Cross headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photogrpah, 1918

Seaside Sirens
An engraving entitled Cartoon of the Season: No.7. The Seaside Sirens, depicting two men watching a group of women on a rocky beach, circa 1855

FILM STILL: FORTUNE TELLING. Louise Fazenda in a silent film, early 20th century

Geese unhappy at the arrival of Michaelmas
A gaggle of geese are unhappy to read a notice that the season of Michaelmas has begun. Eating goose at Michaelmas was thought to bring good luck, but that did not apply to geese

Boy sitting and reading
A young boy sits on a pouffe reading a book. Pastel sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Farrier at his Forge
A farrier and his boy apprentice in a forge in Reading, Berkshire, England

Teacher reading to infants, Brentwood, Essex

Alex Rae's Euphoric Moment: Wolves Play-Off Semi-Final Goal Against Reading
Wolverhampton Wanderers Alex Rae celebrates scoring

Sumo wrestler reading newspaper, Tokyo City, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Thomas Johnson
THOMAS JOHNSON American revolutionary leader

Did not you say could sing at sight? - Yes, sir, but not at FIRST sight
" Did not you say could sing at sight?" - " Yes, sir, but not at FIRST sight!", (1907). The German composer Handel works on his " Messiah" in 1741

Cheery Families - Mrs Switch the Schoolmasters Wife. 1890s

Alice in Wonderland by Gilbert Holiday - child reading
A little girl lies on her bed, absorbed in reading books. A study from life by Gilbert Holiday. Date: 1921

Library attendant

Richard Green, (with hat), 5 year old newsie, Richmond, Va. Willie - -, who said he was 8. (Compare them.) Many of these little newsboys here. Location: Richmond, Virginia. Date 1911 June

Suzanne Lenglen reading the Tatler
" Suzanne and Us" Suzanne Lenglen (1899-1938) who had just won the The Ladies Tennis Championship at Wimbledon for the fifth time in succession

Two women in the latest French fashions, sitting on a garden bench. On the left is a pink dress with lace trimming below the neck

Bedtime reading
MODEL RELEASED. Bedtime reading. Mother reading a book to her four-year-old daughter at bedtime

Learning to read
MODEL RELEASED. Learning to read. 6 year old boy learning to read

THE WONDERFUL STORY. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, undated

Egyptian Fortune Teller
Egyptian street fortune teller has two women engrossed in his soothsaying

Art is Long by Pica
A woman with a svelte figure and an Eton crop hair style studies the latest elongated fashions of the 1930s in the pages of a womens magazine

Shop Signs / Umbrella
This umbrella sign advertises an umbrella makers in Reading, Berkshire

Kerensky / K Bulla
ALEKSANDR FYODOROVICH KERENSKY Russian Revolutionary leader

Mother & Daughter Read
Mother reads a large book while her daughter hangs over her shoulders

Leningrad Library
Reading in the library despite constant bombing - during the siege, bombs landed about every 3 minutes. The sign reads Please keep quiet

Girl Reads in Armchair
A girl sits in an armchair, with her hands behind her hair and wearing a white pinafore, reading a book

Altar candles, Chatenay, Saone et Loire, France, Europe

Orthodox monks prayer book, Mount Athos, Greece, Europe

Ninomiya Sontoku, 19th century Japanese philosopher regarded by children as a symbol of hard work and perseverance, Japan, Asia

River Thames at Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chinese people reading announcement, Xingping, Guangxi Province, China, Asia

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