Reads Collection (#5)

REIGN OF TERROR VICTIMS
The reign of terror : a prison warder reads out the names of those who are to be guillotined today. Date: 1793 - 1792

Woman reading letters
A dark haired lady sits on a sofa reading through a bundle of old letters. Date: 1960s

Reads patent garden watering engine 1851
Reads patent garden watering engine, exhibited at the Crystal Palace in 1851, demonstrated here in a real garden. Date: 1851

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
A young child in London sells an assortment of goods from her cart. She displays a notice which reads notis this establisment under entirly new management [sic]. Date: 1896

WOMAN READS IN BED
A woman in bed alone with a book. She wears a shawl of blue with a white fur trim. Date: 1879

GIRL READS IN ARMCHAIR
A girl sits in an armchair, with her hands behind her hair and wearing a white pinafore, reading a book. Date: 1894

SIGNING ARMISTICE 1918
Admiral Sir David Beatty reads the terms of the Armistice to German delegates aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth at Rosyth Date: 16 November 1918

Cartoon, Late from School-Room 1860
A small girl reads out aloud to her governess. Date: 1860

FAMILY / READING
Father reads by candlelight to his wife and their six children in a well- to-do household Date: 1783

READING TO ALICE
Alice in Wonderland - a mother reads to her daughter Date: 1879

RELIGION / CONFESSION
Pious French Catholics queue to confess their sins to a popular priest; an elegant gentleman reads a pious text on bended knee, a beggar begs Date: 1737

TIME / SUNDIAL
SUNDIAL Sundial on East Bergholt Church in Suffolk. The sundial is 400 years old and reads: Time passes away like a shadow

ARTHUR / ELAINES LETTER
Arthur reads Elaines letter

MOTHER READS TO CHILDREN
Mother reading a story to her two children Date: 1947

LIVINGSTONE READS BIBLE
Livingstone as a missionary reads the Bible to African natives

CHILDREN READING / TOYS
Children gather round while a boy reads from a story book. Date: 1893

A BEDROOM, 15TH CENTURY
Scene in a bedroom - an old man lies sick, his wife reads a devotional book, a servant waits on them Date: 1470

Family relaxing in deckchairs on the beach at Paignton
Candid seaside photograph of a family of four relaxing in deckchairs on the beach at Paignton. Note the on-trend permanent wave hairstyle of the Mother and daughter circa 1930s

Young woman reading by Henri-Paul Mottez
Young woman reading. Henri-Paul Mottez (French, 1858-1937). Date: 1905

Lancaster Herald reads the Proclamation of the new Monarch
Prince Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) is proclaimed in London and throughout the Empire as the new sovereign, King George VI. Here the Lancaster Herald, Mr. A. G. B

Bottled Beverage

Advert for Pears soap in the Sudan 1887
A lasting memory of the British in the Sudan, the inscription on the rock reads " Pears soap is the best" The natives stand back in amazement 1887

His Other Eyes
A blind soldier sits and listens as a female companion reads from a newspaper or magazine, keeping him updated with news. This drawing was donated by the artist, Fortunino Matania

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

Bathing-time by Rene Vincent
Art deco illustration depicting bathers with billowing towels and cloaks gathered around a car at the beach. The caption reads: Modern summer holiday-makers seen through an artists eyes

Three girls Burgerweeshuis Amsterdam reads book
Three girls from the Burgerweeshuis in Amsterdam, one reads from a book while another listens and another is busy with mending

Penitent Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene folded hands
Penitent Mary Magdalene, Mary Magdalene with folded hands in a landscape. A putto carries her ointment jar. This print is part of an album, the penitent St

Flowering bindweed porcelain bowl leaf purple
Flowering bindweed in a porcelain bowl, The leaf and a purple, white and blue bindweed flower, in a porcelain bowl with water. In the foreground a pair of scissors

Roof shell Itayagai title object comparison Genroku poems
Roof shell Itayagai (title on object) A comparison of Genroku poems and shells (series title) Genroku kasen kaiawase (series title on object), Two women, one cuts pieces of rice cake

Portrait Tomimoto Toyohina Tomimoto Toyohina
Portrait of Tomimoto Toyohina Tomimoto Toyohina (title on object), Bust portrait of the famous beauty Tomimoto Toyohina. She reads a long surimono with a pattern of chrysanthemums

Young Man Reading Young Womans Shoulder Young man reading
Young Man Reading over a Young Womans Shoulder Young man reading along with girl Hundred poems by a hundred poets (series title) Hyakunin isshu (series title), Girl sitting on stairs of porch

hermit Eremite title object bearded hermit sits
The hermit The Eremite (title on object), The bearded hermit sits against a tree trunk in a forest landscape before the entrance to a cave

hermit De Eremyt title object bearded hermit sits
The hermit De Eremyt (title on object), The bearded hermit sits against a tree trunk in a forest landscape before the entrance to a cave

Old woman reading dark room old woman pinched glasses
Old woman reading, In a dark room, an old woman, with pinched glasses on her nose, reads in a thick book (the Bible) eyeglasses, spectacles, Simon Andreas Krausz (mentioned on object), The Hague

Lord room man sitting chair reads letter holds
Lord in a room, A man is sitting on a chair in a room. He reads a letter that he holds in his right hand, in the left hand he holds a pen, interior of the house, letter, envelope

Lazio Viterbo Montefiascone General Views Italy
Lazio Viterbo Montefiascone General views, this is my Italy, the italian country of visual history, View of an inn sign in the Piazza Roma that reads " Est! Est!! Est!!

Agriculture Shepherd scenes shepherd night watch
Agriculture, Shepherd scenes The shepherd night watch reads the stars. To know the hour. 1920, Middle East

New north gate Porte Montauban Shanghae Clark Worswick
New north gate - Porte Montauban - Shanghae, Clark Worswick collection of photographs of China and Southeast Asia, William Saunders album I, Saunders, William, fl. ca

Young Woman Reading In The Nineteenth Century. From The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, May To October 1904

Seige Of A Town. The Beseiging Army Reads Terms For The Town To Surrender And Open The Gates. From Military And Religious Life In The Middle Ages By Paul Lacroix Published London Circa 1880

A Poor Family Gathers Around As The Father Reads From The Bible. After A Work By Jean-Baptiste Greuze. From Xviii Siecle Institutions, Usages Et Costumes, Published Paris 1875

Fish Delivery boy distracted by Tit-Bits
Fish Delivery boy distracted by the latest addition Tit-Bits - this promotional card is advertising life insurance (via the magazine) to insure ones life for 1000. Date: circa 1906

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

Suffragette Ceramic Black Woman
A hand-painted suffragette ceramic figure of a black African woman, wearing a corset and short bloomers. In her right hand she holds a brown club, and in her left hand, a sign which reads

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