Reads Collection (#8)

Goldsmith & Johnson
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Irish writer, rescued by Dr Johnson, when unable to pay the rent, who reads The Vicar of Wakefield and admires it Date: 1730 - 1774

Parliament / Opening / 1847
In Victorias absence, the Chief Commissioner reads the Queens speech to the members of the Commons and Lords. Date: 18 November 1847

Schoolchildren in a school display area. Date: 1970s

Portrait of a working class man reading The Graphic

Gentleman reading to his children, c. 1800
Gentleman reading to his children, while sitting on a bench in a leafy bower, c.1800 Date: C.1800

Gentleman reading in street, c. 1800
A gentleman walks down some steps from a house in a Georgian street, reading a book or journal, c.1800. Date: C.1800

Lady reading in a room, c. 1800
A lady reading in a nicely furnished room, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - bedtime story
The Headmaster of the Tennal Approved School (formerly Harborne School), Birmingham, reads the inmates a bedtime story over the loudspeaker system in the dormitories. Date: 1940s

Winston Churchill opening book fair, 1937
Winston Churchill opening the fifth National Book Fair at Dorland Hall, Regent Street, London, 1937. Date: 1937

An advertisement for the Asahigraph Pictoral Record
A Japanese advertisement for a magazine/periodical. A Japanese lady reads a copy of The Asahigraph Pictoral Record and on the top right hand side of the poster/advertisement is text stating its

Hinks oil lamp
A man reads beneath the light of a Hinks oil lamp

Horse & Carriage Pleasure Trippers, Ilfracombe, Devon, England. Sign on carriage reads: Wollacombe Sands to Shell Beach Date: 1909

Boy and goat with comic magazine, Balham, SW London
A boy and a goat with a comic magazine, Balham, SW London. The original caption reads: The kid reads them and the goat eats them! Date: circa 1961

WW1 - The German Ambassador to France delivers ultimatum
Baron Wilhelm von Schoen, German ambassador in Paris at the beginning of World War I assuring interim for Foreign Affairs M

Sicily Introduction
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of an illustrated Sicilian scene. Theres a mountain ahead and a farmer with his cow-drawn wagon walks through a landscape of trees and fields

Emmeline Pankhurst Grave Brompton Cemetary
The grave of Emmeline Pankhurst in Brompton Cemetery, London. The headstone, a celtic cross in red sandstone was designed by the sculptor Julian Phelps Allan (1892-1996)

Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Christabel Pankhurst (reverse)
Paper lapel reads, Votes for Women Womens Social & Political Union, 4 Clements Inn, Strand W.C. Reverse of portrait badge. Date: circa 1908

Suffragette Give Me a Vote Ceramic
A wild-eyed suffragette dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U - purple, white and green, waves a flag which reads, I Want a Vote

Women Munitions Workers WW1. A trio of women munitions workers, one holding 2 shell cases. The rhyme reads, Fron Sunday morning to Saturday night, munitions are going strong

Women War Work Chauffer WW1. Young woman chauffeur drives army officer as caption reads, Driven from home by a woman.. Date: circa 1918

Suffragette House of Ladies. Women have taken over the House of Lords and chaos reigns, and politicians can only look down from the balcony. Christabel Pankhurst wears a uniform, while Mrs

Suffrage Calendar Artists Suffrage League 1913. A suffrage calendar for 1913, published by the Artists Suffrage League. It shows a blindfolded baby astride a large white goose flying above a snowy

Suffragette demonstration Trafalgar Square. Shows a procession of W.S.P.U demonstrators marching through Trafalgar Square, with banners and flags

Suffragette Men in Fancy Dress Carnival. A group of young men variously attired as suffragettes wear Votes for Women signs including one which reads

Suffragette Fancy Dress Votes for Women. A group of women dressed up as suffragettes taking tea. Message on reverse reads, This was taken at the side of our house Date: circa 1910

Suffragette Play Suffragette and the Man. A group of (amateur?) actresses and a man in the centre, hold up Votes for Women and Meeting Tonight signs

Suffragette Publicity Maypole Dairy. A branch of the Maypole Dairy with four young men in white shirts and aprons outside. A sign in the window reads, Votes for Women

Suffragette Publicity Votes for Women Train. A steam train heads along the track with a banner just below the funnel which reads Votes for Women

Suffragette Publicity Advertising Meat. A large and prominent placard hangs outside a butchers shop owned by the London Central Meat Co. Ltd

Suffragette Publicity Advertising BOVRIL. The tram terminus at Brislington, South East of Bristol. A large advertising placard on the right reads, Vote for Women who buy BOVRIL

Suffragette Newspaper Seller and Cart. A suffragette stands beside a pony and trap with placard, advertising, The Suffragette newspaper. A note on reverse reads, Self & Press Cart 1912. Isabel Cay

Suffragettes Arrested Clements Inn 1908. The arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst and Flora Drummond, at the office of the national Womens Social & Political Union, Clements Inn

Suffragette Male Suffragist Bravo. A man carrying a large votes for women petition is praised for his support for the cause. Entitled, Male Suffragist

Suffragette, We Demand our Rights. Chubby little girl proudly waves a banner in the colours of the WSPU, purple, white and green which reads, As women and Mothers, we demand our rights

Suffragette Chicken Chases Cat. A fearsome chicken chases a cat away from her brood, shouting, You je st leave my chickens alone Whiskers caption reads

Suffragette. I Vote you a Merry Xmas. Two couples kiss under the mistletoe at Christmas while the suffragette stands alone. Caption reads, I Vote you a Merry Xmas

Suffragette Boy On Chair Sewing. A small boy has been reduced to doing his sewing and darning and caption reads, This is what Votes for Women has done for me! Date: circa 1911

Suffragette Need Not Apply. Bachelor peruses the newspaper ads from a matimorial agency. One reads, Wanted A Wife cheap who can cook, sew, wash, nurse, eat little, drink less and keep quiet

Suffragette Pillar Box Outrage. Well-dressed man, possibly drunk has slipped on pavement next to a red pillar (post) box, losing his top hat. Caption reads, Another Pillar Box Outrage

Suffragette In Arm Of A Man. A woman is lifted off her feet and held by a man in a hat. The caption reads, She likes this sort of thing the pet. Thats why she is a suffragette

Suffragette Favour Womens Suffrage. At a meeting, a formidable looking suffragette in a Votes for Women sash, raises the arm of a man next to her

Suffragette, Down with Womens Rights. A Gentleman finds himself in the centre of a group of angry and combative suffragettes armed with umbrellas

Suffragette Child Sheet Music. A small boy holds up a charred copy of a piece of suffrage sheet music, Bother the Men performed by Miss Grym, a lecturer on Womans Rights

Suffragette Dog in Mortar Board. Collie dog wears a mortar board and has a Votes for Women sign around its neck. The Caption reads

Suffragette Cats and Dog fight. Two cats or kittens are shown fighting (playfully) with a small terrier dog. Caption reads, Give us the vote!! Date: circa 1908

Suffragette Dog with a Pipe and Spectacles. A large brown dog with spectacles and brass collar, smokes a pipe against the background of the Union Jack flag

Suffragette in Snow Votes for Women. A lone suffragette holding a banner stands in the snow and ice. The caption reads, And loud that clarion voice replied

Suffragette All for the Cause Hammer. Militant suffragette with hammer concealed under coat seeks plate glass window to destroy. Caption reads, All for the cause Going Shopping

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