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The images on this website were obtained from a variety of sources. We welcome contributions from the community. If you have a digital picture on the theme of 'Reading' please send it to us either by email attachment or on a disc or CD-Rom! (brett.lucas@rhul.ac.uk)
Bridgeman Image Library
The following images were all obtained from the Bridgeman Image library.
The Five Senses: Hearing
by Johann or Hans von Aachen (1552-1616)
Phillips, The International Fine Art Auctioneers, UK
by Johann or Hans von Aachen (1552-1616)
Phillips, The International Fine Art Auctioneers, UK
Charles Dickens (1812-70)
by James Bacon (fl. 1850)
Eastgate Museum, Rochester, Kent, UK
by James Bacon (fl. 1850)
Eastgate Museum, Rochester, Kent, UK
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) (w/c on paper)
by Helen Allingham (1848-1926)
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
by Helen Allingham (1848-1926)
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Girl Reading at a Window
by Karoly or Charles Brocky (1808-55)
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
by Karoly or Charles Brocky (1808-55)
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Poster advertising 'Century Magazine', Midsummer Holiday Number,
New York (colour litho)
by American School (19th century)
Private Collection
CREDIT: Barbara Singer
by American School (19th century)
Private Collection
CREDIT: Barbara Singer
Chelsea Pensioners in the Long Wards, 1879 (oil on canvas)
by Ellen Conolly (fl.1873-85)
© Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, UK
by Ellen Conolly (fl.1873-85)
© Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, UK
St. Luke Writing, from a Book of Hours (vellum)
by Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521)
Musee Marmottan, Paris, France
Giraudon / Bridgeman Art Library
by Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521)
Musee Marmottan, Paris, France
Giraudon / Bridgeman Art Library
The Love Letter (oil on canvas)
by Federigo Andreotti (1847-1930)
Private Collection
CREDIT: Haynes Fine Art at the Bindery Galleries, Broadway
by Federigo Andreotti (1847-1930)
Private Collection
CREDIT: Haynes Fine Art at the Bindery Galleries, Broadway
St. Thomas Aquinas Reading, c.1510-11 (fresco)
by Fra Bartolommeo (Baccio della Porta) (1472-1517)
Museo di San Marco dell'Angelico, Florence, Italy
by Fra Bartolommeo (Baccio della Porta) (1472-1517)
Museo di San Marco dell'Angelico, Florence, Italy
The Temptation of St. Benedict, 1586 (oil on canvas)
by Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607)
Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK
by Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607)
Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK
Prose, 1879 (oil on panel)
by Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence (1836-1912)
© National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff
by Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence (1836-1912)
© National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff
Rest and Refreshment, 1948 (w/c on paper)
by Anderson, Stanley (1884-1966)
Private Collection
by Anderson, Stanley (1884-1966)
Private Collection
The Book Shop, from 'The Book of Shops', 1899 (colour litho)
by Bedford, Francis Donkin (1864-1930)
Private Collection
by Bedford, Francis Donkin (1864-1930)
Private Collection
The Favourite Poet, 1888 (oil on panel)
by Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence (1836-1912)
© Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Merseyside, UK
by Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence (1836-1912)
© Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Merseyside, UK
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Illustration by L. R. Steele, from A New English Treasury: Selected Prose and Verse for
Reading in Schools. Transition Book. Ed. F. F. Potter. London: Pitman, 1932.
Leisure Hour' from the painting by Birket Foster, in The Girl's Own Annual, 1893. Private collection.
Illustration. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XV. No. 765. August 25, 1894.
'The Manuscript Began Abruptly', illustration by R. Taylor, The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XV. No. 719. October 7, 1893. Private collection.
'That is a pleasure one may always command,' he said." Illustration
from Queechy by Elizabeth Wetherell. London: Nelson, 1895. Private collection.
Statue, Jardin des Plantes, Paris.
Photograph by Pam Knights
Photograph by Pam Knights
