Historical Educational Contexts

Illustrations depicting historic lectures and educational activities from the 19th century, emphasizing societal themes and educational practices.

Juvenile Anti-Slavery Society, 1837. Published by R.G. Williams for the American Anti-Slavery Society. Serial publication focusing on the themes of slavery in the United States, specifically targeting juvenile literature

LECTURE AT THE CHARTERHOUSE ON STEPHEN GRAY'S DISCOVERIES IN ELECTRICITY, 1874

Painting auction, 1862 print Auction room with customers sitting behind tables and standing. Left and right, employees show artworks, in the middle a man behind a table, probably the auctioneer. paper letterpress printing art sale, auction. art collecting

Juvenile Anti-Slavery Society, 1837. Published by R.G. Williams for the American Anti-Slavery Society. Serial publication focusing on the themes of slavery in the United States, specifically targeting juvenile literature

The Cotton Famine (Lancashire Cotton Famine). Sewing class for out of work mill hands, organised by the Manchester and Salford Provident Society.

Child welfare: Ragged School, Whitechapel, 19thC

LORD SHAFTESBURY VISITING THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY, OLD PYE STREET, 1846

CHINESE MISSION SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, ENGRAVING 1876, US, USA, America, United States

Reading Hall in Berlin, c. 1890, men reading a daily newspaper in a public reading room, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Germany, Europe

The school of law of Paris. - The big amphitheater during a contest.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF DEGREES, IN THE HALL OF KING'S COLLEGE

Illustration depicting The Victorian Press, established in 1860 and managed by Emily Faithful, its purpose was to give employment to women and by its example encouraged others to do the same. Dated 19th century

DISORDER IN SCHOOL. Engraving by Paris in 1878.

Engraving workshop, wood engraving, about 1880

Children working in the pantomimes at Drury Lane Theatre, receive lessons at the theatre's school. Date: 1889

The British Museum: the interior of the reading room, in use. Wood engraving by I.C. after C. Gregory, 1874.

The School. From an engraving by John Burnet based on the work A Village School by Sir David Wilkie.

Classic Studies. Elementary course. (Registered title) | The pretty soldiers. (Registered title)

A folk kitchen in Vienna, Original drawing by Th, Breidwiser, A folk kitchen in Vienna illustration from over country and sea , th year, No, After, Theodor Breidwiser Breitwieser, Breidwieser , illustrator

A Japanese school, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Student Society Minerva in Leiden, ca. 1830-1835, Leendert Springer (I), 1830 - 1835 print Meeting of students from the Student Society Minerva, in the Lokaal de Two Columns on the Breestraat in Leiden, ca. 1830-1835. The students are drinking, reading and smoking at tables. At a table on the left, chess. Leiden paper fraternity (students) To lead. Breestraat

Teaching girls to read in The Ragged School Union (formed 1844) school, Lambeth, London. From 'The Illustrated London News' 11 April 1868. Wood engraving.

The Royal visit to Ireland: Queen Victoria's visit to the female infant school of the National Board of Education, in Marlborough Street, Dublin. Date: 1849

SIR P. CUNLIFFE OWEN DISTRIBUTING PRIZES TO THE STUDENTS OF THE BLOOMSBURY FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART AT THE FREEMASONS' TAVERN

Village School, Valentine Green, After Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1772 print paper etching elementary school; class, form. teacher and pupil

Students in a student bar, student pub, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date unknown

Photo collection Government information service. School interior ca. 1812. (Colored copper engraving by J.H. Hoedt. Municipal archive Rotterdam). undated. Rotterdam

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL, CALEDONIAN ASYLUM

Illustration depicting the dinning hall of Erdington Orphanage. Dated 19th Century

The Preparatory School for Young Ladies. Practical cookery education for girls. Cartoon by John Leech (1817-1864) English caricaturist. Engraving.

BEATRICE DISTRIBUTING THE PRIZES TO THE SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS OF THE FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART, QUEEN SQUARE, BLOOMSBURY, IN THE THEATRE OF BURLINGTON HOUSE, 1883

A sketch of the female work room at the School for the Indigent Blind in St George's Fields, founded in 1791. Date: 1853

THE AGRICULTURAL QUESTION

Job schoolmaster, vintage engraving. Job schoolmaster, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660704

East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English. Date: 1911

Conference Room. Original caption: Conference Room. From: Centenary Pictorial Album - Being Contributions of the Early History of Methodism in the State of Maryland. By George C. M. Roberts. Printed by J. W. Woods, Baltimore, 1866 State: Maryland.

An engraving depicting a lecture at The Royal Institution of Great Britain. Dated 19th century

Students being taught using the Toulouse method, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 465, Volume XIX, January 22-29, 1852.

David Feinstein, Reference Room, c 1935 1943 Reference Room

The new reading room in the Imperial public library in St Petersburg, Russia, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1041, Volume XLI, February 7, 1863.

A VISIT TO THE NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, HAM COMMON, SURREY

Sophs , Students

Engraving depicting boys in the school washroom at Truant School.

Copernicus lecting his education in Rome Gorazdowski, Edward (1843 1901), Gerson, Wojciech (1831 1901)

The Metropolitan Gallery of the London Telegraph Office. Date: 1871

Study room of the Print Kabinet in Berlin, Anonymous, After Ewald Thiel, 1900 photomechanical print Interior of the Print Kabinet in Berlin with men and women who view tables at tables. On the left a man with a transport car runs. paper art collection, art gallery. print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph Berlin

Hustle at the gate just after school finished, historic wood engraving, about 1888

LECTURE. Egypt, engraving 1879

E. R. Morse, Boston, Mass.Dressmaking Instruction in the Winthrop SchoolGirls Sketching from Diagrams, 1874, wood engraving on paper.

Mathematicians and philosophers from the Mage series of the 19th century according to the drawing of Henryk Pillati. A clipping of ears 1865 (2) 56 Puc, Bronisaw (fl. 1867 1891), unknown, Pillati, Henryk (1832 1894)

The school ruled by love. Prints. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Boys , New York (State) , New York , 1800-1899, Schools , New York (State) , New York , To 1899, School children , New York (State) , New York , 1800-1899, Teachers , New York (State) , New York , 1800-1899, Classrooms , New York (State) , New York , 1800-1899

writing, stenographers' table at the Prussian House of Representatives, after a drawing, by Hosemann, wood engraving, 1851,

Illustration depicting scenes from Gordon's Boys' Home for destitute boys. The home was set up in memory of Gordon of Khartoum. Dated 19th Century

Queen Sophia visits the Sophia Bewerschool in Amsterdam, 1867, Edouard Taurel, after Jacob Taanman, 1867 - 1868 print When visiting the Sophia Bewarschool Sophia in the Kerkstraat in Amsterdam, Koningin Sophia will be given a bouquet of flowers in Amsterdam, 25 April 1867. Netherlands paper steel engraving elementary school; class, form Sophia storage school

The work of Charity Schools. Children rescued from want and misery, to be clad and educated, after Thomas Stothard, R.A. Black and White Illustration from the Connoisseur, an Illustrated Magazine for Collectors Voll 3 (May-Aug 1902) published in London.

Modern Age. Entry and life of studients in German universities. Engraving, 19th century. Germania, 1882.

Teachers choosing the duellists for the Mensur (Traditional ritual fencing between German students), woodcut by P Fruehauf from Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), illustrated magazine published by Richard Bong, 1892-1893, Year VII, No 2, Berlin.

The School, by T. Faed, Esq. A.R.S.A.. Caldesi & Montecchi (British, active 1850s)

The Brother's School by Francois Bonvin, (1817-1887)

Reading room of the British Museum. Interior with reading men and women behind reading tables.

''Sketches at the Meetings of the London School Board', 1890.

A freedmen's Bureau school in Richmond in 1866. Southern foes of Reconstruction burned many of these schools.

East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English. Date: 1911

Ann Street School, Birmingham, 1855 By Alfred H. Green, The Quaker run British Infant Schools Society opened Birmingham Infants Central School for 90 pupils at 48 Ann Street in 1826. The school closed in 1867 and the site is now occupied by Birmingham's Council House. The painting depicts the education of different groups of children of aged from 3-12., Close inspection shows that the apparent chaos of this school room in fact organised into 5-6 different age-groups each with one or two adults in charge. Classes are gathered in seated rows or standing groups around a monitor. A trio of smartly dressed onlookers, a woman and two children, are picked out by the main shaft of sunlight., 19th Century, Teacher, School, Teaching, Social history, Education

The University Library, Gottingen, Germany Date: early 18th century

Princess Beatrice distributing the prizes to the successful students of the female school of art, in the theatre of Burlington House, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, England, historic image, 1883

Illustration depicting the Library of the Royal Institution, Albemarle Street. Dated 19th century

Art school, men in a painting school in Japan in 1869, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date unknown

Children in a board school have dinner for a penny. Date: 14 March 1885

"The man we would like to strangle." from "The Sketch Book & Winters Pie". A room full of people look fed up as a man recounts his fishing stories during a thaw at a Winter Sports Hotel. Date: 1928- 1929

Sewing shop, possibly in New Hampshire. Unknown maker, American

Illustration depicting a composing room in London. Dated 19th century

Studying for the church , Sleeping

Elias Martin, (ARA), 1739-1818, Swedish, Reading Lesson at a Dame School, undated. Graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

The Surrey Institution, dedicated to scientific and artistic education and research, 1807-1823

The amphitheater of the Sorbonne during a course of Mr. Faguet, around 1905. (Title awarded)

DENIS DIDEROT reads a paper to a circle of friends Date: 1713 - 1784

A meeting of the London School Board, set up as a result of the Elementary Education Act of 1870 to build and run schools. Membership of the Board was decided by election, and women could vote and stand for election on equal terms with men. Date: 1882

Literary evening

CHALK SUNDAY IN THE COUNTY OF KILKENNY, IRELAND

Crowd of rebellious children for a school building, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1836 print Paris paper going to school. mischievous child (at school)

''The Singing Lesson, after W Gay', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

Engraving depicting an evening lecture on physiology and hygiene at the Young Men's Christian Association.

A classroom in a school, 1870, China, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date unknown, Asia

Cartoon titled 'The British educational curse'. Academic and Vocational education are kept separate.

'Broiling stray chickens.'. Illustrations. 1879. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883, African American children, Slaves , United States

A Study school class room. March 7, 1938.

Children encouraged by their teachers to box as a positive and healthy recreation. Wood engraving by J. Leech, 1858.

Fourth magazine of the Maskerade of the students of the Utrechtsch Student Corps on 22 June 1886, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary, representing the Union of Utrecht (1579), the foundation of the Hogeschool (1636) and the Peace of Utrecht (1713) .

Reading Room of the Berlin Printers' Cabinet, Berlin, c. 1900, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Back to school. (Registered title) | News. (Title of the whole)

'Ecole d'enseignement mutuel' French girls' school, literally, a school of mutual instruction Date: circa 1835

Event at the University of Madrid, Castelar, Fernando Castro and the other professors are ceremoniously reinstated to their chairs, 1869, Spain, Histo...

News. / 64. / New Laws on Education: -This are the teachers who receive the ferule. (Title registered (letter)) | News. (Title of all)

Boys and girls from the Home and Colonial Infant School Grays Inn Lane, London, enjoy see-saws, swings, parallel bars and other apparatus. Date: 1843

The Punishment in School Classroom by Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775-1841) / Private Collection /Germany / Pen, brush, watercolour, Indian ink on paper / Genre / 17x20 / Neoclassicism

The Liverpool Industrial Schools, at Kirkdale, near Liverpool, 1850. 'It was found...that the juvenile pauperism of Liverpool was so largely on the increase as to be incapable of being accommodated in the workhouse...at present the institution contains 1123 children, of whom 640 are boys, and 483 girls...this experiment has been highly favourable in extending education among the destitute children of the town...The trades which the boys are taught are tailoring, shoemaking, and carpentering. The girls are instructed in knitting, needlework, washing, ironing, mangling, cooking, and general

Colored school,object teaching. Prints. 1870. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. African Americans , Education, African American schools, African American students, African American teachers, Classrooms

Six men are working with combs, irons and brushes as they make hats of various descriptions, some tools of their trade are hanging on the walls. Coloured etching.

Scholarship Place. (IT)

Photo collection Government information service. Latin school at the apple market in Amersfoort. Until 1622 the Latin school was established in the right-wing building, after which it was furnished to ward. undated. Amersfoort

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