Classic Classroom Scenes

Engravings depicting 17th and 18th-century classrooms and teaching methods, illustrating educational settings of the past.

Old-Time School In Pennsylvania 1881 Pyle, Howard(1853-1911 American) Lithograph Private Collection

Birthday of the school teacher, historical engraving, 1869, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown

The nieces Letje and Lizzy Ansingh at work as schoolgirls, draughtsman: Thérèse Schwartze, 1861 - 1918, cardboard, h 558 mm × w 642 mm

School administration, Cartoon, Anton Zampis -, Lithographer, Johann Höfelich -, printer

William Edward Forster (1818-1886), British Liberal statesman. In 1870, in Gladstone administration, carried Elementary Education Act through Parliament. Much groundwork for the Act done by his brother-in-law Matthew Arnold, poet and literary critic. John Tenniel cartoon from 'Punch' London March 1870 showing Forster as Chairman of a Board School speaking to pupils. Engraving

Teacher with 3 pupils in the classroom, supported by the assistant in the background, the Locatus, marked by a reversed rod, 1590, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Children at school by Johann Peter Hasenclever, Oil on canvas, 1845-1850, 1810-1853, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 74x96

Illustration depicting a teacher, at a 'Dame' school, spinning while supervising children as they learn to sew. Dated 19th Century

Ecole des Ponts-et-Chaussees, Paris. Students at their studies. Wood engraving, Paris, 1894

A silk spinning workshop, 19th century. From Le Savant du Foyer ou Notions Scientifiques Sur Les Objets Usuels de la Vie, published 1864

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

Interior of a School. Engraving from a 16th century print. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

Illustration depicting a young woman writing a letter whilst sitting at her desk, using a writing slope. Dated 19th century

Teaching in the country school, Anonymous

Agricultural Major, Skeletons - Academia

A political compulsory education school, Petrus van Geldorp, 1900 Amsterdam paper politician, e.g. party leader. elementary school; class, form. political caricatures and satires

Education; Learning. Interior of a library with five men. In the foreground a putto that writes 'The Universal Penman' on a tablet. It is surrounded by a painting palette, an inkwell, a globe and a row of books. At the top right numbered: 19.

EDUCACION MILITAR EN LA ESCUELA JAPONESA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Engraving depicting girl's in a private school having a drawing lesson.

North district school , Schools, School children, Teachers. Wayland Free Public Library Cage Collection

Engraving. - Interior King Edward's Grammar School, Birmingham. Wilkinson Collection, Vol I. Caption reads: 'The British Association. Meeting of the Geological Section in the Birmingham Grammar-School'

The Young Mendelsohn-Bartholdy with Goethe, historical engraving, 1869, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown

Plate 1: two children sitting on the ground, the child on the right drawing while the child on the left holding the album, the title page from 'The Book for Learning to Draw' (Livre pour apprendre à dessiner) ca. 1649 Stefano della Bella Italian. Plate 1: two children sitting on the ground, the child on the right drawing while the child on the left holding the album, the title page from 'The Book for Learning to Draw' (Livre pour apprendre à dessiner) 377013

Children being taught at the Brook-Street ragged and industrial school. Date: 1853

A meeting of the London School Board in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, London -- Professor Huxley addresses his colleagues. 1871

education in India, 1865. View of '...the meeting, on Friday, of the Educational Department, Mr. Thomas Chambers, M.P., presiding, when Sir Manockjee Cursetjee, a Parsee gentleman of Bombay, not less distinguished by his liberality and enlightenment than by his wealth and commercial position, made an interesting statement with regard to the improvement of female education in India, of which he has long been a zealous and influential promoter. He described the means by which, two years ago, an institution was opened at Bombay for the education of a limited number of daughters of respectable nat

Illustration depicting boys in a games room amusing themselves with, among other things, chess and draughts. Dated 19th century

Differences of opinion, Scholars in a historical library reading and discussing at a table, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Lecture hall in the Law faculty during a competition, Paris, France, illustration by Valentin from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 227, July 3, 1847.

education school children divided into age groups woodcut from ""Die Legende des heiligen Herzog Ruprecht"" (The legend of saint Rupert) by Jacob Koebel Oppenheim Germany 1524,

France, Paris, Teacher

Child learning to play a zither, historical engraving, 1883

The young Mendelssohn-Bartholdy visiting Goethe, historical engraving, 1869

Cartoon depicting young men attending a lecture at university.

An engraving depicting a village classroom. Dated 19th century

Study magazine with Scheveningen fishing children. .

Arab School, 1851, painting by John Frederick Lewis, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original .

The Great Schools of England: Christ's Hospital - the Grammar-School, 1862. Founded in the 16th century, Christ's Hospital is one of the oldest boarding schools in England. It was originally set up as a charitable school to educate London's poor children, and is unusual among British independent schools in that the majority of the students receive bursaries. Fees are paid on a means-tested basis. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Young scholar in study room. A young scholar in dressing gown or Japonse skirt in his study, read a letter. On the head a hat or montero (worn through prominent men in combination with the Japonse skirt). Right rear a full bookcase, for which a low table. Left to see the corner from a table on which an ink pot.

The adulthood, Philippe Joseph Tassaert, 1768 print At a table a man reads a child from a book. A woman is standing with the child. The print is part of a series of four prints about the ages of humans. London paper engraving the ages of man. reading to somebody. book

University teacher giving a lesson, surrounded by six students, Johann Grueninger, 1500, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Playing chess, black or white, illustration by Stanislaw Rejchan (1858-1919), woodcut from Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), illustrated magazine published by Richard Bong, 1892-1893, Year VII, No 6, Berlin.

Adulthood; Middle Age; The ages of man. A man reads a child from a book at a table. A woman is standing at the child. The print is part of a series of four prints about the ages of man.

Illustration depicting a typical public library. Dated 19th century

Reading woman in a library, 1906 print A woman with a hat sits behind a reading table in a library, her jacket hangs over a chair next to her. She reads in a large open book that is on a standard for her on the table. paper drypoint newspaper, news-sheet. public library

The Student needs some distractions. ... 6. () | Law course. (Title of all)

Engraving depicting boys at work in the carpentry shop at Truant School, London.

Print made by George Keating, 1762-1842, Irish, The Studious Boy, 1784. Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.

Interior of a scholar's room, year 1500, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Man and boy reading in a book. A man with glasses reads in a opened book that is on the table for him. About his shoulder a boy with a hat reads with him.

Young writing on a window.

'The Stocking Weaver sitting at his knitting loom producing hosiery. Hand-coloured woodcut from ''The Book of English Trades'', London, 1823.'

The Night School. Interior of an evening school. A mother with a lantern brings her son to school. In the middle the master behind his desk. On the right students in candlelight reading. Links two boys at a stove.

Potter's workshop with woman turning the wheel and girl baller supplying the potter with lumps of clay of the correct weight for the next vessel to be thrown. Woodcut c1860

Francia. Escuela de enseñanza primaria. Grabado de 1834.

Illustration depicting a young woman engrossed in a book. Dated 19th century

A group of dandified tailors attending a lecture, given by a grotesquely fashionable tailor, on "anatomical cutting". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.

Reward of Merit , Schools. Messenger Collection

A Chinese Teacher, illustration from 'Our Police Protectors: History of the New York Police Department, ' published 1885

Illustration from a book depicts a task given to two pupils. The students were asked to go to the market and buy something that would fill the room. One student fills the room with hay, whilst the other buys an oil lamp claiming that the light from the lamp fills the room. The Master declares that the purchase made by the second student was the wiser purchase. Dated 1913

Stem book Voladers from Watzdorf

Village school

Paris. - Inauguration of the School of Higher Commercial Studies, Rue de Tocqueville.

Cobbler mending boots. Chromolithograph from an English children's book published in 1867.

The Reading Lesson. Knut Ekvall (1843-1912). Oil on canvas. 75.5 x 60.2cm.

Man in a study migration, Anonymous, After Monogrammist AC (20th century, designer), 1902 print. photograph A man with a beard is sitting with a goose feather in his hand behind a table in front of a bookcase. There are an ink jar and a candlestick on the table. There is a box on the floor. paper study; 'studiolo'; library. ink-well. bookshelves. writing-table, writing-desk

A Disturbance in School; about 1890; Collotype;

The Bad Book.. Unknown

Girl with a reading board, c. 1850 - c. 1900 print On the reading board is the ABC and the Lord's Prayer in Latin. cardboard reading

LA UNIVERSIDAD EN LA EDAD MEDIA. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.

Egyptian children at school. Date: 1836

Paris prisons health prison; The Library of Prisoners

Girl Reading.

Maths teacher with student, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1835 print A math teacher lets a student determine the value of an unknown (x) from the following comparison: Céar: Napoleon = Napoleon: X. Paris paper teacher and pupil. algebraic formula, equation, etc.

Illustration depicting a young woman using a writing slope as she writes her letter. Illustrated by Matthew White Ridley (1837-1888) a British artist. Dated 19th century

Boat building techniques for rowing boats on the Aleutian Islands, 1822, drawing by Choris taken from A New Voyage Round the World by Otto von Kotzebue.

Etienne RENAUD, first teacher of Louis Pasteur at Arbois, 1822-95 French chemist and microbiologist, taught Pasteur reading and writing

School for the blind, home for the blind, blind workers at brush factory / Blindenschule, Blindenheim, blinde Arbeiterinnen bei der Bürstenfabrikation, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Grammatica; De zeven vrije kunsten.Grammar indicates a student to the letters of the alphabet on a slit plank. An older boy looks over her shoulder. With a Latin caption by C. Schonaeus.

Illustration showing an 18th century, English coffee house.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales laying the first stone of the Lambeth School of Art.

Christine de Pisan Teaching Her Son Artist Unknown Illuminted Manuscripts British Library, London, England

Teacher with good student, 1596 print A teacher is busy in the outdoors. A student is well about his books. Three other children have thrown their books on the floor and play in a tree. Frankfurt am Main paper engraving teacher and pupil. teacher and pupil (+ pupil). playground

Illustration depicting a schoolmaster administrating corporal punishment. Dated 19th Century

Classes for adults, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 or 1498-1543).

The Student ca. 1942 Julius Thiengen Bloch American, born Germany. The Student 488104

1800s 1870s YONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOY FIGURING ON A SCHOOL SLATE HARPERS WEEKLY ILLUSTRATION

Girl with a slicipation. The ABC and IT is in Latin on the Reading Board.

Primary schools, primary school, in Dar-es-Salaam around 1870, Tanzania, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century master, exact original date not known, Africa

Grammar, Johann Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, After Cornelis Cort, After Frans Floris (I), 1560 - 1600 print The personification of grammar is in a thatched chair as an older teacher. She learns a child next to her reading from a book. A wise stick in her hand. In the foreground are books in the field of spelling and speech art. In the background a mother chicken and a few chicks. As a symbol of mother love, De Kloek was for grammar as the starting point, the mother of all education. In the top right corner a boy enters the school. The print has a Latin caption about grammar and is part of a seven -part series about the seven free arts. print maker: unknownafter drawing by: Antwerp paper engraving 'Grammatica' (~ trivium); 'Grammatica' (Ripa). going to school. teacher and pupil

Bachelor's dream , Dreaming, Bachelors

Learning is WealthWilson, Charley, Rebecca, and Rosa, Slaves from New Orleans 1863-64 Charles Paxson American. Learning is WealthWilson, Charley, Rebecca, and Rosa, Slaves from New Orleans 299310

Declaration of voting results from Birmingham at the Constitutional Club, Unionists' headquarters, London, British Elections, United Kingdom, illustration by H H Flere from L'Illustration, No 3491, January 22, 1910.

Group portrait of some students from the Christian Gymnasium (Diaconessenstraat 1) in Utrecht, on the schoolyard of the school, presumably member of the school association D.O.T. (The rare tippelaars).

Woman and youth playing a board game, early 14th century, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date un...

MARCUS PORCIUS CATO (234-149 BC), Roman statesman, known as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Maior (the Elder). Seen here educating his son. Date: 234 - 149 BC

Group scholars. A group of scholars, including three women, in a landscape. In the foreground a group of scholars bent over a book that is opened by one of the women. In the background left, a young scholar shows an armillaire to two older scholars and two students. Under an arch a group of scholars around a table, bent over writings.

Uno Stadius , Teachers, Librarians

The history of education , History, Education. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Mr. Herrick Teaching Wood Engraved in the Women's Art School, Cooper Union, Ada C. Thompson, Engraving, Horizontal rectangle. Sketch showing the instructor standing over his pupils who are seated near a window. Inscribed (in ink) along the side: 'Emily Dyer / Mary McCready / Mrs/ Hatch teacher at the desk / One of the Founders of Y.W.C.A. / Ada C. Thompson / J. C. Hagen's niece / Mr. Herrick teaching engraving on wood.' Verso: 'Property of Friends - Illustration for History of School of Design for book from Alice Donlevy.', ca. 1860, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Masquerade of Leiden students, 1875 (plate 9); Masquerade held by the members of the Leidsche student corps on 15th June 1875 for celebration of the 300st birthday of the Leidsche Hoogeschool, representing the Leidsche Hoogeschool, depicted in the most famous and remarkable men, who from Her Foundation have connected their name to the Haren.Historical Costumed Procession of the Students of Leiden Hogeschool Held on June 15, 1875 on the occasion of the 300th Anniversary of the University. The Procession Depicts The Most Famous Men Attached to The University. Ninth Plate With The Groups Numbered 139-159. Part of the Series of 21 Together Stuck Magazines.

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