Historical Educational Contexts

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

London : a model lodging house - the dining hall Date: 1849

Abbot Nollet's lectures on Physics at the College of Navarre in 1754

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

London : a model lodging house - the dining hall Date: 1849

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

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

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

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

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

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

Engraving workshop, wood engraving, about 1880

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

School, classroom, school class, Arnold Staub's school of weaving in Kuchen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany/School, classroom, school class, the school of the weaving plant company of Arnold Staub in Kuchen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently colored

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

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

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

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

United States Supreme Court c. 1888 Artist Unknown Engraving Culver Pictures Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

Studenten in ein Studentenbar/Students in a student bar, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, colored later

Engraving depicting a school for the "common" classes. Ragged School, George Yard, St. Jude's, Whitechapel, London.

Young student graduating from a boys school. A tutor reading lessons from a lectern to boys on benches in a large hall. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combes The Dance of Life, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1817.

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

Inauguration session of the new Normal School, November 4, 1847 (on the back: a reading session in the evening in one of the rooms at the College de France)

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

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

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

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.

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.

THE AGRICULTURAL QUESTION

David Feinstein, Reference Room, c 1935 1943 Reference Room

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

New York City - opening of the public schools, September 5th - an exhibition of the calisthenic exercises | Library of Congress

Sophs , Students

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

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

Engraving depicting boys in the school washroom at Truant School.

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

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

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

LECTURE. Egypt, engraving 1879

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

Zion school for Colored children, Charleston, South Carolina. Prints. 1866-12-15. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. African Americans , Education, African American children , Education

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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)

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

WOMEN'S EDUCATION IN NORWAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

Studying for the church , Sleeping

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

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.

Literary evening

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

The Great Schools of England: the dining-hall at Christ's Hospital...singing a hymn, 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.

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

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

CHALK SUNDAY IN THE COUNTY OF KILKENNY, IRELAND

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

A Study school class room. March 7, 1938.

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

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

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

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