"Interior of the library of the Royal Institution; members searching for books on shelves and on gallery, others reading at large green tables or by the windows; a group of four men stand in conversion in centre of room."--British Museum online catalo...
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Pub. 1st May 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Libraries, Interiors, Reading, Bookcases, and Globes
The husband and wife of British Museum satires number 14307 sit in a luxurious breakfast parlour, turning their backs on each other and the table. She caresses a cat, facing an empty grate (right); he is absorbed in a newspaper
Three men are seated around a table, from left to right a squire wearing spectacles and reading aloud from the Daily Advertiser, a parson in the center smoking a pipe and raising a glass of punch, and a barber with his wig askew on the right
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 11, 1784, 227 Strand, London, by W. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Reading, Wigs, Tobacco pipes, Barbers, Clergy, and Clothing & dress
A man sits in a chair at a table reading about the French Revolution in The Gazetteer (newspaper). The candle in his right hand smokes heavily and is burnt down to a low stub. His tricorne hat is on the table and his walking stick is visibly leaning ...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Newspapers, Reading, History, and Foreign public opinion
A young woman sits on the bank of a small river, under a tree with a book in her hands and gazes into the distance. Sun rays break through the clouds above a small house in the distance on the left
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, Print, Map and Chartseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
An aspirational dustman in ragged clothes, a monocle hanging from his hat, and smoking a cigar, sits in a chair before the hearth reading a book, "An introduction to the pleasures of ... schince by Barnart Botherum [...] dedicated to the majesty of th...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published April 1828 by S. Maunder, 10 Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Garbage collecting, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Interiors, Fireplaces, Smoking, and Reading
