Historical Education Scenes

Antique engravings depicting various educational settings, from cookery schools to sewing classes, showcasing historical learning environments.

A German merchant and his secretary at their books

Cookery school for poor girls, Edinburgh, Scotland. Engraving, London, 1883.

A German merchant and his secretary at their books

THE TRAINING OF A VOLUNTEER

Engraving depicting a sewing class at the Ladies Charity School, Powis Gardens, Notting Hill, London, founded in 1702.

In the nursery, children with toys and a childminder, 1880, woodcut, England

A historical interior with a family consisting of a woman, a child and an older woman who emotionally interact with each other, the boy is doing arithmetic with stones, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

''The Free Education Act -- The Sewing Class of Elder Girls', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

Illustration showing a Victorian, English, home worker with a sewing or embroidery bobbin working long hours for low pay.1843

An engraving depicting a Sunday School class. Dated 19th century

Little boy's home at Farningham, Britain, 1891. The Tailors shop, the anniversary of the little boys home at farningham and Swanley; ironing; sewing tools; teacher; interior; school; learning; achievement; advancement; schooling; In the Sevenoaks district of Kent in England. Near to the river Darent, south of dartford; Charles Dickens was a visitor for the trout fishing; precision; attention;

Engraving depicting village children being taught to read by a character who combined the occupations of baker and school teacher. Dated 19th century

A female clerk at work in a china factory. Date: 1897

An engraving depicting girls having a drawing class. Dated 19th century

Girls' school. Engraving, 19th century. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana".

Victorian children in their nursery. Date: 1884

Engraving depicting the making of chocolate creams at Fry's cocoa and chocolate factory, Bristol. Dated 19th century

Mrs Wixie (Mary), the school matron, introducing Tom to Arthur, a new boy, and asking him to befriend and share a study with him. Illustration for 1869 edition of Tom Browns Schooldays by Thomas Hughes. Original edition 1857.

CONFERENCE OF THE WOMEN'S FRANCHISE LEAGUE IN RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON

Female homeworker using a treadle spinning wheel. Before the building of large factories and the coming of mass production, spinning was done by women in their own homes. Often the raw material to be spun was supplied by a middle man who collected the finished work and sold it on to weavers and factories. From 'Great Industries of Great Britain' (London, c1880). Engraving.

Engraving depicting an unwilling schoolmistress, forced into her situation because it was one of the few ways a young lady could earn a living. Illustration by William Hughes.

Women making creams in the Fry's chocolate factory in Bristol Date: 1884

Child education, teaching needlework in 1883, infants needle drill; prepare to thread; threading; threaded; apprentices; blackboard; school

Laying down the law in the classroom, Brooklyn, NY, circa 1900

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

A classroom with children sitting at long tables and a teacher standing with a book in her hand. Lithograph by J.B. Sonde.

A young woman taking a boy to school introduces him to the school master in the schoolroom. Wood engraving after Ludwig Bassini.

Interior of a Tuscarora Indian village school room. The native American children are shown dressed in European clothing, the only indication of their poverty being their bare feet. 1876

An engraving depicting women making dolls in a workshop. Dated 19th century

A lecture at Girton College, Cambridge, a women-only college until 1977: the students concentrate and prepare to take notes Date: 1877

Boy drawing a likeness of his cat on his blackboard, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Two young ladies in reduced circumstances showing their illustrative work to a magazine editor in London, 1888

Engraving showing an official reading out messages to the newly arrived immigrants at the Castle Garden Immigration Depot, in New York, 1886. The original caption for this image was 'The Following Passengers by the Celtic have friends in the Waiting Room'. Date: 1886

Engraving depicting girls at a London Board School attending a cookery demonstration.

Orderly Room, 16th Century, historical illustration

Colonel Ichabod Bennet Crane, 1787-1857, at school, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

JAMES WATT engineer, as a boy Date: 1736 - 1819

Mrs. Weldon was leaning on this map, vintage engraved illustration.

An engraving depicting a young woman gauging watch springs for the American Watch Company, Waltman, Mass. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a young child throwing a tantrum in the middle of class.

Women undergraduates in the Junior Common Room of Lady Margaret Hall. Date: 1920

Free dinners to poor children, the dinner table at St. Philip's, Stepney, UK, 1889.

School, a teacher pointing to the text one of his students is reading while his other two students are watching him, 1650, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from 19th century original.

Illustration depicting the dinning hall of an orphanage in France run by the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul. Dated 19th Century

Boy drawing a likeness of his cat on his blackboard, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Illustration showing (right): a boy covering a cushion with paint, while the man on the left is pressing down a printing block. 1842

Illustration depicting a young boy using a book strap to carry his books to school. Dated 19th century

Women compositors, employed by the Society for the Employment of Women Date: 1888

An unwilling school teacher, in a girls classroom, forced into her situation because it was one of the few ways a young woman could earn a living. From The Quiver London, 1870. Illustration By William Hughes

Illustration depicting a typical circulating library. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

Illustration of the Kindergarten in the Rev. Dr William Stainer's home for deaf children. Dated 19th Century

Illustration depicting a young gentleman studying different subjects. Dated 19th Century

OXFORD

Woodcut "wood-cutters' studio", yearbook "Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten", German for "modern art in masterful woodcuts", 1900

Engraving depicting a Sunday school teacher giving a writing lesson to a little girl, Stockport.

Compulsory education before a new poor law, Johan Braakensiek, 1899 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. scholastic education, tuition. the poor

Lesson of geometry at the blackboard, 1865, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Engraving depicting a young boy counting on his fingers.

Boy drawing his sister's doll, historical illustration circa 1893

ESCOLARIZACION LIBRE EN PENSYLVANIA - GRABADO - 1835 - LEY THADEUS.

Kinder spielen mit Kätzchen, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Engraving depicting a women at a paper machine

'He managed to save sufficient to purchase two volumes', (1907). The young Haydn buys sheet music while studying at the choir school in Vienna: '...by dint of scraping and denying himself he managed to save sufficient to purchase two volumes, upon the outsides of which his eyes had often feasted as the books lay temptingly displayed upon the shelf of the second-hand bookseller. One of these works was Fux's 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (a treatise on composition and counterpoint), and the other Mattheson's 'Vollkommene Capellmeister' (the Complete Chapel-master).' An episode from the life of Austrian

The Jews in New York JEWISH BOYS STUDYING THE TORAH Date: 1892

"Going To School," by T. Webster, R.A., in the National Gallery (British School), South Kensington, 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'Two boys are "creeping, like snail, unwillingly to school." The elder, skulking irresolutely at the door of the school, long after the opening hour, is in the act of doffing his cap in order to make his entrance in a submissive and deprecating manner; and we have no doubt that he will try do put the best face upon his late appearance. But the younger boy, perhaps his brother, who may have been a half-unwilling accomplice, cannot conceal his gui

Engraving depicting a 'Dame' school.

Pre-school, historic steel engraving from 1860

'Pin making workshop. The main production of pins in England was in Gloucester. Pins were made from brass wire. Hand-coloured woodcut from ''The Book of English Trades'', London, 1823.'

Engraving depicting an arts and handicrafts class in progress for 10-16 year olds. Hollingsworth School, Philadelphia.

The reading lesson, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846.

New popular libraries / chapel library

Illustration depicting a young woman presenting her work to her family. Illustrated by Francis Wilfred Lawson (1842-1935) a British artist and illustrator. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting a composing room at The Times. Dated 19th century

Lesson in geometry on the blackboard, 1865, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Engraving depicting a scene from "Tom Brown's Schooldays": Tom, Harry "Scud" East, and "Tadpole" Hall appear muddy, tired and hungry after taking part in Hare-and-Hounds (cross country run), reporting to Dr Arnold because they were late. Tom Brown's Schooldays is set in the 1830s at Rugby School, a public school for boys, and was mostly based on the author's experiences at the school. Written by Thomas Hughes (1822-1896) an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) an English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Dated 19th century

Dutch university student in his room in the 17th century.

CLUBS

La Dernier Classe (English: the Last Class) by Alphonse Daudet (born May 13, 1840-1897), French short-story writer and novelist, who is remembered chiefly as the author of sentimental tales of provincial life in the south ofFrance.

Engraving depicting a child learning to use a writing slate. Dated 19th century

A schoolboy has to sit alone after school in the classroom and stretches out from fatigue, 1880, historical woodcut, Germany, Europe

Man and woman facing a schoolroom | Library of Congress

Illustration depicting children beside the fireplace in their science classroom. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting a young boy counting on his fingers.

Mid-twentieth century academic listening to recordings in the sound library. 1883.

Illustration depicting a stereotype foundry. Dated 19th century

Spelling Bee

Engraving depicting a class of girls at a London boarding school. Dated 19th century

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

Women students attend a lecture in the general lecture room at the Medical College for Women on East Twelfth Street and Second Avenue, New York, USA. After an illustration from an 1870 edition of Fra

A cartoon depicting the annual congress of the National Association for Social Science. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

Lunch in the farmhouse, one of the children does not like the soup, 1882, Bavaria, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th centur...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dictates to his secretary in his study, oil painting by J. J. Schneller, 1831, Germany, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dictates to his secretary in his study, oil painting by J. Schneller, Gemany, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved, Europe

Mrs. Otcheson at the piano , Pianos, Pianists

Photo collection Government information service. A new school desk in 1879 by Dr. S. Coronel Sr., Arts .. Undated

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

Demonstraton lesson, part of a series of evening cookery lessons for young women. Engraing, London, 1888.

LOS TRABAJOS DE LOS NIÑOS - GRABADO - SIGLO XIX. Author: TRICHOA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

A chemistry professor, holding a glass vessel, holds forth in a Parisian lecture hall. Date: circa 1885

NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL OF COOKERY AT SOUTH KENSINGTON

The first day at the school, painting by Antonio Rotta (1828-1903) was an Italian painter born in Gorizia. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882

The teacher reads an improving story to the children Date: circa 1860

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