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Concept

Reading

Images

  • Oliver Caswell and Laura Bridgman reading embossed letters from a book. Lithograph by W. Sharp, 1844, after A. Fisher.
  • A wounded British soldier being visited in an Egyptian hospital by a monk, a sister of mercy and a chaplain. Wood engraving after F. Villiers.
  • A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • The Virgin Mary and the Christ child, with Saint Augustine, Saint George, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Stephen and an angel with a lily. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia.
  • Joseph reads from the Bible while the Virgin Mary breast feeds Jesus. Etching by S. della Bella.
  • A girl sitting on a bench crying as a boy pulls her plait: another boy reads beside her. Wood engraving by H. Linton.
  • The angel announces to the Virgin that she will give birth to Christ. Watercolour.
  • A girl kneels on the floor by an old man holding a book on his lap: another man sits at a table with an open book, a third removes his hat as he enters the room. Engraving by L. Stocks after F. Nash.
  • A philosopher in his study, reading a book containing a print of a skeleton. Etching by J.A. von Prenner, 1728, after C. Paudiss.
  • A scholar sits in his study reading beside a globe. Line engraving by V. Denon, 1784, after G. Metsu (?).
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Catalogue

    • Books

    How to read a paper : the basics of evidence based medicine / Trisha Greenhalgh.

    Greenhalgh, Trisha. | Date: 2000
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Two men and a boy read from a book, one man holds a magnifying glass. Line engraving by N. Cavalli after D. Maggiotto.

    Maggiotto, Domenico, 1713-1794. | Reference: 16312i
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    Psychologische Untersuchungen über das Lesen auf Experimenteller Grundlage / von Benno Erdmann und Raymond Dodge.

    Erdmann, Benno, 1851-1921. | Date: 1898
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    • Online

    Oliver Caswell and Laura Bridgman reading embossed letters from a book. Lithograph by W. Sharp, 1844, after A. Fisher.

    Fisher, Alanson, 1807-1884. | Date: 1844 | Reference: 16376i
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    Women and the book : assessing the visual evidence / edited by Lesley Smith and Jane H.M. Taylor.

    | Date: 1996 ©1997
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