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  • An old man is reading while his valets are attending to his toilet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.
  • A father reading a novel with an affecting plot to his wife and daughters. Drawing, ca. 1810 (?).
  • A young man sketching with a reclining woman reading beside. Reproduction after a painting by F.H. Kaemmerer.
  • A manservant is offering a pair of boots to the man standing by the fire reading. Coloured etching.
  • A domestic scene: a man reading a large book, one woman tending a child and another sewing. Mezzotint.
  • A fortune-teller reading the fortune of a young couple. Lithograph by L. Noël, 1830, after M. Gérard.
  • A Mughal emperor or member of a royal family reading a book. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A man reading a newspaper supplied in a coffee house and reading room turns to ask a seated man if he has read the leader article, to whch he receives the reply that he has not, owing to the failings of newspapers. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
  • Oliver Caswell and Laura Bridgman reading embossed letters from a book. Lithograph by W. Sharp, 1844, after A. Fisher.
  • David Livingstone, seated on the ground, reading from the Bible to two African followers. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1874.
  • A sailor in drag, wearing a long coat and hat, sits reading in a garden. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.
  • A sailor in drag, wearing a long coat and hat, sits reading in a garden. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.
  • A Protestant man and woman interrupted while reading the forbidden Bible. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after K. Ooms.
  • A public letter-writer sits at a desk reading what he has written with his quill pen. Coloured lithograph.
  • A young man sits reading ledgers at his desk wearing spectacles and an eyeshade. Wood engraving after A. Oberländer.
  • World War One: Russia: a sign reading "Welcome Brave Allies!" with union jacks outside a military building. Photograph, 1914/1918.
  • An old man reading a book, designated as Saint Anastasius. Engraving by P. de Balliu after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • A kneeling skeleton, seen from behind, reading a book on a shelf. Etching by or after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
  • Robert Koch reading his address to a conference at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly. Gouache by F.C. Dickinson, 1901.
  • Doctor Smith, an Australian surgeon, sitting outside a shack, reading a book. Photograph by T.J. Washbourne, ca. 1870/1888.
  • A couple reading a family planning method leaflet: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Staywell Foundation, ca. 2000.
  • The British Museum: the interior of the reading room, in use. Wood engraving by [I.C.] after C. Gregory, 1874.
  • A scholar sits in his study reading beside a globe. Line engraving by V. Denon, 1784, after G. Metsu (?).
  • A group of people are gathered around a couple reading a newspaper. Engraving by W. Taylor after Sir David Wilkie.
  • A mature fat man sits in a chair reading while another man creeps up from behind. Pen and ink drawing.
  • Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone in central Africa, reading British newspapers. Process print after Pearson after J.B. Zwecker.
  • An old woman reading with a fur-trimmed hat and coat. Etching by A.H. Reidel, 1781, after G. Douw.
  • An European man relaxing and reading a book in a palkee carried by four men. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • A little girl reading to her three dogs; introducing a set of advertisements for Nubolic soap. Chromolithograph by A. Reeve.
  • A little girl reading to her three dogs; introducing a set of advertisements for Nubolic soap. Chromolithograph by A. Reeve.