Space set up in a library or an archive service, intended to allow the public to consult the documents on the spot
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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.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 1830-1839Reference: 33684i
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Boer War: the reading-room at the field hospital, Wynberg, South Africa. Halftone, 1900, after R. Thomas.
Thomas, Rice, Reverend, active 1900.Date: [1900]Reference: 23377i
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Two dustmen are sitting at a table in a coffee house: one is reading parliamentary reports in the newspaper supplied by the establishment while the other waits patiently to read it for its scientific announcements. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 1830-1839Reference: 33682i