Interactive spoken exchange between two or more people, characterized by turn-taking and mutual engagement; distinct from monologue or formal speech

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a distant three-quarter view of the Hall and Chapel, looking east, the Infirmary in the foreground left. Coloured drawing by C. White, 1786.

A sick man at home in bed discussing his case with three physicians. Watercolour by T. Müller.

Women in fashionable dress talk to one another in an interior. Engraving.

Alexander the Great discussing with Philip, his physician, a letter he received from General Parmenio accusing Philip of poisoning him. Coloured chalk drawing attributed to the Florentine school, c. 1730-1750.

Three uniformed German army officers conversing on a balcony in Holstein. Coloured lithograph, c.1870.

A busy drinking scene outside a tavern with the landlord taking a drink order from a new customer. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after J. Laguerre.

Three men in a wood, a scene from Molière's play Le médecin malgré luy. Etching after Molière.

A surgeon bandaging a patient's knee after applying a cautery, a clergy man and a wealthy patron (?) are observing the situation. Engraving.

A young homoeopathic doctor converses with his patient. Coloured photolithograph.

An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.

Amoy (Xiamen), Fukien province, China: two Amoy women in conversation. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.

Mr. Lambkin enjoying some wine in the company of friends. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Two women taking tea at a small round table. Ink drawing by S. Jenner, ca. 1850.

1 sheet : watercolour, pen and oil pastel ; 28.7 x 42.0 cm

Lost for words.

Galateo of manners: or, instructions to a young gentleman how to behave himself in conversation, &c. Written originally in Italian, and done into English

J. Casa his Galateus , or a treatise of manners. Wherein a father instructs his son ... Writ originally in Italian, ... Done into English from an elegant L[atin] version of N. Chytræus.

Models of conversation for persons of polite education . Selected and translated from the French of M. L'Abbé de Bellegarde.

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Conversation

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Two women taking tea at a small round table. Ink drawing by S. Jenner, ca. 1850.

Lost for words.

Galateo of manners: or, instructions to a young gentleman how to behave himself in conversation, &c. Written originally in Italian, and done into English

J. Casa his Galateus , or a treatise of manners. Wherein a father instructs his son ... Writ originally in Italian, ... Done into English from an elegant L[atin] version of N. Chytræus.

Models of conversation for persons of polite education . Selected and translated from the French of M. L'Abbé de Bellegarde.

Conversation

Images from the collections

Images referencing Conversation

Works from the collections

Two women taking tea at a small round table. Ink drawing by S. Jenner, ca. 1850.

Lost for words.

Galateo of manners: or, instructions to a young gentleman how to behave himself in conversation, &c. Written originally in Italian, and done into English

J. Casa his Galateus , or a treatise of manners. Wherein a father instructs his son ... Writ originally in Italian, ... Done into English from an elegant L[atin] version of N. Chytræus.

Models of conversation for persons of polite education . Selected and translated from the French of M. L'Abbé de Bellegarde.

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