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  • The Annunciation to the Virgin, who kneels at a prie-dieu. Engraving by P. Pontius after C. Schut.
  • Books will sometimes rouse me beyond my nature... / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • A physician taking the pulse of a woman who is touching her chest and reading a devotional book. Colour photolithograph after F. van Mieris, the elder.
  • An alchemist reading in a smoky study. Etching by A. Bouquet after L-G-E. Isabey.
  • Several Chelsea Pensioners gathered around, one of whom is reading from a copy of Shurey's illustrated paper. Colour lithograph after S. Lewin.
  • Cleveland, the ficitious natural son of Oliver Cromwell, sits in a library reading, but philosophy cannot prevent the conflict within him between the senses and reason. Line engraving, 1751.
  • A physician taking the pulse of a woman who is touching her chest and reading a devotional book. Engraving by M. Hofmann, 18--, after S.F. Perger after F. van Mieris the elder.
  • Astronomy: an astronomer [?] in his study, reading by the light of a powerful lamp, wearing a pair of spectacles. Woodcut.
  • Two people watching over the cradle of a sleeping baby at night. Aquatint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644.
  • The Annunciation to the Virgin in her room. Engraving by C.J. Visscher (?).
  • A man in ragged clothing has come upon a woman sitting inside a shelter made of sticks, reading a book: she looks startled as he approaches. Wood engraving by H. Linton.
  • A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • The Virgin looks up at the announcing angel; cherubs spin in a circle around the Holy Spirit. Engraving after J. Callot (?).
  • A schoolroom; illustrating Biblical proverbs on the necessity of the discipline of children. Engraving by H. Goltzius.
  • Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • A young woman convalescing in a country garden watches a bird feed on bread. Line engraving by C. Cousen, 1877, after M.B. Foster.
  • Two episodes in Tristram Shandy: (left) four figures smoking and relaxing in Shandy Hall; (right) the baptism of Tristram. Engraving after W. Hogarth.
  • A man sitting in a chair reading while his leg is in traction and attached to a pulley mechanism. Wood engraving.
  • School of the London Society for Teaching the Blind to Read, Avenue Road, London: seen from the road. Coloured lithograph by E. T. Dolby after H.E. Kendall, 1847 (?).
  • The Annunciation. Etching by Joanos the monk.
  • A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Coloured line engraving by J.J. Flipart, 1767, after J.-B. Greuze.