Reading Collection

Elm Park Stadium Fine Art - Reading Football Club
Elm Park Stadium Fine Art, former home of Reading Football Club. At the Game painted in fine detail by the talented artist James Muddiman captures the atmosphere of Matchday perfectly

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON (1836 - 1917), physician, womens rights supporter & the first woman to be elected mayor. She was the sister of Millicent Fawcett

The Scout, Every Boys Weekly front cover
Front cover of The Scout magazine, the " only weekly official organ of the boy scouts" featuring two enthusiastic and earnest looking boy scouts reading a map while out on a hike

Reading, Royal County of Berkshire - Tram on the Bath Road, advertising the Heelas Store on Broad Street (now John Lewis). Date: 1907

An Ideal Home No. II. The Folding Garden
This folding garden for flat dwellers with a love of open-air life will appeal to all householders who enjoy rustic amenities in a urban setting. The second of the Ideal Home designs by W

Path of books
Raffaele Corte (Raphakor)

Reading Stuff
Andreas Agazzi

Upper Lausitzian Library of Sciences
Patrick Aurednik

Palmistry map of the hand
A palmistry map of the hand, labelling the different areas

Elm Park Art - Reading
Watercolour painting of Elm Park, former home of Reading F.C. 1896 - 1998. Record Attendance 33, 042 v Brentford in 1927

The Blue Stocking, by Reginald Higgins
A colour illustration showing a lady perched on library steps reading a book. The picture is entitled The Bluestocking, a term traditionally applied to academic women

John Keats / Hampstead
JOHN KEATS English poet reading a book at Wentworth Place, Hampstead

Antonello da Messina. Virgin Annunciate. ca. 1476. The Virgin reading with a bookrest. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Oil on wood. ITALY. Palermo. Fine Arts Museum

ARROW SHIRT COLLAR AD, 1914. American advertisement by J. C. Leyendecker for Arrow shirt collars, 1914
ARROW SHIRT COLLAR AD, 1914. American advertisement by J.C. Leyendecker for Arrow shirt collars, 1914

Anton Chekhov with Moscow Art Theatre group
Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (1860-1904) at the centre of a group of people from the Moscow Art Theatre -- Constantin Stanislavski on his right, Olga Knipper (Chekhovs wife) to Stanislavskis right

Reading Signal Works, Clock Shop, 1969
The GWR owned and operated thousands of clocks and watches. These were maintained at the GWR Reading Signal Works

Gravesend / Milton Place
Gravesend, Kent: Public Library, Reading Rooms, and Subscription Promenade Rooms in Milton Place

The Letter, 20th century. Artist: Rex Whistler
The Letter, 20th century. From The Studio Volume 120 [The Studio Ltd. London & New York, 1940]

Et in Arcadia ego (Les bergers d Arcadie or The Arcadian Shepherds), 1637-1638, (1911). Artist: Nicolas Poussin
Et in Arcadia ego (Les bergers d Arcadie or The Arcadian Shepherds), 1637-38, (1911). Painting held at the Musee du Louvre, Paris. From The French Genius by Haldane Macfall. [T. C. and E. C

Reading, Berkshire
The market place at Reading, Berkshire Date: 1895

Girl playing Nurse
A young girl in her nurses outfit, tends to her teddys injuries with copious bandaging, whilst a pet cat watches on. She seems to be getting her medical knowledge from the First Aid manual in her

The Faces featuring Rod Stewart perform at The Reading Festival Saturday August 12th 1972. Picture shows guitarist Ronnie Wood

Actress: Jane Birkin shopping in Paris. June 1970

Emperor Haile Selassie I of Abyssinia is enjoying a seaside holiday at Eastbourne, Sussex. The Emperor of Abyssinia keeping in touch with the news of the day at Eastbourne. 18 July 1938

Madejski Stadium - Reading FC
The Madejski Stadium (currently named the Select Car Leasing Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Reading. It is the home of Reading Football Club, who play in EFL League One

Members of the Torpedo Football Team at Reading with their wives and children. Bottom row (left to right): Mick Hill (24) with daughter Nicola (2), Graham Haddrell (22), Kenny NIce (24)

Oliver Dixon, Cpt. de Wend-Fenton and Cpt. Stanyforth
A Sporting Trio - The famous Reading horse dealer from Reading Mr Oliver Dixon, Captain J D L de Wend-Fenton owner and rider and the MCC Cricket Captian Cpt, Stanyforth riding Aesop at Sandown

Girl on a Swing 1922
A young girl on a swing attached to a tree. Her reading book and hoop lie abandoned in the grass

Reading Aloud, 1884, (1936). Creator: Albert Joseph Moore
Reading Aloud, 1884, (1936). Women in classical dress recline while reading a book. Victorian oil on canvas by Albert Joseph Moore (1841-1893). Held at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

The Day Dream, 1880 By Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882). English poet, illustrator and painter. Victoria and Albert Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Suffragette Vote For Shes. An aggressive looking cat holds a sign reading, Vote For Shes, in its paw. Captioned, the suffragette Down with the Tom Cats. Date: circa 1907

Susan reads Physics for the Inquiring Mind by Eric M. rogers
in the opening sequence of Dr Who and The Daleks (1965)

Old Reading Abbey Whisky
Old Reading Abbey, Scotch and Irish Whisky advert with monks drinking with their meal 1900s

THE BEATLES, 1965. Left to right: George Harrison, John lennon, Ringo Starr, and Paul McCartney. Photograph, 1965

The Huntley and Palmers Works at Reading
The Huntley and Palmers Biscuit Factory at Reading, Berkshire

Arnold Louis Millers Primitive London (1965)

Claude Rains in James Whales The Invisible Man (1933)
Claude Rains in The Invisible Man (1933)

Birthday Greetings postcard - A family of Cats at home, sitting and playing around the fire. Date: circa 1922

Girl reading to her dolls
Young girl reading to her dolls and pet dog. Artist: Enid Warne Browne Date: circa 1922

Bolts of electricity discharging in the lab of Nikola Tesla
Inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla in his lab while his magnifying transmitter high voltage generator produces bolts of electricity. December 1899

Hoffman (1970)
Peter Sellers as Benjamin Hoffman and Sinead Cusack as Janet Smith read in bed in a scene from Alvin Rakoffs Hoffman (1970)

Cervantess Don Quixote in his library, 1863 French edition. Don Quixote reading books on chivalry in his library before setting out on his quest

The opening scene of Dr Who and The Daleks
with Peter Cushing reading an issue of The Eagle

RIVERA: SCHOOLTEACHER. The Rural School Teacher. Mural by Diego Rivera (1886-1957) at the Ministry of Public Education, Mexico City

JOHN KEATS (1795-1821). English poet. Oil on canvas, 1821, by Joseph Severn

Wrapper of catalogue of rare books by Aubrey Beardsley
Design for a cover of Leonard Smitherss catalogue of rare books, no. 7, by Aubrey Beardsley, featuring a lady reading. Date: 1896

Royal Engineer with messenger dog, France, WW1
A Royal Engineer reading a message brought by a messenger dog by swimming a canal, near Nieppe Wood, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

ARROW SHIRT COLLAR AD, 1916. American advertisement by J. C. Leyendecker for Arrow shirt collars, 1916
ARROW SHIRT COLLAR AD, 1916. American advertisement by J.C. Leyendecker for Arrow shirt collars, 1916

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Immerse yourself in the world of reading, where imagination knows no bounds. From An Ideal Home No. II to The Folding Garden, discover hidden treasures within the pages. Explore Elm Park Stadium Fine Art and delve into the rich history Football Club. Unlock secrets with a palmistry map of the hand or unravel tales with Anton Chekhov and Moscow Art Theatre group. Let your eyes wander through Antonello da Messina's Virgin Annunciate, capturing beauty in every brushstroke. Dive into Reginald Higgins' The Blue Stocking and be inspired by Elizabeth Garrett Anderson's trailblazing spirit. Transport yourself to John Keats' Hampstead, where poetry comes alive amidst nature's embrace. Lose yourself in Rex Whistler's masterpiece, The Letter, as emotions leap off the canvas. Experience art at its finest at Elm Park Art - Reading and witness creativity unfold before your very eyes. Step back in time with an Arrow Shirt Collar ad from 1914 by J. C Leyendecker that captures elegance and sophistication. Join actress Jane Birkin on her shopping spree through Paris in June 1970 as she seeks inspiration from literature-filled shelves. Reading opens doors to new worlds, ignites passions, and sparks endless possibilities. So grab a book today and let your mind soar.