Schoolboys Collection (page 5)

Warlike spirit of youthful Japanese Schoolboys in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

The Frown, 1842, (1917). Artist: Thomas Webster
The Frown, 1842, (1917). From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

Shrewsbury School, 1923. Shrewsbury School, founded in 1552 by Royal Charter under King Edward VI. In 1571 the school was augmented by Queen Elizabeth I

Marlborough College, 1923. Marlborough College, private boarding and day school founded in 1843 and qualified under the Royal Charter in 1845

Rossall School, 1923. Rossall School, fee paying private school in Fleetwood, Lancashire founded in 1844 by St. Vincent Beechey and qualified under the Royal Charter in 1890

Boys of Bradfield College making shell parts, Berkshire, c1916 (1928). From The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

Boys of Harrow School making splints, crutches and other articles for the wounded, c1916 (1928). From The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

Boys playing football on the roof of St Pauls Cathedral Choir School, London, c1901 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims

A manual training centre: woodwork, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Model drawing at a Higher Grade school, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Physical drill at a London school, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Pupils sitting an examination at the City of London School, c1903 (1903). The City of London School is an independent school founded by a private Act of Parliament in 1834. From Living London, Vol

An exciting game: pupils of Christs Hospital school, City of London, c1900 (1911). Artist: RW Thomas
An exciting game: pupils of Christs Hospital school, City of London, c1900 (1911). Founded in 1552, Christs Hospital was the result of the vision of King Edward VI (1537-1553)

How to Play Hockey, 1937. From The Childrens Golden Treasure Book for 1937, edited by John R. Crossland and J. M. Parrish. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]

Some Foxes and a Grape, c1887-1924, (1924). Artist: Reginald Edward Higgins
Some Foxes and a Grape. From The Studio Volume 88 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1924.]

Schoolboys of the American Baptist Mission, Rangoon, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Schoolboys of the American Baptist Mission, Rangoon, Burma, 1908. The American Baptist Mission in Burma was established by Adoniram and Ann Hasseltine Judson in 1814. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Village school and teacher, Amarapura, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Village school and teacher, Amarapura, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Eton v Harrow at Lord s: A Boundary Hit, late 19th or early 20th century(?). Artist: Anglo
Eton v Harrow at Lord s: A Boundary Hit, late 19th or early 20th century(?)

A group of schoolboys or students, c1900s-c1930s(?)

Eton Boys Listening to the Reading of the Proclamation on Windsor Bridge, Berkshire, 1910. The schoolboys are listening to the proclamation of George V as King after the death of his father

Roll call of Etonians on the 4th June, Berkshire, c1922. A scene at Eton School. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

Etons amateur firemen practising a hose drill, Berkshire, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

The warlike spirit of the Japanese youth, Tokyo, Japan, 1896. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The warlike spirit of the Japanese youth, Tokyo, Japan, 1896. Schoolboys fencing with wooden sticks. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Kerb-side toy-seller, Holborn, London, 1926-1927. A nodding-doll hawker. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London)

Uzbek schoolboy working on a farm, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Blue-Coat School, Liverpool, 1834. Artist: P Heath
Blue-Coat School, Liverpool, 1834

A Bad Example, 1878. Artist: Swain
A Bad Example, 1878. Satirical cartoon featuring Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881). From Punch (or the London Charivari) magazine (1878)

Exit From The College, (1885). Artist: Jean Baptiste Tilliard
Exit From The College, (1885). An 18th-century scene of boys coming out of school

The Old Hedge School, 1872. Artist: C Burt
The Old Hedge School, 1872. Engraving from John Gilmary Sheas A Childs History of the United States, Hess and McDavitt, (New York, 1872)

Weedon Grossmith in The New Boy, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Weedon Grossmith in The New Boy, c1902. English actor and comic writer Weedon Grossmith (1847-1912)

Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) as a grammar school pupil, Simbirsk, Russia, 1879
Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) as grammar school pupil, Simbirsk, Russia, 1887. Lenin (1870-1924) became leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic and Labour Party in 1903

The Conscripts of 1892, (1892). Artist: Henri Meyer
The Conscripts of 1892, (1892). A print from the Le Petit Journal, 5th March 1892

Thomas Arnold (1795-1842), British educationalist and scholar, 1869. Arnold was the famous headmaster of Rugby School, who features in Thomas Hughes Tom Browns Schooldays

February - Cutting Weather, 1839. Artist: George Cruikshank
February - Cutting Weather, 1839. A typical day at Dr Swishtails Academy. Boys at their desks look on as the schoolmaster punishes a boy by flogging him with the birch

Boys in Tudor times playing football at Berkhamsted Grammar School, Hertfordshire
Artists impression of boys in Tudor times playing football at Berkhamsted Grammar School, Hertfordshire

Schoolboy having knowledge beaten into him with the birch, 1526
Schoolboy having knowledge beaten into him with the birch, a scene familiar to schoolboys in Europe and Britain. Illustration for February from Les petites Heures a l usage de Chartres, 1526

Schoolmaster and pupils, c1820. Artist: George Fisher
Schoolmaster and pupils. Frontispiece of George Fisher The Instructor or, Young Mans Best Companion London, c.1820. Woodcut

Schoolmaster and his pupils, 18th century. Woodcut

The Education Problem, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Education Problem, 1870. Forster, the schoolboy on the left had earlier in the year introduced the governments Bill for Public Elementary Education in England and Wales

Obstructives, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Obstructives, 1870. In the doorway of the school, a variety of Ministers and Nonconformists argue, whilst Mr Punch tells Policeman Bull that this prevents the two working-class children from entering

The Three R s; Or, Better Late Than Never, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Three R s; Or, Better Late Than Never, 1870. In February 1870 Forster introduced his Elementary Education Bill in Parliament

Nothing in The Papers?!, 1870. A schoolboy reading an article to his friend, from the Times. In the days when corporal punishment was a regular and painful feature of public school life

Big Bogey in Ireland, 1869. Artist: Joseph Swain
Big Bogey in Ireland, 1869. The Cardinal forbids his little catholic children from joining their Protestant friends in the National School

Packing up for the Holidays, 1860. Palmerston is packing away all the bills left over from the recently finished session. The Reform Bill had been left on the back-burner along with other proposed

A Plaister for Pam. 1858. Like a whipped schoolboy, and rubbing his bruises, Palmerston is receiving from Mr Punch (who had been vociferous in his opposition to the Bill)

Technical instruction, Haselrigge Road School, Clapham, London, 1914. A class of boys receiving instruction in the technique of edging, used in optical industries

Assembly in the playground, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908. Boys lined up for a mass assembly in the school playground

Birthday card featuring two boys playing cricket

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