We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows the view of the Nile valley from the Great Pyramid.

View of the Nile valley from the Great Pyramid

The second picture shows the potato harvest in Ireland.

Potato Harvest in Ireland

The third picture shows a ‘dining car’.

A 'dining car'

High-resolution scans of all educational cards can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.

This clever picture shows a snapshot of late-Elizabethan street life in London, with unruly children and crabby old men and fearsome looking dogs, and in the midst of this motley humanity stands the self-contained figure of Shakespeare reading a small and interesting book. The enchanting idea the image conveys is that countless ordinary people must have rubbed shoulders with the great man day after day.

William Shakespeare reading by Neville Dear

Many more pictures of William Shakespeare can be found at the Look and Learn picture library.

Our superb picture is a brilliant depiction of the archetypal circus clown with red nose, unruly tufts of ginger hair and a dazzling costume in primary colours. He has two skilful and enchanting companions, his comical small dog and an accomplished performing seal. He is also blowing his own trumpet while his spirits are high.

Clown at the circus

Many more pictures of the circus can be found at the Look and Learn picture library.

We have selected three of the best pictures from ‘The Illustrated Times’, a nineteenth-century illustrated newspaper and rich source of remarkable engravings.
The first picture shows a draper’s shop.

Ruinous Prices by E Hughes

The second picture shows Queen Victoria at the Rifle-Shooting Contest at Wimbledon.

The Rifle-Shooting Contest at Wimbledon, Her Majesty firing the First Shot by B Clayton

The third picture shows trawling in the North Sea at night.

Trawling in the North Sea at Night G H Andrews

High-resolution scans of all the illustrations from ‘The Illustrated Times’ (London 1855-1866) can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.

We have selected three of the best pictures from ‘The Illustrated Times’, a nineteenth-century illustrated newspaper and rich source of remarkable engravings.
The first picture shows a country bumpkin being fleeced by gamblers.

Rus in Urbe by E C Barnes

The second picture shows a wolf hunt in Russia.

Hunting Wolves in Russia by Gustave Janet

The third picture shows a dog show.

A dog show

High-resolution scans of all the illustrations from ‘The Illustrated Times’ (London 1855-1866) can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.

We have selected three of the best pictures from ‘The Graphic’, a nineteenth-century illustrated newspaper and rich source of remarkable engravings.
The first picture shows improvised entertainment by soldiers in the Sudan.

The Advance in the Soudan, Recreation after a Day's Work, a Smoking Concert at Wady Halfa by J Gulich

The second picture shows a terrorist bomb.

One of the Infernal Machines by J R Brown

The third picture shows an elderly dog groomer in Rome.

Rome, shaving Dogs on the Steps of the Trinita de' Monti by Basil Bradley

High-resolution scans of all the illustrations from ‘The Graphic’ (London 1870-1902) can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.

We have selected three of the best pictures from ‘The Graphic’, a nineteenth-century illustrated newspaper and rich source of remarkable engravings.
The first picture shows a scene on the Thames in the Regatta Season.

In the Cool of the Evening, a Scene on the Thames in the Regatta Season by W Hatherell

The second picture shows a sham railway accident set up for first-aid educational purposes.

A Sham Railway Accident, an Ambulance Lecture at Waterloo Station to Employes of the South Western Railway Company by R Barnes

The third picture shows Queen Victoria putting money in the charity box worn by “Tim”, the station dog, at Paddington.

"For the Widows and Orphans", A Royal Donation by W Hatherell

High-resolution scans of all the illustrations from ‘The Graphic’ (London 1870-1902) can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.

We have selected three of the best pictures from ‘The Graphic’, a nineteenth-century illustrated newspaper and rich source of remarkable engravings.
The first picture shows shipping horses to the Boer War at Southampton.

War Preparations, shipping Horses at Southampton by John Charlton

The second picture shows the tiger and the Signalman.

The Tiger and the Signalman

The third picture shows otter-hunting in the North.

Otter-Hunting with the Kendal Otter-Hounds, Westmoreland by John Charlton

High-resolution scans of all the illustrations from ‘The Graphic’ (London 1870-1902) can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.

We have selected three of the best pictures from ‘The Graphic’, a nineteenth-century illustrated newspaper and rich source of remarkable engravings.
The first picture shows the assassination of the Shah of Persia.

The Assassination of the Shah of Persia by John Charlton

The second picture shows the Oxford freshman and his parents.

The freshman and his parents – beginning residence: arrival of 'absolute necessities'

The third picture shows fox-hunting in the Borders.

Foxhunting in the North, a meet of the North Tyne Foxhounds on the Border Hills by John Charlton

High-resolution scans of all the illustrations from ‘The Graphic’ (London 1870-1902) can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.

We have selected three of the best pictures from ‘The Graphic’, a nineteenth-century illustrated newspaper and rich source of remarkable engravings.
The first picture shows surviving officers of the Battle of Trafalgar who must all be in their mid-nineties.

Surviving officers of the Battle of Trafalgar

The second picture shows scrubbed-up miners waiting for a train with their greyhounds.

The Recent Coal Crisis, Miners at Play

The third picture shows a lady in London fog.

A London Fog by J Gulich

High-resolution scans of all the illustrations from ‘The Graphic’ (London 1870-1902) can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.