Learning and knowledge showcase posters & prints

A Lesson in Rope-splicing and Knots Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles

Charles II Giving Audience at Christ's Hospital Antonio Verrio

Monk Demonstrating Sailing to Boys Using a Model Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles

Promenade de l'école, made by Joseph-Théodore Deck, decorated by Albert Anker. Paris, France, 1869 Joseph-Theodore Deck

The Dame School Isaac Cruikshank

Bookplate Charles William Sherborn

Francis Williams. England, mid-18th century Unknown

Interior of A School in Cairo, in Egypt John Frederick Lewis

The National Art Library at the V&A Museum. Colour photography. London, England, 1995 Anonymous

An Academy by Lamplight William Pether

Spelling game. England, 1845 Unknown

Slade life class Anonymous

The Ragged School James Elliot

Knowledge Wins Poster Dan Smith

Schoolmaster Severity, stuffed animals showing typical Victorian classroom scenes Anonymous

School of Mahratta Brahmin girls William Simpson

Bookplate depicting a man in a Victorian study Alan Wright

The Fair Student, 1858 Daniel Huntington

Libra Eric Ravilious

Interior of a Studio Isidore Patrois

Alphabet nesting boxes J A Crandall

Still life with two books, 1858 Francois Bonvin

The Third Scheme for The Cambridge University Library Charles Robert Cockerell

Alphabet building blocks Unknown

Reading Room rotunda, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., c.1904 Detroit Publishing Co.

Knowledge is Power, Seymour Joseph Guy

Grubs and Butterflies, or The Naturalist Charles J. Staniland

The Pet Goldfinch Henriette Browne

Taking Observations with a Sextant Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles

Knowledge Alley Pam Ingalls

Astronomy, c.1840-1850 James Sant

Title page of Denis Diderot's Encyclopedie Anonymous

Shelves of books, The National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum Anonymous

Monk Shows How to Handle a Lobster Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles

Allegorical illustration showing an Arab unlocking the gate of Knowledge, reputedly written and illuminated by Nicolas Flamel Anonymous

Let's Hear it for Knowledge, 1987 Hag Hag