Oldest subscription library posters & prints

Philadelphia Library, 1875 George Bacon Wood

The Subscription-Room at Lloyd's London Anonymous

The Great Subscription Room, interior of the Brooks's Club, St James's Street, London Augustus Charles Pugin

The Subscription Club Room Thomas Rowlandson

Benjamin Franklin opening first subscription library in Philadelphia, Mills Anonymous

Chetham's Hospital and Library, Manchester Anonymous

A Subscription Ticket for 'A Harlot's Progress', 1731 William Hogarth

Remains of the Alexandrian Library 1854 Anonymous

Amusements at the People's Palace, Mile End Road, a Subscription Dance, London Anonymous

Interior view of Lloyds Subscription Room in the Royal Exchange, City of London Augustus Charles Pugin

South and West Fronts of the Treasury Extension American School

Library Christian Albrecht Wortmann

Joint Stock Street Anonymous

Interior of the Vatican Library, Rome, Italy Underwood & Underwood

Exterior of the Manchester Free Library Anonymous

Library of the House of Lords Anonymous

Library Furniture, the Great Exhibition Anonymous

The London Stock Exchange the Entrance in Capel Court: The Entrance Was Opened in 1801 and is the Oldest Part... Anonymous

The Library of St. Paul's London Anonymous

Interior of the Vatican Library, Rome, Italy Underwood & Underwood

Interior of the Vatican Library, Rome, Italy Underwood & Underwood

The New Public Library, New York, USA Anonymous

Library of the Royal Institution, Albermarle Street, London, 1808-1811 Thomas Rowlandson

Edinburgh: The Library of the Old University As Seen from the South-Western Corner of the Quadrangle Looking East Anonymous

Shrewsbury Grammar School: The Library Anonymous

Library of the Reform Club Anonymous

Wimborne: The Library Anonymous

The Lenox Library New York 1891 USA Anonymous

Edinburgh: The Library of the Old University As Seen from the South-East Corner of the Quadrangle Looking North Anonymous

The Library of St. Paul's Anonymous

John Ogilby presenting his subscription list for 'Britannia' to the King and Queen English School

The Manchester Long Room, 1751 Casson & Berry

Floral design for the House of Lords' Library Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

The Institution of Languages German School

View of the chapel from the altar, Bethlem Royal Hospital, London, 1926 Unknown

Tower of London, London John Crowther