In paintings

1. “Let us read and let us dance - two
amusements that will never do any harm to
the world.” — Voltaire

2. Old Woman Reading a Lectionary (c.1630)
Gerard Dou

3. Miss Auras, The Red Book(1907) Sir John
Lavery ( 1856-1941)

4. Old Woman Dozing over a Book (1655).
Nicholaes Maes (Dutch, 1634-1693)

5. A posthumous portrait of Queen Isabella. Date
and artist not known

6. Lesendes Mädchen (Reading Girl), 1850. Franz
Eybl (1806-1880)

7. Lady Reading (mid 19th c). Charles Joseph
Frederick Soulacroix (France, 1825-79)

8. Portrait of Mrs. Isaac Cuthbert. Sir Thomas
Lawrence (English, 1769-1830)

9. Bedtime Stories (2008). Pino Daeni
(Italian,1939-2010)

10. Ophelia (1864). Thomas Francis Dicksee
English, (1819-1895)

11. Saint Margaretha (1864). Nicaise De Keyser
(Neoclassicism, Belgian, 1813-1887)

12. Portrait of Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony,
posthumous portrait (ca 1760). Anton Raphael
Mengs (1728-1779)

13. Camille Monet Reading (1872). Pierre-Auguste
Renoir (French, Impressionism, 1841-1919)

14. La Pensée (Thought). Jean Despujols (French,
1886–1965)

15. Saint Mary Magdalena with the Smoking
Flame(1640) Georges de La Tour( French 1593-
1652)

16. Portrait of a girl in green reading. Francis John
Wyburd (British, 1829-1909)

17. Kitty Packe (c.1820). Sir William Beechey
(English, 1753-1839)

18. Kept In School (1878). George Dunlop Leslie
(English, 1835-1921)

19. Sophia Drake (1774). Ralph Earl (American,
1751-1801)

20. Interno. Baccio Maria Bacci (Italian, 1888-
1974)

21. The Magdalen Reading(frgment of an
altarpiece c.1435-1438 Rogier van der Ewyden
(Flemish, 1440-1464)

22. Dream Book (circa 1900). Alice Pike Barney
(American, 1857-1931)

23. The Crystal Ball (1902). John William
Waterhouse (English, 1849-1917)

24. The Persistent Reader. Lady Laura Teresa Alma-
Tadema (English, 1852-1909)

25. Daydreams. Fritz Zuber-Buthler (Swiss, 1822-
1892)

26. The Prophetess Anna (known as ‘Rembrandt’s
Mother’), 1631. Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
(Baroque, Dutch Golden Age), 1606-1669

27. Woman Reading by a Paper-bell Shade (1766).
Henry Robert Morland (English, 1716-1797)

28. Girl Reading a Book (1929). Guy Pène du Bois
(American, 1884–1958)

29. Thoughts (1880).
Marcus Stone (English, 1840–1921)

30. Interior with the Artist’s Daughter (Angelica), c.
1935-36. Duncan Grant (British, 1885-1978)

31. Woman Reading (c.1900). François Martin-
Kavel (French, 1861-1931)

32. Das Vergissmeinnicht (1886). Gabriel
Schachinger (German, 1850–1913)

33. A Girl Reading (1845-1850), Jean-Baptiste-
Camille Corot (French, Realism, 1796-1875)

34. Lesende Maria (Reading Maria), c1500-1533.
Lorenzo Costa (Italian, High Renaissance, ca.
1460-1535)

35. Woman with Pink Neck Ribbon (c 1830-35).
Jonas Holman (American, 1805-1873)

36. A Quiet Read (circa 1900). William Kay
Blacklock (English, 1872-1924)

37. An Afternoon’s Reading. Félix Augustin Milius
(1843-1894)

38. Lectrice. Guy Baron (French, 1946-)

39. In the Library, St. James’ Square, Bristol (c.
1805-1806). Attributed to Thomas Pole (1753-
1829)

40. Pierre de Nolhac(1859-1936) Henry
Nolhac(1884-1948)

41. Young Woman in Orison Reading a Book of
Hours (1520s). Ambrosius Benson (Flemish
Northern Renaissance, c.1495-1550

42. Elizabeth Reading (artist’s wife). August Macke
(German, 1887-1914)

43. Mother and Child Reading (also known as
Nursery Rhymes), 1896. Frederick Warren
Freer (American, 1849-1908)

44. A lady in a white dress and shawl before a
Viennese landscape (19th century( Ferdinand
Georg Waldmueller Austrian (1793-1865)

45. La Belle Iseult (1858). William Morris
(1834-1896)

46. A Pleasant Corner (1865). John Callcott Horsley
(English, 1817-1903)

47. Portrait of Betty McCann, in a red dress (1927).
George Spencer Watson (English, 1869-1934)

48. Portrait of Princess Victoria of Kent (later
Queen Victoria) with her spaniel Dash. Original
artist Sir George Hayter (1792-1871)

49. The Poet (2011). Adrian Gottlieb