Lecture Theatre Collection

Pasteurs Jubilee celebrations, 1892
Pasteurs Jubilee celebrations. Artwork of British surgeon Joseph Lister (in gown, walking up steps, 1827-1912) and French chemist Louis Pasteur (being approached by Lister)

The New Medical Schools at Guys Hospital opened by the Prince of Wales (b / w photo)
1036983 The New Medical Schools at Guys Hospital opened by the Prince of Wales (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Amphitheatre of the University of Valencia. 1902 (b/w photo)
AIS5340722 Amphitheatre of the University of Valencia. 1902 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Photography on the occasion of the 4th centenary of the foundation of the school); © Iberfoto

University College School, London, England
864811 University College School, London, England; (add.info.: Chemical laboratory and lecture theatre, University College School, London, England)

The British Association at Bath: Sir Charles Lyell delivering the presidential address... 1864. Creator: Unknown
The British Association at Bath: Sir Charles Lyell delivering the presidential address in the theatre, 1864. The New Theatre Royal...was erected...upon the site of the former theatre, built by Mr

Dans la Russie des Bolcheviks; les contrastes d'un pays en pleine anarchie militaire et... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Dans la Russie des Bolcheviks; les contrastes d'un pays en pleine anarchie militaire et sociale: a Petrograd, tandis que l'ennemi avance librement sur le sol de leur patrie de jeunes soldats

Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, before H.R.H. Prince Albert, the Prince of Wal Creator: Unknown
Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, before H.R.H. Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred - from a sketch by Alexander Blaikley

Professor Willis Lecturing in the Senate-House, Cambridge, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Professor Willis Lecturing in the Senate-House, Cambridge, 1854. Talk on the architecture of Cambridge. Professor Willis observed that the most ancient authority respecting Cambridge was that of Dr

Esquisse pour l'escalier de la Sorbonne : Bernard Palissy ouvrant à Paris, avec la... c.1888
Esquisse pour l'escalier de la Sorbonne : Bernard Palissy ouvrant a Paris, avec la permission du roi, un cour public de mineralogie, c.1888

The Anatomical Lesson of Professor Pauw, 1615. Creator: Andries Stock
The Anatomical Lesson of Professor Pauw, 1615

Royal Institution - Sir Roderick Murchison's Lecture on the Distribution of Gold Ore, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Royal Institution - Sir Roderick Murchison's Lecture on the Distribution of Gold Ore, 1850. Geological talk in London

Flemish anatomist and physician, Andreas Vesalius, giving a lesson at the school of medicine in Brussels
985801 Flemish anatomist and physician, Andreas Vesalius, giving a lesson at the school of medicine in Brussels, 1543 (colour woodcut) by Venetian School

The Reward of Cruelty, from The Four Stages of Cruelty, engraved by Thomas Cook (1744-1818) 1799 (coloured engraving)
CHT235018 The Reward of Cruelty, from The Four Stages of Cruelty, engraved by Thomas Cook (1744-1818) 1799 (coloured engraving) by Hogarth

Student audience listening to Peace Day address of General Smedley Butler, Berkeley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Student audience listening to Peace Day address of General Smedley Butler. Berkeley, California, University of California

Lecture hall, Lomonosov State University, Moscow (b / w photo)
7200823 Lecture hall, Lomonosov State University, Moscow (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lecture hall, Lomonosov State University, Moscow, USSR)

Group Portrait of North American Indian Delegation, 1888. Photographed in the Lecture Room in the West North Range of the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building

Group Portrait of Dakota Delegation, 1888. Creator: United States National Museum
Group Portrait of Dakota Delegation, 1888. Photographed in the Lecture Room in the West North Range of the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building

A Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution; Sir James Dewar on Liquid Hydrogen
TRI101904 A Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution; Sir James Dewar on Liquid Hydrogen, 1904 (oil on canvas) by Brooks, Henry Jamyn (1865-1925); The Royal Institution, London

The Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine (litho)
1051368 The Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine)

Michael Angelo Buonarroti (engraving)
1053799 Michael Angelo Buonarroti (engraving) by Poynter, Edward John (1836-1919) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michael Angelo Buonarroti, Design for Decoration of Lecture Theatre)

The University College, Liverpool (engraving)
1603799 The University College, Liverpool (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The University College, Liverpool)

The Lecture Theatre, London University, Burlington Gardens (engraving)
607075 The Lecture Theatre, London University, Burlington Gardens (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lecture Theatre, London University)

Plans of the first floor of 21 Albemarle Street after the initial alterations to
TRI181943 Plans of the first floor of 21 Albemarle Street after the initial alterations to the house after its acquisition by the Royal Institution

The Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine (b / w photo)
1051585 The Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine)

Frontispiece to Nicholas Amhursts "Terrae-Filius", June 1726
Frontispiece to Nicholas Amhursts " Terrae-Filius", June 1726

Capping of Doctors of Medicine, at Edinburgh, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Capping of Doctors of Medicine, at Edinburgh, 1845. Graduation ceremony for Scottish medical students: A large and brilliant auditory was closely packed in the amphitheatre;

Christmas distribution of prizes at the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, 1844. Annual prize-giving at a fee-paying school for boys in Liverpool; the Lord Bishop of Chester, John Bird Sumner

Central Recess in the Principal Quadrangle, c1860s?, (1881). Creator: John Watkins
Central Recess in the Principal Quadrangle, c1860s?, (1881). View of part of the facade of the Lecture Theatre on the north side of the quadrangle of the South Kensington Museum

Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institute... 1856, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institute before the Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales, 1856, (1901). Michael Faraday (1791-1867) giving a lecture attended by Prince Albert and his son

Frontispiece to the Terrae Filius, 1808, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
Frontispiece to the Terrae Filius, 1808, (1827). The terrae filius, (son of the soil), was a satirical orator who spoke at public ceremonies at the University of Oxford

Lecture theatre, London Day Training College, Camden, 1907
Lecture theatre, London Day Training College, Southampton Row, Camden, 1907

A class listening to a lecture, London Day Training College, 1914. Men and women in a business training class

Men and women attending a literature class, Hackney Downs Secondary School, London, 1908

Kings College, c1841. Artist: Henry Melville
Kings College, c1841. The print shows the theatre with a prizegiving ceremony underway. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

A lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, London, c1903 (1903). The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (Royal Society of Arts)

A lecture at the Royal Institution, London, c1903 (1903). The Royal Institution of Great Britain is an institution devoted to scientific education and research founded in 1799

Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, London, 1835 (20th century). Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

A Scientific Institution. During ye Lecture of an Eminent Savan, 1849. Artist: Richard Doyle
A Scientific Institution. During ye Lecture of an Eminent Savan, 1849. Richard Owen (1804-1892) British naturalist and anatomist

Nicolas Lemery, French pharmacist and chemist, 1874
Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715), 1874. Lemery (1645-1715) gave popular demonstrations in his lecture room. In 1675 he published his Cours de chymie which ran to 13 editions in his lifetime

Guillaume Francois Rouelle, 18th century French chemist, 1874. Antoine Lavoisiers teacher and Professor (demonstrateur) at the Jardin du Roi, Paris

Pierre Curie, French chemist, when Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne, 1906
Pierre Curie, French chemist, in the lecture theatre when Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne, 1906. Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie

Spectrum analysis, 1873. A magic lantern being used to project slides during a lecture on spectrum analysis at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London

John Tyndall lecturing on electromagnetism at the Royal Institution, London. May 1870. Irish-born British physicist Tyndall (1820-1893)

Michael Faraday lecturing on electricity and magnetism, Royal Institution, London, 1846
Michael Faraday lecturing on electricity and magnetism, Royal Institution, London, 23 January 1846. Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

Theatre of Anatomy, Cambridge, 1815. From The History of the University of Cambridge, published by Ackermann. (London, 1815)

Niels Bohr Institute lecture theatre C017 / 6983
Lecture theatre in the Niels Bohr Institute, part of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The Institute was founded by the Danish physicist Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

Electricity demonstration, 18th century
Electricity demonstration, 18th-century artwork. This engraving, by Dutch artist Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816) is after a drawing by Dutch artists Pieter Pietersz Barbiers (1749-1842)

Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist
Gabriel Lippmann (1845-1921) delivering a lecture on sound propagation in solid bodies. He is demonstrating that sound can be carried along a metal bar, using a violin to amplify the vibrations

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"The Evolution of Knowledge: A Journey through Lecture Theatres" The New Medical Schools at Guys Hospital opened by the Prince of Wales (b/w photo): Stepping into the past, we witness the grand inauguration of the New Medical Schools at Guys Hospital, a momentous occasion graced by royalty and marking a new era in medical education. Pasteurs Jubilee celebrations, 1892: In celebration of Louis Pasteur's groundbreaking contributions to science and medicine, jubilation fills the lecture theatre as his remarkable achievements are honored and remembered. Illustration from Scenes de la vie de boheme by Henri Murger (litho): Transporting us to an artistic realm, this captivating lithograph captures a lecture theatre filled with bohemian souls passionately discussing their creative pursuits amidst an atmosphere brimming with inspiration. Flemish anatomist and physician, Andreas Vesalius giving a lesson at the school of medicine in Brussels, 1543 (colour woodcut): Immersed in history, we witness Dr. Vesalius enlightening eager minds with his revolutionary teachings on human anatomy—an iconic moment that forever transformed our understanding of the human body. The Reward of Cruelty from The Four Stages of Cruelty engraved by Thomas Cook (1744-1818) 1799 (coloured engraving): A chilling reminder that knowledge can be used for both good and evil; this haunting engraving depicts a lecture theatre where cruelty is dissected—serving as a stark warning against abusing knowledge for nefarious purposes. The Anatomy Theatre Leiden c. 1610 (engraving): Journeying back centuries ago to Leiden's renowned Anatomy Theatre—a hub where aspiring physicians gathered to unravel mysteries hidden within cadavers—where learning took place amidst awe-inspiring surroundings steeped in scientific curiosity. Student audience listening to Peace Day address by General Smedley Butler, Berkeley, CA, 1939. Creator.