Teaching girls to read in the Ragged School Union school, Lambeth, London, 1868. Artist: Unknown

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Teaching girls to read in the Ragged School Union school, Lambeth, London, 1868. The Ragged School Union was a charity founded in 1844 by the social reformer Lord Shaftesbury to establish schools offering free education to working class children. From The Illustrated London News, 11 April 1868.

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Size: 4271px × 4134px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Greater London,London,Lambeth,Lambeth
Photo credit: © Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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