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Description: | This is one of many paintings of schoolchildren by the popular Newcastle artist Ralph Hedley. Small village schools with a female teacher, like the school shown here, were generally known as Dame Schools. On the left of the picture is a boy using a writing slate, which could be wiped clean. The teacher holds a bunch of twigs for punishing children who have not learnt their lessons. For much of the 19th century, school was not compulsory, and parents had to pay the teacher's wage. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1912 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Ralph Hedley | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/artonline/se... | Go to resource |
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