|
Date: |
|
Description: | Victorian schools used older children known as monitors to teach younger children. Unfortunately, the monitor cannot keep order in this mixed-age class, despite the cane he holds. A boy is pinning a notice to his back, and other boys are fighting. The small boy is reading from his slate to the monitor. Slates were used with chalk by younger children as a less expensive alternative to paper. This is one of many light-hearted school scenes painted by the Newcastle artist Ralph Hedley. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1898 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Ralph Hedley | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/artonline/se... | Go to resource |
|
|