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Total number of records: 15516

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	15516
Herbert Read Collection	15516

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
art	723
art, modern	337
aesthetics	193
english poetry	193
painting	177
artists	108
painting, modern	105
english literature	94
painters	88
architecture	77

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Great Britain	92
France	39
China	33
Spain	27
United States	23
Europe	22
Greece	22
England	20
Soviet Union	18
Yorkshire (England)	18

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)	844
Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum	442
Amsterdam (Netherlands)	396
Arts Council of Great Britain	182
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)	177
Jodie Edwards	175
Read, Herbert	175
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)	154
British Council	95
Tate Gallery	93

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1700	22
From 1800	437
From 1900	14073
From 2000	5

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 99	1
Up to 1799	21
Up to 1899	237
Up to 1999	14141
Up to latest	139

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Herbert Read Library (Brotherton Collection)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

Personal library of Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968), reflecting his career as art critic, theorist, advocate and administrator, poet, novelist and publisher, and much else. The contents range from the ra...

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