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Total number of records: 10521

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Books and printed items8380
Archives1653
Indexes366
Textiles79
People and organisations22
Art items20

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection2781
English Literature855
Letters Database325
Herbert Read Collection293
Liddle Collection288
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society275
Cookery Collection245
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture200
Leeds Russian Archive157
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection136

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SubjectCount
world war, 1914-1918141
drawing129
culture124
illustration117
english language104
furniture99
architecture97
art96
natural history90
community life77

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain466
England253
France141
Europe85
London (England)59
Wales56
Greece53
Rome51
United Kingdom49
London, United Kingdom43

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)504
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)108
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)83
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)78
Cruikshank, George72
Shakespeare, William, 1564-161670
Church of England62
Granger, James (1723-1776)57
Hammerton, Sir John Alexander (1871-1949)56
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)52

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From 1400267
From 150084
From 1600380
From 17001476
From 18004230
From 19003908
From 2000175

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Up to 1699341
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Up to 18993931
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Archive File

Illustrations

1914-1918

Illustrations of British Army Commanders and other Boer War scenes from contemporary issues of 'The Graphic', 'With the Flag to Pretoria' and other magazines.

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Illustrations

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1958-1965]

This sub-subseries contains the illustrative items Harold Orton used to accompany his lectures and talks. This includes compilation files of Questionnaire response book pages, locality and word maps, ...

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Illustrations

1949-1971

Envelope containing X-ray prints, medical illustrations, photographic negatives, correspondence, and patient case reports, collected for illustrations for Chapter XI [noted as 'not wanted' for publica...

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Illustrations

1943-c.1972

File containing illustrations for Chapter XIII. Includes diagrams, medical illustrations of surgical operations, X-ray film and negatives, cystoscopy prints, and clinical photographs

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Illustrations

c.1960-c.1970

File containing photographs, diagrams and slides showing calculi, for spare illustrations for Chapter XIV.

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Archive Print Item

Illustrations

National Gallery of Scotland

1930

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Archive Print Item

The illustrators : the British art of illustration, 1800-1991

Cornelissen, Julia; Wootton, David; Chris Beetles Limited

1991

26th November-20th December 1991. Exhibition catalogue. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Archive Print Item

Modern illustration

Pennell, Joseph (1857-1926)

1898

[2nd ed]. "Errata slip inserted."

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Archive Print Item

Jersey illustrated

Ouless, P J

[185-]

Accompanying text in French.

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Archive Print Item

Jersey illustrated

Ouless, P J

[185-]

Some plates dated 1855.

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Archive Print Item

Bridlington illustrated

Quine, John; Bridlington (England)

1900

"Published under the auspices of the Bridlington Corporation".

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Gardens Illustrated

Oct 1994

2 x copies of Gardens Illustrated with article by Bateman titled ‘Comfort For All,’ pp.92-9

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