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Total number of records: 1267
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Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 496 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 229 |
| English Literature | 109 |
| Maurice de Sausmarez Archive | 65 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 59 |
| Art and Antique Market | 58 |
| Letters Database | 55 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 52 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 51 |
| South Bank Show Production Archive | 47 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 38 |
| Conway, Sir William Martin (1856-1937) | 26 |
| Benois, Alexandre (1870-1960) | 24 |
| Stoker, Bram | 23 |
| C F Lawler | 22 |
| Pindar, Peter (1738-1819) | 22 |
| Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968) | 21 |
| Curt Valentin Gallery (New York, N.Y) | 20 |
| Ruskin, John (1819-1900) | 17 |
| De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969) | 16 |
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Title: To the Painter
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Lines addressed to a painter on the following theme: that art, however expert, can never compete with representations in nature
The Paris Painter : an Etruscan vase-painter
Hannestad, Lise; Paris Painter
1974
Translated from Danish by Mette Moltesen.
Action painters
c.1960
Undated handwritten and typwritten lecture notes on action painters by Maurice de Sausmarez, with a typewritten list of slides.
A serious painter
c. 1940
Press cutting from an unidentified newspaper [possibly the Manchester Guardian] titled 'A serious painter' by the art critic Eric Newton, reviewing the first solo exhibition of work by Rodrigo Moyniha...
Title: Advice to a painter
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1697
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Outspoken scurrilous satire on William III, his supporters and ministers, and
members of parliament, attacking the corruption of the system; in the form of
advice to a painter
Title: Advice to a painter
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1697
Manuscript: Lt q 11
Contents: Outspoken scurrilous satire on William III, his ministers, and members of
Parliament, attacking their corruption; in the form of advice to a painter
Sculpture by painters
Curt Valentin Gallery (New York, N.Y)
[1951]
Catalogue of an exhibition held November 20-December 15, 1951, at the Curt Valentin Gallery, New York.
Modern painters (v.1)
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)
1896
Re-arranged in two volumes, and revised by the author.