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Total number of records: 8314

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Books and printed items6593
Archives1313
Indexes296
Textiles77
Art items19
People and organisations16

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Brotherton Collection2010
English Literature572
Herbert Read Collection293
Liddle Collection288
Letters Database268
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture200
Cookery Collection199
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society180
Leeds Russian Archive156
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection134

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world war, 1914-1918141
drawing129
culture124
illustration117
art93
furniture93
english language85
architecture83
community life77
english language - dialects75

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Great Britain342
England226
France121
Europe56
London (England)53
United Kingdom48
London, United Kingdom43
Wales43
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Paris (France)28

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)478
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)83
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)77
Cruikshank, George72
Shakespeare, William, 1564-161667
Granger, James (1723-1776)57
Hammerton, Sir John Alexander (1871-1949)56
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)52
Vavilov, S I (1891-1951)51
Church of England49

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From 18004230
From 19003908
From 2000175

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Up to 18993839
Up to 19994159
Up to latest314

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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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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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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