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Total number of records: 1855

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
University Art Collection1288
Brotherton Collection310
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections144
Rudolf Laban Collections69
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection64
Liddle Collection56
Art and Antique Market42
Medical Collections34
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society26
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History14

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
landscape78
painting51
works of art46
portraits26
miniatures25
translations12
france11
drawing10
portrait10
university public sculpture10

Count of Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom3
England2
Granada1
Kirkstall1
Leeds1
New Forest1
Nice, France1
Spain1
West Yorkshire1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kramer, Jacob66
Laban, Rudolf Von (1879-1958)65
Rudolf Laban65
Rudolf Jean-Baptiste Attila Von Laban65
Rudolf Johann Baptiste Attila65
Lawson, Fred50
Baumeister, Willi27
Westoby, Edward26
Kitson, Robert Hawthorn24
Last, Marie Walker22

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1800353
From 19001365
From 2000136

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1899291
Up to 19991406
Up to latest158

Archive Art Collection

DRAWINGS OF YORKSHIRE MEDIEVAL MILITARY EFFIGIES BY W M I'ANSON FSA

1913-1921

Comprising (a) Sir Robert Colville I at Ingleby Arncliffe. (b) Goldsborough a knight. (c) Sir Hugh Fitzhenry, d. 1304 at Romaldkirk. (d) Howden a knight. (e) Sir Peter de Saltmarsh, d. 1338 at Howden....

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Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur : monologues

Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963)

1924

A series of thirty self-portraits created by Jean Cocteau during a melancholic period in a hotel in Ville-sur-Mer, many created under the influence of opium, including handwritten text in the margins,...

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Archive Art Series

Chūshingura, Hiroshige

Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)

1842-1847

A series of twelve smaller-size prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (also known as Ando Hiroshige or Ichiryūsai) illustrating the eleven-act Chūshingura play, Accompanying label from exhibition states that ...

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Sugawara, Sadahide

1820-1867

A series of 10 full-size prints illustrating the play 'Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami', based on the life of Sugawara Michizane. Also known as 'The Secret of Sugawara's Calligraphy'.

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Children's Ward, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds

1978

Comprises a drawing of the Children's Ward, Cookridge Hospital, presented to Lady Tunbridge, M.Sc., M.A., on the occasion of the opening of the extension to the ward on 9 March 1978.

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Great Hall, University of Leeds

1930s

Comprises an image of the Great Hall in ink, probably a woodcut.

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Original art works

1952 - 1968

This file contains original lithographs by: Alfred Manessier (signed, no. 62 of 200, cover of an exhibition catalogue, Galerie de France, 1952). Massimo Campigli ("Deux Femmes assises”, signed, n...

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Artwork

1929-c.1960

Pencil drawings, preliminary sketches and watercolours by Kathleen Raven: many are captioned and dated (including school exercise books, 1926-28).

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student painted designs

mid 20th Century

Five painted designs, possibly by students of the Textile Department.

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A. R. Orage, portrait

1920s

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GILROY, J

1914-1918

Lithograph of wounded soldier.

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Act I, Chūshingura
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Act I, Chūshingura

Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)

1842-1847

Act I in Chūshingura play: Lady Kawoyo, summoned before the council of nobles at the Hachiman Temple, makes her obeisance at the foot of the steps at the top of which they are seated; before her is t...

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