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Total number of records: 6633

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Archives3672
Books and printed items2958
Art items2
Objects1

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Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture3447
Brotherton Collection371
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society290
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History156
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections125
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman108
English Literature55
Cookery Collection35
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive32
Art and Antique Market25

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
furniture330
meubles166
art119
booksellers' catalogs114
catalogues de librairies107
architecture100
antiquarian booksellers95
decorative arts89
manners and customs83
education74

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England6633
Yorkshire374
London (England)282
Great Britain259
Wales191
Lincolnshire168
Essex166
Lancashire160
Somerset151
Norfolk145

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1420
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1298
Wright, John T543
Wright, Peter418
Sykes, Donald Richard341
Barry, Michael V (1935-)308
Great Britain. Post Office177
Guildhall Library (London, England)172
Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society166
Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)143

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The ancient architecture of England : including the orders during the British, Roman, Saxon, and Norman eras; and under the reigns of Henry III. and Edward III

Carter, John (1748-1817); Britton, John (1771-1857)

1837

First editon, London, 1795-1807. (2 v. in 1); the engraved title pages of each part are reproduced in this edition.

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Iulii Vitalis epitaphium

Dodwell, Henry (1641-1711); Musgrave, William (1655?-1721)

1711

Concerns Roman antiquities in the vicinity of Bath. Published also as v. 3 of Musgrave's Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae. Signatures: [A]¹, [B]¹, a⁴, *a-*b⁴, B-2A⁴, 2C-2E⁴ (-2E4). (B2 sig...

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A report by the Victoria & Albert Museum concerning the furniture in the House of Lords : presented to the Sub-Committee of the Offices Committee on Works of Art in the House of Lords

Victoria and Albert Museum; Great Britain. Committee on Works of Art in the House of Lords

1974

Cover title: Furniture in the House of Lords. Includes bibliographical references.

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The pre-Raphaelites and their circle in the National Gallery of Victoria

National Gallery of Victoria

1978

Includes bibliographical references (page 75). Ford Madox Brown - Edward Burne-Jones - Walter Howell Deverell - Arthur Hughes - Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Frederick Sandys - William Holman Hunt - John ...

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Sir George Clausen, R.A. 1852-1944

Clausen, George (1852-1944); McConkey, Kenneth; Bradford Art Galleries and Museums; Tyne and Wear County Council Museums; Cartwright Hall (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England); Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (Bristol, England); Laing Art Gallery

[1980]

Catalog of an exhibition held at Cartwright Hall, Bradford, 3 May-29 June 1980; Royal Academy, London, 12 July - 24 August; Bristol City Art Gallery, 6 September - 11 October; and Laing Art Gallery, N...

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Harold Gilman, 1876-1919

Gilman, Harold (1876-1919); Causey, Andrew; Thomson, Richard (1953-); Arts Council of Great Britain; Stoke-on-Trent (England). City Museum and Art Gallery

[1981]

Text by Andrew Causey and Richard Thomson. Exhibition held at City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Oct. 10-Nov. 14, 1981 and others. Includes bibliographical references (page 94).

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Victorian Parnassus : :images of classical mythology and antiquity : Cartwright Hall, Lister Park, Bradford, 25th April-21 June 1987

Wood, Christopher (1941-2009); Bradford Art Galleries and Museums

[1987]

Exhibition organized by Bradford Art Galleries and Museums and Christopher Wood.

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Thelwell

Thelwell, Norman (1923-2004)

[1989]

Includes bibliographical references.

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Scenes from Northumbrian history : the mural paintings at Wallington Hall, Northumberland

Scott, William Bell (1811-1890)

1972

'The text... is based on a pamphlet, published in 1867, of an address by William Bell Scott to the Royal Institute of British Architects'. - Acknowledgements. Includes bibliographic notes.

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On the rocks : photographs of West Country shipwrecks by the Gibson family, 1870-1970

Gibson (Family); National Maritime Museum (U.S.)

1984

Catalogue published to accompany the exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, 1984.

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