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Total number of records: 326
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Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 156 |
| English Literature | 52 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 50 |
| Medieval Manuscripts | 16 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 16 |
| Incunabula | 14 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 7 |
| Art and Antique Market | 5 |
| Cookery Collection | 3 |
| International Textile Collection | 2 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Anonymous | 24 |
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 20 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 14 |
| Hayley, William (1745-1820) | 14 |
| Walpole, Horace (1717-1797) | 13 |
| Pegge, Samuel (1704-1796) | 12 |
| Vertue, George (1684-1756) | 12 |
| Dubos, Jean Baptiste (1670-1742) | 11 |
| Richardson, Jonathan (1665-1745) | 7 |
| Society of Antiquaries of London | 6 |
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Title: On painting
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 8
Contents: On the progress of painting
Title: Painting
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 8
Contents: Comparing the arts of painting and poetry
Title: Decorum in painting
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 8
Contents: On the importance of order in painting
Title: In Praise of Painting.
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174-?
Manuscript: Lt 119
Contents: On the ability of painting to convey a scene, through the universal language of image, unlike writing which is confined to a certain language.
The art of painting
Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse (1611-1668); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Jarvis, Charles (1675?-1739); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Graham, Richard (fl. 1680-1720); Lintot, Bernard
1716
Parallel texts of du Fresnoy's Latin poem, 'De arte graphica', and Dryden's prose translation, modified by Charles Jervas. 'To Mr. Jervas, with Frensoy's [sic] Art of painting', in verse, is by Alex...
painted leather sample
c. 1600
Described on an original backing card as an 'old painted leather sample', this piece has a large tooled and painted design of gold and red flowers with black outlines against a red background. The su...
France painted to the life
Heylyn, Peter (1600-1662)
1657
The first edition of this piracy of Books 1-4 of Heylyn's 'Full relation' appeared in 1656 and preceded the first authorized edition, also published in that year. The piracy adds five chapters (nos. 1...
Seated figure of a goddess
2500BCE-500 CE
A framed painting on plaster, labelled: "Seated figure of a goddess (Sekhet?), the head surmounted by a disc round which is twined the solar uraeus. Before her stands a figure with upraised arms, mak...
Title: An epigram on a painted lady with ill teeth
Author: Waller, Edmund
Date(s): 1645 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 94
Contents: Argues that although a woman's beauty may entice lovers, the sight of her rotten teeth would quickly repel them