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Total number of records: 1141
Count of Record type
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 519 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 181 |
| English Literature | 91 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 63 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 61 |
| Art and Antique Market | 56 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 50 |
| International Textile Collection | 26 |
| University Art Collection | 23 |
| Medieval Manuscripts | 16 |
Top 10: Subject
Top 10: Place
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 58 |
| Anonymous | 24 |
| Ruskin, John (1819-1900) | 21 |
| Filhol, Antoine Michel | 20 |
| Filhol, Antoine Michel (1759-1812) | 20 |
| Lavallee, Joseph | 20 |
| Lavallee, Joseph (1747-1816) | 20 |
| Walpole, Horace (1717-1797) | 18 |
| Pegge, Samuel (1704-1796) | 17 |
| Vertue, George (1684-1756) | 17 |
Count of Earliest date
Paintings
c. 1830
Two undated oil paintings, one portrait of Emma Aloysia Novello by (John) Henry Sass and one untitled portrait after James Northcote by Emma Aloysia Novello.
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
A treatise on painting
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519); Rigaud, J F (1742-1810); Brown, John William
1835
"Memoir of John Francis Rigaud": p. c-civ.
Photograph of a painting
1885
? of E.W.Gosse, Dated c. 1885 Glued into green paper folder; with reference to “John Sergeant”
Handbook of painting (v.1)
Kugler, Franz (1808-1858); Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock (1793-1865); Scharf, George (1788-1860); Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)
1855
Rev. ed. of: Kugler's Hand-book of painting. The schools of painting in Italy. 2nd ed. 1851. "Essay on the first century of Italian engraving, by Francis Turner Palgrave": p. 517-556. Bibliography...
Handbook of painting (v.2)
Kugler, Franz (1808-1858); Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock (1793-1865); Scharf, George (1788-1860); Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)
1855
Rev. ed. of: Kugler's Hand-book of painting. The schools of painting in Italy. 2nd ed. 1851. "Essay on the first century of Italian engraving, by Francis Turner Palgrave": p. 517-556. Bibliography...
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...