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Total number of records: 445
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Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 159 |
| English Literature | 55 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 51 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 45 |
| Art and Antique Market | 44 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 39 |
| Letters Database | 29 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 7 |
| Incunabula | 3 |
| Cookery Collection | 2 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 27 |
| C F Lawler | 22 |
| Pindar, Peter (1738-1819) | 22 |
| Ruskin, John (1819-1900) | 16 |
| Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723-1792) | 12 |
| Hayley, William (1745-1820) | 11 |
| Jerrold, Douglas William (1803-1857) | 10 |
| Vertue, George (1684-1756) | 10 |
| Walpole, Horace (1717-1797) | 10 |
| Du Fresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668 | 9 |
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Title: To the Painter
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Lines addressed to a painter on the following theme: that art, however expert, can never compete with representations in nature
Title: Advice to a painter
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1697
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Outspoken scurrilous satire on William III, his supporters and ministers, and
members of parliament, attacking the corruption of the system; in the form of
advice to a painter
Title: Advice to a painter
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1697
Manuscript: Lt q 11
Contents: Outspoken scurrilous satire on William III, his ministers, and members of
Parliament, attacking their corruption; in the form of advice to a painter
Modern painters (v.1)
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)
1896
Re-arranged in two volumes, and revised by the author.
Title: Directions to a painter
Author: Marvell, Andrew ?
Attribution: Sir John Denham
Date(s): 1666
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Detailed satirical account, in the form of advice to a painter (Gibson), of
the English naval battles of 1666 against the Dutch, particularly the part
played by George Monck, Duke of Albemarle; much is outspoken criticism of
English policy, put into the m
Title: Directions to a painter
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Sir John Denham
Date(s): 1667
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Satire, in the form of advice to a painter, of the conduct of affairs by
Charles II and his ministers in 1666-1667, particularly the policies that led
to the Dutch naval invasion of the Thames