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Brotherton Collection243
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History175
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University Art Collection54
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Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse39
International Textile Collection29
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection25
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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)86
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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton78
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)21
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Archive File

Framed notice

4 February 1858

Framed notice. Dated 4th February 1858. An agreement of the Shoddy & Rag Wool Merchants of the Dewsbury district about alteration of the system of credit and discounts. The new rules for discount and ...

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Paper frame for gold half eagle

17 Jul 1851

Paper frame with the following inscription: 'Robert Balmanno: "The American Enthusiast." Gold Half Eagle received from the hands of Daniel Webster, America's First Statesman; at Astor House, New York,...

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The frame of the government of the province of Pennsylvania in America

Penn, William (1644-1718)

1691

The preface and the "Frame of government" are signed: William Penn.

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Three mounted and framed printed sheets

1642-1686

(i) The Kings Maiesties answer to the petition of the House of Commons. 29th January 1642. London, Burroughs, 1642. (ii) The ingagement and resolution of the principall gentlemen of the County ...

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Bar-frame border (fol. 19r)
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Bar-frame border (fol. 19r)

[ca. 1350-1400]

Bar-frame border in rose/blue and gold, with small corner pieces of hairline tendrils with quatrefoils and golden pine cones and ivy leaves. 4-line initial 'D' in gold on rose/blue background decorate...

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Bar-frame border (fol. 25r)
Archive Piece

Bar-frame border (fol. 25r)

[ca. 1350-1400]

Bar-frame border in rose/blue and gold, with small corner pieces of hairline tendrils with quatrefoils and golden pine cones and ivy leaves. 4-line initial 'D' in gold on rose/blue background decorate...

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Archive Art Item

Miniature framed portrait of Mary Sabilla Novello by Holmes

c. 1808

Miniature portrait of Mary Sabilla Novello in a glazed maroon velvet frame. An inscription on the reverse reads: '(Painted by Holmes) Miniature pf Mrs Vincent Novello, when a bride, & given to me by A...

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Encompass'd in an angel's frame : a favourite song sung... in the Lord of the Manor

Jackson, William (1730-1803); Burgoyne, John (1722-1792)

[ca. 1790?]

For voice and piano, with parts for German flute and guitar.

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Observations on man, his frame, his duty, and his expectations : In two parts (v.1)

Hartley, David (1705-1757); Pistorius, Hermann Andreas

1791

[Part 3] has added title-page: Notes and additions to Dr. Hartley's Observations on man: by Herman Andrew Pistorius, Rector of Poseritz in the Island of Rugen. Translated from the German original, pri...

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Observations on man, his frame, his duty, and his expectations : In two parts (v.2)

Hartley, David (1705-1757); Pistorius, Hermann Andreas

1791

[Part 3] has added title-page: Notes and additions to Dr. Hartley's Observations on man: by Herman Andrew Pistorius, Rector of Poseritz in the Island of Rugen. Translated from the German original, pri...

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