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Total number of records: 190

Count of Record type

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Books and printed items187
Archives3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection125
English Literature55
Herbert Read Collection36
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Medical Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
art38
aesthetics32
social problems28
architecture27
conduct of life26
painting16
drawing13
painting, british9
art, italian6
architecture, gothic4

Count of Place

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Great Britain32
Sheffield (England)3
Venice (Italy)2
Amiens (France)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)190
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-185124
Ruskin, John18
Fine Art Society15
Chiswick Press13
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)11
Kingsley, W9
Ruskin, John, 1819-19009
Cathedrale D'Amiens7
Royal Society of Painters In Water-Colours (Great Britain)7

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John Ruskin, miscellaneous correspondence

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

7 Aug 1852 - 17 May 1882

Contains: (1) 2 letters to Miss Gertrude Huish with envelopes, 1 dated 4 November [18]60; (2) 1 undated letter to Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell; (3) 1 undated letter about art to Mr R. Peyton Further materi...

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Letters from John Ruskin to Kate Mary Raven (née Smith)

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

6 May 1870-27 Jun 1887

File of 13 letters from John Ruskin sent to Kate Mary Raven (née Smith), who was Ruskin's housekeeper at Brantwood. Kate Raven was Kathleen Raven's grandmother. Some of the letters are accompanied ...

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The seven lamps of architecture

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1889

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Præterita : outlines of scenes and thoughts, perhaps worthy of memory in my past life (v.1)

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1885-1889

Issued in 28 parts of one chapter each, with individual title-page.

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Præterita : outlines of scenes and thoughts, perhaps worthy of memory in my past life (v.2)

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1885-1889

Issued in 28 parts of one chapter each, with individual title-page.

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Præterita : outlines of scenes and thoughts, perhaps worthy of memory in my past life (v.3)

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1885-1889

Issued in 28 parts of one chapter each, with individual title-page.

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The nature of Gothic : a chapter of The stones of Venice

Ruskin, John (1819-1900); Ruskin, John (1819-1900); Morris, William (1834-1896); Kelmscott Press

1892

First edition.

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The nature of Gothic : a chapter of The stones of Venice

Ruskin, John (1819-1900); Ruskin, John (1819-1900); Morris, William (1834-1896); Kelmscott Press

1892

First edition.

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Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her seven wonderful cats : a humorous tale

Pearson, Mrs; Ruskin, John (1819-1900); Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901); Sharpe, Richard Scrafton

1885

Originally published: London: A.K.Newman, 1823. Ascribed to Richard Scrafton Sharpe and Mrs Pearson. Facsimile titlepage of the 1823 edition. Text printed on one side of leaf only.

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The stones of Venice (v.1)

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1873-1874

v.1. The foundations. -- v.2. The sea-stories. -- v.3. The fall.

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The stones of Venice (v.2)

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1873-1874

v.1. The foundations. -- v.2. The sea-stories. -- v.3. The fall.

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