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Total number of records: 2187

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	1599
Archives	448
Art items	80
Indexes	51
Objects	7

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	2187
Herbert Read Collection	1350
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection	192
English Literature	134
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	65
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse	50
Leeds Poetry	42
Rudolf Laban Collections	22
Medieval Manuscripts	16
Incunabula	13

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
painting	390
painting, modern	106
art, modern	83
painters	79
drawing	74
art	73
painting, british	60
works of art	56
painting, french	52
portraits	51

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
England	19
London, United Kingdom	19
Devon, United Kingdom	8
Vatican City	8
France	7
Genoa, Italy	7
Great Britain	5
Europe	4
Hastings, United Kingdom	4
Leeds (England)	4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)	94
Arts Council of Great Britain	76
Jodie Edwards	74
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)	60
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)	40
Sidney Janis Gallery	40
Read, Herbert	35
Tate Gallery	35
Arthur Tooth & Sons	28
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd	27

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1100	1
From 1300	2
From 1400	27
From 1500	6
From 1600	40
From 1700	109
From 1800	387
From 1900	1545
From 2000	13

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1199	1
Up to 1399	2
Up to 1499	16
Up to 1599	14
Up to 1699	37
Up to 1799	86
Up to 1899	363
Up to 1999	1569
Up to latest	42

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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.

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Paintings

Gallatin, A E (1881-1952)

1948

Bibliography: p. ix-x. "Books by A.E. Gallatin": p. x.

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Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse Index

Title: On painting

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 174- ?

Manuscript: Lt 8

Contents: On the progress of painting

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Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse Index

Title: Painting

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 174- ?

Manuscript: Lt 8

Contents: Comparing the arts of painting and poetry

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Conroy Maddox : paintings and collage-paintings

Maddox, Conroy; Melville, Robert; Matthews, J H; Grabowski Gallery

[1963]

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grabowski Gallery, London, 7 October - 2 November, 1963. Title from inside front cover.

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Paintings by William Gear = Paintings by Alan Davie

Gear, William (1915-1997); Davie, Alan (1920-2014); Bowen, Denis; Brighton, Christopher; Arts Council of Great Britain. Scottish Committee; Commonwealth Institute Gallery (Edinburgh)

1966

Two catalogues, issued back to back, for exhibitions arranged for the period of the Edinburgh International Festival, and held at the Commonwealth Institute Gallery, 20th August - 10th September, 1966...

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