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Total number of records: 242

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Books and printed items142
Archives98
Art items2

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English Literature242
Brotherton Collection134
Leeds Poetry42
Herbert Read Collection8

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painting32
letters24
art22
poets, english21
pre-raphaelites19
english poetry14
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)12
anarchism8
art, modern8
modernism (art)8

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De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)18
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)14
Blake, William, 1757-182712
Vertue, George (1684-1756)11
Walpole, Horace (1717-1797)11
Crossley-Holland, Kevin9
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)9
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)9
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)8
Hayley, William (1745-1820)7

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The Painting-Room

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1987-1991

This series contains items relating to Crossley-Holland's collection 'The Painting-Room' (1988), including correspondence and proofs.

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The painted cup

Bingley, Barbara; Sandford, Lettice

1935

Title vignette.

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A painted field

Robertson, Robin (1955-)

1997

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Painted fire

Willan, Paul

1978

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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...

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Poems on the paintings of Eller

Livingston, Thomas M; Eller, Ed

1966

Limited ed. of 550 copies, nos. 1-50 numbered, signed by the poet and artist.

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Painting the bamboo tree

Dendy, Gail

[1999]

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Lectures on painting and design (v.1)

Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786-1846)

1844-1846

v. 1. Origin of the art. Anatomy the basis of drawing. The skeleton. The muscles of man and quadruped. Standard figure. Composition. Colour. Ancients and moderns. Invention. -- v. 2. Fuzeli. Wilkie. E...

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Lectures on painting and design (v.2)

Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786-1846)

1844-1846

v. 1. Origin of the art. Anatomy the basis of drawing. The skeleton. The muscles of man and quadruped. Standard figure. Composition. Colour. Ancients and moderns. Invention. -- v. 2. Fuzeli. Wilkie. E...

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Hebrew manuscript painting

Gutmann, Joseph

1979

Originally published: New York: G. Braziller, 1978.

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Between poetry and painting

Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, England)

[1965?]

Cover titles. Catalog of an exhibition held Oct. 22-Nov. 27, 1965, at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. English, French, or German.

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An essay on the theory of painting

Richardson, Jonathan (1665-1745)

1715

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