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Guy, Eric2
Bull, Mrs. Walter1
Bull, Walter1
Caunce, Stephen1
Croot, Mrs Oscar1
Croot, Oscar1
Fensome, Charles1
Hucklebridge, John1
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1
Shaw, David H1

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Sheep Washing Painting
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Sheep Washing Painting

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Photograph of a painting by Fred Lawson of sheep washing in Apedale Beck ( Apedale) ca. 1920. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed notes on sheep washing, including a passage quoted from the 'Mornin...

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Wall Painting (Sweden)
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Wall Painting (Sweden)

March 1965

Slide of Anders Bengtsson's wall painting, 'The Shepherds'/ 'Herdarna', painted in 1858, Norra Bökeberg (Hallands Lan, Sweden). The painting depicts the biblical scene of the Annunciation to the Shep...

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Oil sketches

c. 1830

Undated oil sketches on woodpulp board and canvas by Edward Petre Novello. They are likely to have been painted in around 1830, following his studies at the Royal Academy of Arts and before his early ...

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Suffolk Punch Lithograph

[1970s]

Photograph of a lithograph of a Suffolk Punch stallion. The lithograph is by William Nicholson from a painting by Mr. Shiels, and appears in David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the Brit...

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Small sketchbook with maroon cover

c, 1825

Small undated sketchbook belonging to Edward Petre Novello, with maroon leather covers and a metal clasp. It contains life drawings, character studies, drawings after existing paintings and sculptures...

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Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans
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Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Modern Gypsy Traveller caravans, at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). A painted wooden horse trap and grazing horse stand in front of the caravans. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1612 ...

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Guy, Eric

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken around 1937 of a brightly painted traditional Gypsy Traveller caravan, drawn along the road by two horses led by a man, in Hungerford (Berkshire). Two children can be seen i...

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Guy, Eric

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken around 1937 of a brightly painted traditional Gypsy Traveller caravan, drawn along the road by two horses led by a man, in Hungerford (Berkshire). Two children can be seen i...

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Somerset Cattle Lithograph
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Somerset Cattle Lithograph

[1970s]

Photograph of a lithograph of sheeted (or belted?) Somerset cattle. The image shows a pair of four-year old cows (and a third lying in the background), one with horns, and one of the polled variety. T...

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"Gypsy Camp"

Hucklebridge, John

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in 1960, of a temporary Gypsy Traveller encampment on a roadside near Glastonbury (Somerset). Two bowed caravans, and two trailer carts are pulled up on the verge. A woman s...

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Archive File

The Rag-and-Bone Men of Leeds and their Carts

Witton, Lesley A

1971

A study comprising an introduction and history of rag-and-bone collecting, a description of the Leeds Tatters' Market, the rag-and-bone business in 1971, with descriptions of some yards in Leeds, and ...

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Sketchbooks

1822-1835

Ten sketchbooks belonging to Edward Petre Novello, dating from his time as a student at Sass's Academy in Bloomsbury and the Royal Academy of Arts and the period afterwards, including travels to Franc...

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