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Total number of records: 27

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Books and printed items19
Archives8

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection6
Brotherton Collection5
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive2
English Literature1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1

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drawing27
books7
dessin7
furniture7
glassware7
livres7
meubles7
verrerie7
carpets6
painting6

Top 10: Place

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England6
Europe4
Fermo, Italy1
Florence, Italy1
Genoa, Italy1
Great Britain1
Harrogate, United Kingdom1
Italy1
London, United Kingdom1
Manchester, United Kindom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)9
Christie, Manson & Woods6
Cornbury Park (Charlbury, England)2
John Wallace Printing Ltd.2
Watney, O. V2
Ackermann and Co1
Ackermann and Co.1
Adam, James, 1732-17941
Adam, Robert, 1728-17921
Armstrong, Charles Art Master1

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From 180013
From 190010
From 20002

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Up to 189911
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Up to latest3

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Landscape drawing-book (no.[?])

Syer, John (1815-1885); Ackermann and Co.

[between 1833 and 1854]

Cover title. Lithographs by Day & Haghe. Printed by Macintosh, Great New Street, London. The firm of Day & Haghe traded from 1833 to 1854. Ackermann & Co. traded at 96 Strand from 1832 to 1856. ...

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outfalls : poems and drawings

Tarlo, Harriet; Tucker, Judith; Wild Pansy Press

2018

Constructed in a concertina style with image on the left and poem on the right.

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The illustrated London drawing book

Burn, Robert Scott

1853

Contents: (from t.p.) I. Pencil-sketching -- II. Figure and object drawing -- III. Perspective and isometrical drawing -- IV. Engraving on metal and wood.

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Rose et noir

Iribe, Paul (1883-1935); Benjamin, René (1885-1948); Établissements Nicolas (Paris, France)

1931

Benjamin's text (p. [5-20] incl. special t.p.) is a sewn-in brochure measuring 24 cm. "Plaquette no 2, Le mauvais génie." This is the 2nd in an untitled trilogy of publications glorifying French wi...

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A selection from the Liber studiorum of J.M.W. Turner : a drawing book for art students suggested by the writings of Mr. Ruskin, with a historical introduction

Turner, J M W (1775-1851); Short, Sir Frank (1857-1945); Wedmore, Frederick (1844-1921); Brooke, Stopford A (1832-1916)

[1890?]

At head of title: The South Kensington drawing book.

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Drawings

1840-1877

Eight sketches of costume of various periods. A collection of 119 drawings and tracings, including sets of illustrations for her books ‘Bluebeard’s Widow’ and ‘Hoho Haha’.

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Preparatory sketch of a group of figures for Hoho and Haha

c. 1877

Preparatory sketch titled 'Taking a Huff' for the book 'Hoho and Haha: Their Adventures'. There are three standing figures surrounded by figures seated at tables, wearing pointed hats with celestial d...

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Preparatory sketch of two flying figures for Hoho and Haha

c. 1877

Preparatory sketch in ink with pencil underdrawing of two flying figures titled 'Taking French Leave' for the book 'Hoho and Haha: Their Adventures', pasted onto a folded sheet of paper.

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Christie, Alexander to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

26 Nov 1848

Handwritten letter and ink sketch from Alexander Christie to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, noting that he had received her gift and intended to read it. He notes that her husband Charles Cowden Clarke ...

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