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Total number of records: 841

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Brotherton Collection208
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English Literature83
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History55
Art and Antique Market53
Liddle Collection24
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Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections18
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society18
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse16

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knowledge, theory of55
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Locke, John (1632-1704)143
Beeton, Mrs (1836-1865)41
Locke, John, 1632-170435
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)32
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)30
Coste, Pierre29
Coste, Pierre (1668-1747)29
Locke, John20
Ward, Lock & Co15
Senn, Charles Herman (1862-1934)13

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Archive Object Item

Locks of hair

1842-1908

Locks of hair belonging to Giovanni Battista Gigliucci in a paper envelope inscribed in ink, with a pencil portrait in profile by either his wife Clara Anastasia Novello or sister-in-law Emma Aloysia ...

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Lock, Matthias

c. 1960 - 2015

Cuttings from various auction catalogues of furniture by or in the manner of carver Mattias Lock with photocopies of plates from Mattias Lock and Henry Copland's 'A New Book of Ornaments' (1752) with ...

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Lock (Door)
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Lock (Door)

[1960s]

Old lock in a wooden door in a house at an unidentified location. The lock has a small cover which moves on a nail.

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Title: The rape of the lock

Author: Pope, Alexander

Date(s): 1714 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 36

Contents: Lightly satirical mock-heroic tale of the cutting off of a beautiful young

society woman's lock of hair by an admiring lover. In five cantos. Appears to

combine readings from the 1714 and 1717 editions.

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MS notes for speech on “Locke’s Influence in Education”

1913

Given at University of Leeds March 1 1913 5ff. autograph

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Archive Sub-series

Locks (named makers)

c.1900-c.2017

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BC MS NCC/2/8/1 Lock of Mozart's hair
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Lock of Mozart's hair

1829

A lock of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's hair, tied with red string. Vincent and Mary Novello visited Mozart's widow Constanze in Salzburg, Vienna, as part of their travels across Europe in 18...

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