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Total number of records: 150

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Books and printed items123
Archives21
Art items5

Count of Collection group

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Brotherton Collection150
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections150

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
romanies25
magic, gypsy5
romani poetry4
artists2
clothing and dress2
flamenco music2
serpents2
tales, gypsy2
amusement parks1
ballads, english1

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Hungary3
Granada (Spain)2
Hertfordshire (England)2
Spain2
Balkan Peninsula1
Camargue, France1
England1
Germany1
Great Britain1
Greece1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)5
Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)5
Simson, James (1826-)4
Austen, John3
Dorothy Una Clough3
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips3
Dorothy Una Phillips3
Lawson, Fred3
Maximoff, Mateo (1917-)3
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)3

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From 16001
From 17005
From 180029
From 190098
From 20001

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Up to 17991
Up to 189929
Up to 1999102
Up to latest2

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Gypsies : an illustrated history

LiƩgeois, Jean-Pierre

1986

Bibliography: p184-192.

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The illustrated story-teller

[ca.1851]

Originally issued in (weekly?) parts. "The editor may have been Pierce Egan the younger"-auction slip. Author(s) anonymous.

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Yorkshire life illustrated

v.10, no.11 Nov. 1956

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Illustrated London News

v.19, supplement For the week ending Saturday, November 29, December 13, December 27, 1851 Includes 'Gypsey experiences', by a Roumany Rei [pseud., i.e. Tom Taylor]

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Yorkshire life illustrated

v.10, no.11 Nov. 1956 Contains article by Richard Fairfax: Stop hounding the gipsies

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L'univers illustré

no.69 (10 sept. 1859) With photocopy of front cover

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Calendar (1951) illustrated with " Nomads"

1951

Calendar (1951) illustrated with " Nomads." Original painting by [Sylvester.....] of Gypsy/Traveller wagons in a clearing in woodland.

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Illustrated book covers/sleeves

c.1900 - c.1970

A selection of illustrated book sleeve covers [removed] from books referencing or featuring Gypsies, Travellers and Roma. Undated.

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Hull Fair : an illustrated history

Smith, Stephen (1960-); Scrivens, Kevin

1991

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Calendars (4) illustrated with Gypsy/Traveller subjects.

1941-1951

Calendars given to/owned by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe.

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Calendar (1941) illustrated with "The Close of Day."

1941

1941 Calendar illustrated with print of "The Close of Day, " (two Gypsy/Traveller wagons) - original painting by Ernest Uden.

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Calendar (1942) illustrated with "A Gipsy Life."

1942

Calendar (1942) illustrated with "A Gipsy Life," by E.H [Ernest Albert] Whydale (A.R.E). Picture is of a Gypsy/Traveller wagon in a field with 2 horses and people cooking on a campfire in the foregr...

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