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Total number of records: 92

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Books and printed items71
Archives21

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Brotherton Collection33
Herbert Read Collection26
English Literature17
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture8
Art and Antique Market2
LGBTQ2
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1
Leeds Russian Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
art92
art, modern15
anarchism13
english poetry13
modernism (art)13
sculpture, modern13
culture8
animals7
english language - dialects7
furniture7

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England10
Great Britain6
Italy1
Museums1
New York (State)1
Rome (Italy)1
Scotland1
Soviet Union1
United States1
Washington (D.C.)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)31
Christie, Manson & Woods5
Mcguire, William (1917-)4
Morris, William (1834-1896)4
Pyne, William Henry (1769-1843)4
William Clowes and Sons4
Beckford, William, 1760-18443
Blake, William, 1757-18273
Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934)3
Grundy, C Reginald (1870-1944)3

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From 180019
From 190064
From 20006

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Up to 189919
Up to 199964
Up to latest6

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William Miller

1967

This file contains a letter from William Miller, previously associate editor of the religion department at Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Miller writes to read as a book publishing consultant and urges R...

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William Read

1933

This file contains 2 manuscript letters to Herbert Read from his younger brother William. The first thanks Read for sending him a copy of The Innocent Eye, and compares some of his own experiences at ...

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Anecdotes of William Hogarth

Hogarth, William (1697-1764)

1833

"Collectors of Hogarth's works": pages 407-409.

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Ernest William Read

1 Jan 1941

1 manuscript letter to Herbert Read from his uncle Ernest William Read, who writes to say how much he has enjoyed Annals of Innocence and Experience, and compares his own boarding school life with his...

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Benedict William Read

Read, Benedict (1945-2016)

1964-1966

This file contains 2 manuscript letters from Benedict Read to his parents while he was at Queen's College, Oxford. One includes an adaptation of a Horace Ode, which Benedict Read was revising at the ...

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William Prior Read

14 Nov 1926

1 manuscript letter from W[illiam] P[rior] Read to Herbert Read. William Prior Read was not a relation to Read, but became a mentor to him, after Herbert Read's brother had been apprenticed to him. He...

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William Beckford, 1760-1844 : an eye for the magnificent

Ostergard, Derek E; Hewat-Jaboor, Philip; McLeod, Bet; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts; Dulwich Picture Gallery

2001

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture (October 2001-January 2002); Dulwich Picture Galler...

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England's wealthiest son : a study of William Beckford

Alexander, Boyd (1913-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1962

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 268-298), and index.

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Infernal methods : a study of William Blake's art techniques

Lister, Raymond (1919-)

1975

Bibliography: p. [92]-95.

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The exiled collector : William Bankes and the making of an English country house

Sebba, Anne; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2004

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index.

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An account of some of the statues, bas-reliefs, drawings and pictures in Italy, &c : with remarks

Richardson, Jonathan (1665-1745); Richardson, Jonathan (1694-1771); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Adam, John (1721-1792); Jack, Ian (1923-2008)

1722

With a postscript. Printed by William Bowyer.

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An account of some of the statues, bas-reliefs, drawings and pictures in Italy, &c : with remarks

Richardson, Jonathan (1665-1745); Richardson, Jonathan (1694-1771); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Adam, John (1721-1792); Jack, Ian (1923-2008)

1722

With a postscript. Printed by William Bowyer.

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