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Total number of records: 917

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items594
Archives272
Art items49
Objects2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection390
Herbert Read Collection177
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive174
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection149
Leeds Russian Archive47
English Literature32
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
painting917
painters92
sculpture91
drawing80
exhibitions61
art education57
art53
works of art48
letter writing47
landscape44

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom85
Leeds, United Kingdom21
England19
Devon, United Kingdom8
Vatican City8
Genoa, Italy5
Russia (Federation)5
Rome, Italy5
Hastings, United Kingdom4
France4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)46
Benois, Alexandre (1870-1960)27
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)26
Conway, Sir William Martin (1856-1937)25
Lavallee, Joseph (1747-1816)20
Lavallee, Joseph20
Filhol, Antoine Michel20
Filhol, Antoine Michel (1759-1812)20
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)18
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)14

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 15001
From 16007
From 170067
From 1800273
From 1900552
From 200014

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 15991
Up to 16997
Up to 179961
Up to 1899272
Up to 1999552
Up to latest21

Archive Collection

Maurice de Sausmarez Archive

De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)

c.1900-2015

Archive of artist, educator and writer Maurice de Sausmarez (1915-69). The archive comprises an extensive collection of manuscripts of his numerous lectures, articles and publications, incoming corres...

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Novello Cowden Clarke

1739-1966

The Novello Cowden Clarkes were a well known Anglo-Italian family of musicians, writers, artists, singers and actors, with a wide and influential literary and artistic circle. Based in London and lat...

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NOVELLO, Emma Aloysia

1814-1902

Drawings, paintings and prints by the artist Emma Aloysia Novello, alongside material related to her family, financial and medical histories.

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NOVELLO COWDEN CLARKE, Family

1739-1950

Material relating to the Novello, Cowden Clarke and Gigliucci families which is not attributable to a single member of the family. Includes financial and legal records, creative collaborations between...

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NOVELLO, Edward Petre

1822-1835

Drawings, oil sketches, watercolours, prints and sketchbooks by the artist Edward Petre Novello.

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Exhibition catalogues

1952-1969

Copies of printed catalogues for exhibitions of work by the artist Ben Nicholson, including presentations of early and recent paintings and drawings in private and public art galleries in Edinburgh, L...

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Students and student work

c. 1947-1968

36 black and white and colour photographs and 8 negatives featuring art students and their work, including a photograph of two students paintings at Leeds College of Art, undated examples of Basic Des...

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Travel, architecture and landscapes

c. 1940-1969

Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of architecture and landscapes in France, Italy, East Africa and the United Kingdom, taken by Maurice de Sausmarez. Includes enlarged photographs o...

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Interviews

1967-1969

Edited typewritten transcripts of conversations between Bridget Riley and Maurice de Sausmarez in January 1967 and January 1969.

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Photographs

c. 1966

Photographic reproduction of the painting 'Breathe' by Bridget Riley (1966).

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Travel

1959-1960

Pamphlets, timetables, reservations and photographs associated with the painting trip Bridget Riley took across Italy with Maurice de Sausmarez in the summer of 1960, during which they travelled to Ro...

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Drawings

c. 1830

Pencil, ink and watercolour sketches by Edward Petre Novello, including portraits of members of the Novello family, illustrations for his sister Mary Cowden Clarke's publications, copies after existin...

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