Leeds Museums and Galleries: Key Publications
The diverse collections and stunning sites in Leeds Museums and Galleries have inspired researchers and staff members to publish their work. A huge number of books and other materials have been published throughout the history of Leeds Museums and Galleries, and we are still publishing today. Here are a few of the key works;
Fine Arts
John Singer Sargent and the Edwardian Age
James Lomax, 1979
Temple Newsam: Paintings
James Lomax, 2000
Atkinson Grimshaw
Alex Robertson, 1996
Frank Brangwyn 1867 – 1956
Leeds Museums and Galleries, 2007
'A Kick in the Teeth: Alfred Hardiman's equestrian monument to Earl Haig'
Nicholas Watkins, Henry Moore Institute Essay Series, 2008
Indoors and Out (No. 56); The Sculpture and Design of Bernard Schottlander
Catherine Moriarty and Victoria Worsley, 2007
By Leafy Ways: Early Works by Ivor Abrahams
Sophie Raikes, 2008
Leeds' Sculpture Collections Illustrated Concise Catalogue
Henry Moore Institute, 2007
Decorative Arts
Textiles at Temple Newsam: The Roger Warner Collection
Helen Bower, 2000
Arts and Decoration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England
Anthony Wells-Cole, 1997
Gold Boxes and Etuis in the Leeds Art Galleries
Anthony Wells-Cole
Historic Paper Hangings from Temple Newsam and other English Houses
Anthony Wells-Cole, 1983
Furniture at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall (3 vols)
Christopher Gilbert, 1998
Creamware and Other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House, Leeds: A Catalogue of the Leeds Collection
Peter Walton, 1976
British Silver at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall
James Lomax, 1992
Archaeology
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds’ Cistercian Monastery
Peter Brears, 1982
The Leeds Crosses
A. McGuire & A. Clark, 1987
An Account of an Egyptian Mummy Presented to the Museum of the
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
W. Osburn, 1828
The Numismatic Collections; Leeds
E.J.E. Pirie, 1964
The Mummy’s Tale; The Scientific and Medical Investigation of Natsef-Amun, Priest in the Temple at Karnak
A.R. David, and E. Tapp (eds), 1992
Natsef-Amun: The Keeper of the Bulls
R. David, and P. Brears, 1991
Catalogue of Leeds City Museum's Ushabti Collection
R. Sholl, 1992
Anthropology
Africa and Beyond, The Anthropology Collection of the University of Leeds. Lovelace, AJ and Snow, D. 2003
Jacob Kramer’s African and Oriental Collections.
In Leeds Museums and Galleries Review
Lovelace, A.J. 2000.
War Booty: Changing Contexts, Changing Displays. Asante ‘Relics’ from Kumasi, acquired by the Prince of Wales own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1896.
in Journal of Museum Ethnography
Lovelace, A.J. 2000.
Natural Sciences
Descriptive Guide to the Fossil Collection
L.C. Miall, 1873
Descriptive Guide to the Collection of British Birds
L.C. Miall, 1874
Descriptive Guide to the Mineral Collection of the Museum of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
L.C. Miall, 1884
Description of the Remains of Megalichthys in the Leeds Museum
L.C. Miall, 1885
Leeds History
Armley Mills, The Leeds Industrial Museum
Peter Brears, 1982
The Leeds Pottery 1770-1881 (2 Vols)
John Griffin, 2005
Rebel Girls: their fight for the vote
Jill Liddington, 2006
Museum History
Guide to the Museum of Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Anonymous, 1854, 1897, 1906, 1915
The Museum of Leeds Trail
Peter Brears, 1981
A Guide to the Museum of Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
L.C. Miall, 1890
Of Curiosities and Rare Things; The story of Leeds City Museums
Peter Brears, 1989