British and Irish paintings in public collections : an index of British and Irish oil paintings by artists born before 1870 in public and institutional collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Documents British and Irish paintings in public collections dating from the beginning of the 16th c. to the end of the 19th c. <Not included are works in private hands, with the exception of those pictures on the Inland Revenue list of tax exempt works of art.> Includes works that are now lost or that have been deaccessioned. ;