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1.5 million words of
Mary Dorothy George
A computational approach to curatorial voice
and legacy descriptions of art objects
James Baker Andrew Salway
Senior Lecturer in Digital History and Archives Research Fellow in DH
University of Sussex + Sussex Humanities Lab
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Mary Dorothy George
(1878-1971)
Image: © National Portrait Gallery, London
curatorialvoice.github.io
1935-1954
@j_w_baker
Image: Creative
Commons BY-NC-SA
4.0, © Trustees of the
British Museum
curatorialvoice.github.io
@j_w_baker
britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx
Image: © Trustees of the British Museum
@j_w_baker
public.researchspace.org/sparql
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curatorialvoice.github.io
@j_w_baker
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3245037
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3245017
1.1 million
words
9330
descriptions
Rather exclude
than get false
positive data
@j_w_baker
the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his
(20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A
(8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right
(6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816),
who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand
(4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In
(3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949),
wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind
(2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156),
over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or
(1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm
(1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat
(1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background
(1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431),
ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See
(1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated
(1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221)
Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies
in brackets.
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@j_w_baker
the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his
(20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A
(8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right
(6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816),
who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand
(4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In
(3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949),
wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind
(2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156),
over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or
(1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656),
arm (1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625),
BMSat (1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558),
background (1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks
(1431), ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337),
See (1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262),
seated (1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221)
Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies
in brackets.
The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
@j_w_baker
the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his
(20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A
(8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right
(6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816),
who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand
(4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In
(3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949),
wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind
(2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156),
over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or
(1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm
(1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat
(1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background
(1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431),
ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See
(1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated
(1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221)
Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies
in brackets.
The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
@j_w_baker
the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his
(20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A
(8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right
(6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says
(4816), who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310),
hand (4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545),
In (3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949),
wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind
(2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156),
over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or
(1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm
(1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat
(1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background
(1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431),
ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See
(1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated
(1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221)
Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies
in brackets.
The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
@j_w_baker
the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his
(20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A
(8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right
(6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816),
who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand
(4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In
(3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949),
wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind
(2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156),
over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or
(1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm
(1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat
(1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background
(1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431),
ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See
(1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated
(1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221)
Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies
in brackets.
The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
@j_w_baker
the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his
(20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A
(8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right
(6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816),
who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand
(4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In
(3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949),
wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind
(2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156),
over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or
(1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm
(1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat
(1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background
(1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431),
ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See
(1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated
(1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221)
Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies
in brackets.
The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
@j_w_baker
was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have,
we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could,
what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all,
because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work,
about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may,
your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You,
some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used,
I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What,
must, government, something, went, course, after, too,
system, like, came, So
Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e.
words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National
Corpus.
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@j_w_baker
was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have,
we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could,
what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all,
because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work,
about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may,
your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You,
some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used,
I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What,
must, government, something, went, course, after, too,
system, like, came, So
Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e.
words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National
Corpus.
The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
curatorialvoice.github.io
@j_w_baker
was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have,
we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could,
what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all,
because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work,
about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may,
your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You,
some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used,
I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What,
must, government, something, went, course, after, too,
system, like, came, So
Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e.
words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National
Corpus.
The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
curatorialvoice.github.io
@j_w_baker
was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have,
we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could,
what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all,
because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work,
about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may,
your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You,
some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used,
I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What,
must, government, something, went, course, after, too,
system, like, came, So
Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e.
words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National
Corpus.
The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
curatorialvoice.github.io
@j_w_baker
was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have,
we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could,
what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all,
because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work,
about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may,
your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You,
some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used,
I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What,
must, government, something, went, course, after, too,
system, like, came, So
Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e.
words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National
Corpus.
The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
curatorialvoice.github.io
@j_w_baker
was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would,
have, we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this,
could, what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as,
no, all, because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got,
work, about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but,
may, your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And,
You, some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going,
used, I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local,
What, must, government, something, went, course, after,
too, system, like, came, So
Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e.
words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National
Corpus.
The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
curatorialvoice.github.io
@j_w_baker
Figure 3: Frequencies of some common verbs in the George corpus and their
troponyms (combining all forms of each verb).
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Mary Dorothy George
(1878-1971)
Image: © National Portrait Gallery, London
curatorialvoice.github.io
1935-1954
@j_w_baker
Image:
Creative
Commons
BY-NC-SA
4.0, ©
Trustees of
the British
Museum
@j_w_baker
The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent,
advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his
stomach supported on the bent back of a negro servant in livery
(cf. BMSat 5433), saying, I was come from Yarmony to love you
dearly, and was take you to Yarmony to love me. The Princess
(l.), stout but comely, regards him appraisingly, saying, Lord what
a Porpoise Pho!!! The n__o, with clenched fists and contorted
face, shouts: Oh Lord oh lord my Neck will break. I can't carry it
any farther. The Prince's gold-laced embroidered waistcoat and
his ribbon contribute to his grotesque appearance; his coat is
dotted with stars and orders as in BMSat 9006. Behind (r.), a
man holding a saw stands by a small table out of which a
semicircular piece has been cut: he says, his face and gestures
expressing alarmed astonishment: Egad they did well to order a
piece to be cut out of the Table, or he never could have reached
his Dinner, and how he will reach her, God only knows. I
suppose he has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend
the Breed [cf. BMSat 8827]. A patterned carpet and pictures on
the wall complete the design
M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942)
Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
@j_w_baker
The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent,
advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his
stomach supported on the bent back of a negro servant in livery
(cf. BMSat 5433), saying, I was come from Yarmony to love you
dearly, and was take you to Yarmony to love me. The Princess
(l.), stout but comely, regards him appraisingly, saying, Lord what
a Porpoise Pho!!! The n__o, with clenched fists and contorted
face, shouts: Oh Lord oh lord my Neck will break. I can't carry it
any farther. The Prince's gold-laced embroidered waistcoat and
his ribbon contribute to his grotesque appearance; his coat is
dotted with stars and orders as in BMSat 9006. Behind (r.), a
man holding a saw stands by a small table out of which a
semicircular piece has been cut: he says, his face and gestures
expressing alarmed astonishment: Egad they did well to order a
piece to be cut out of the Table, or he never could have reached
his Dinner, and how he will reach her, God only knows. I
suppose he has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend
the Breed [cf. BMSat 8827]. A patterned carpet and pictures on
the wall complete the design
M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942)
Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
@j_w_baker
The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent,
advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his
stomach supported on the bent back of a negro servant in livery
(cf. BMSat 5433), saying, I was come from Yarmony to love you
dearly, and was take you to Yarmony to love me. The Princess
(l.), stout but comely, regards him appraisingly, saying, Lord
what a Porpoise Pho!!! The n__o, with clenched fists and
contorted face, shouts: Oh Lord oh lord my Neck will break. I
can't carry it any farther. The Prince's gold-laced
embroidered waistcoat and his ribbon contribute to his
grotesque appearance; his coat is dotted with stars and
orders as in BMSat 9006. Behind (r.), a man holding a saw
stands by a small table out of which a semicircular piece has
been cut: he says, his face and gestures expressing
alarmed astonishment: Egad they did well to order a piece to
be cut out of the Table, or he never could have reached his
Dinner, and how he will reach her, God only knows. I suppose he
has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend the Breed
[cf. BMSat 8827]. A patterned carpet and pictures on the wall
complete the design
M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942)
Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
@j_w_baker
The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent,
advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his
stomach supported on the bent back of a negro servant in livery
(cf. BMSat 5433), saying, I was come from Yarmony to love you
dearly, and was take you to Yarmony to love me. The Princess
(l.), stout but comely, regards him appraisingly, saying, Lord
what a Porpoise Pho!!! The n__o, with clenched fists and
contorted face, shouts: Oh Lord oh lord my Neck will break. I
can't carry it any farther. The Prince's gold-laced
embroidered waistcoat and his ribbon contribute to his
grotesque appearance; his coat is dotted with stars and
orders as in BMSat 9006. Behind (r.), a man holding a saw
stands by a small table out of which a semicircular piece has
been cut: he says, his face and gestures expressing
alarmed astonishment: Egad they did well to order a piece to
be cut out of the Table, or he never could have reached his
Dinner, and how he will reach her, God only knows. I suppose he
has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend the Breed
[cf. BMSat 8827]. A patterned carpet and pictures on the wall
complete the design
M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942)
Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
@j_w_baker
The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent,
advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his
stomach supported on the bent back of a negro servant in livery
(cf. BMSat 5433), saying, I was come from Yarmony to love you
dearly, and was take you to Yarmony to love me. The Princess
(l.), stout but comely, regards him appraisingly, saying, Lord
what a Porpoise Pho!!! The n__o, with clenched fists and
contorted face, shouts: Oh Lord oh lord my Neck will break. I
can't carry it any farther. The Prince's gold-laced
embroidered waistcoat and his ribbon contribute to his
grotesque appearance; his coat is dotted with stars and
orders as in BMSat 9006. Behind (r.), a man holding a saw
stands by a small table out of which a semicircular piece has
been cut: he says, his face and gestures expressing
alarmed astonishment: Egad they did well to order a piece to
be cut out of the Table, or he never could have reached his
Dinner, and how he will reach her, God only knows. I suppose he
has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend the Breed
[cf. BMSat 8827]. A patterned carpet and pictures on the wall
complete the design
M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942)
Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
@j_w_baker
The Hereditary Prince of
Würtemberg,
enormously corpulent,
advances in profile to
the l. towards the
Princess Royal, his
stomach supported on
the bent back of a n___o
servant in livery
M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942)
Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees
of the British Museum
@j_w_baker
“I suppose he has some
German Method a rare
Ram this to mend the
Breed”
M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942)
Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the
British Museum
@j_w_baker
Image:
Creative
Commons
BY-NC-SA
4.0, ©
Trustees of
the British
Museum
1.5 million words of
Mary Dorothy George
A computational approach to curatorial voice
and legacy descriptions of art objects
James Baker Andrew Salway
Senior Lecturer in Digital History and Archives Research Fellow in DH
University of Sussex + Sussex Humanities Lab
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Exceptions: quotations, embeds from external sources, logos, marked images, slides marked
with an alternative licence.
curatorialvoice.github.io
@j_w_baker
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1.5 million words of Mary Dorothy George: a computational approach to curatorial voice and legacy descriptions of art objects

  • 1. 1.5 million words of Mary Dorothy George A computational approach to curatorial voice and legacy descriptions of art objects James Baker Andrew Salway Senior Lecturer in Digital History and Archives Research Fellow in DH University of Sussex + Sussex Humanities Lab This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Exceptions: quotations, embeds from external sources, logos, marked images, slides marked with an alternative licence. curatorialvoice.github.io
  • 2. @j_w_baker Mary Dorothy George (1878-1971) Image: © National Portrait Gallery, London curatorialvoice.github.io 1935-1954
  • 3. @j_w_baker Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum curatorialvoice.github.io
  • 5. @j_w_baker public.researchspace.org/sparql Image: © Trustees of the British Museum curatorialvoice.github.io
  • 7. @j_w_baker the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his (20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A (8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right (6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816), who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand (4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In (3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949), wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind (2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156), over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or (1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm (1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat (1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background (1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431), ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See (1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated (1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221) Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies in brackets. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
  • 8. @j_w_baker the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his (20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A (8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right (6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816), who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand (4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In (3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949), wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind (2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156), over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or (1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm (1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat (1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background (1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431), ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See (1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated (1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221) Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies in brackets. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
  • 9. @j_w_baker the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his (20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A (8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right (6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816), who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand (4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In (3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949), wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind (2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156), over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or (1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm (1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat (1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background (1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431), ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See (1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated (1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221) Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies in brackets. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
  • 10. @j_w_baker the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his (20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A (8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right (6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816), who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand (4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In (3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949), wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind (2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156), over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or (1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm (1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat (1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background (1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431), ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See (1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated (1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221) Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies in brackets. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
  • 11. @j_w_baker the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his (20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A (8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right (6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816), who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand (4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In (3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949), wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind (2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156), over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or (1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm (1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat (1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background (1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431), ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See (1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated (1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221) Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies in brackets. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
  • 12. @j_w_baker the (67,434), a (64,436), of (32,450), and (32,020), is (24,050), in (22,078), his (20,520), with (18,164), on (17,568), to (15,775), The (11,659), are (11,161), A (8881), by (7721), inscribed (7458), from (7268), which (6971), left (6596), right (6516), an (6428), at (6366), He (5571), stands (5377), her (4973), says (4816), who (4815), On (4699), he (4683), man (4500), two (4466), him (4310), hand (4272), head (4223), holding (3885), one (3841), holds (3773), as (3545), In (3317), behind (3083), large (3079), No (3000), other (2960), profile (2949), wearing (2880), hat (2862), saying (2832), up (2820), wears (2809), Behind (2792), has (2641), back (2573), sits (2328), it (2270), for (2177), out (2156), over (2154), table (2099), woman (1937), three (1892), towards (1873), or (1844), their (1815), design (1754), small (1711), that (1661), paper (1656), arm (1655), but (1635), Fox (1631), hands (1631), each (1629), title (1625), BMSat (1592), round (1589), men (1565), dressed (1559), them (1558), background (1542), extreme (1526), long (1514), His (1495), its (1433), looks (1431), ground (1398), stand (1362), Lord (1352), under (1340), Two (1337), See (1315), wall (1311), John (1306), &c (1296), have (1276), arms (1262), seated (1258), above (1255), She (1244), beside (1244), I (1234), Below (1221) Figure 1: The 100 most frequent words in the George corpus, with frequencies in brackets. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
  • 13. @j_w_baker was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have, we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could, what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all, because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work, about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may, your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You, some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used, I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What, must, government, something, went, course, after, too, system, like, came, So Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e. words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National Corpus. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. curatorialvoice.github.io
  • 14. @j_w_baker was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have, we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could, what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all, because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work, about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may, your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You, some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used, I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What, must, government, something, went, course, after, too, system, like, came, So Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e. words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National Corpus. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. curatorialvoice.github.io
  • 15. @j_w_baker was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have, we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could, what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all, because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work, about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may, your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You, some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used, I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What, must, government, something, went, course, after, too, system, like, came, So Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e. words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National Corpus. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. curatorialvoice.github.io
  • 16. @j_w_baker was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have, we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could, what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all, because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work, about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may, your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You, some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used, I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What, must, government, something, went, course, after, too, system, like, came, So Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e. words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National Corpus. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. curatorialvoice.github.io
  • 17. @j_w_baker was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have, we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could, what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all, because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work, about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may, your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You, some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used, I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What, must, government, something, went, course, after, too, system, like, came, So Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e. words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National Corpus. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. curatorialvoice.github.io
  • 18. @j_w_baker was, that, I, be, for, to, you, had, it, were, not, would, have, we, said, can, will, there, been, when, they, this, could, what, time, It, do, so, But, know, then, more, any, as, no, all, because, people, er, should, now, years, it's, got, work, about, if, such, get, did, or, don't, think, she, way, but, may, your, than, new, me, even, If, well, year, go, We, And, You, some, only, our, how, need, per, might, made, going, used, I'm, use, good, want, just, really, thought, It's, local, What, must, government, something, went, course, after, too, system, like, came, So Figure 2: a set of negative keywords extracted from the George corpus, i.e. words occurring unusually infrequently compared with the British National Corpus. The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. curatorialvoice.github.io
  • 19. @j_w_baker Figure 3: Frequencies of some common verbs in the George corpus and their troponyms (combining all forms of each verb). The data published by ResearchSpace under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. curatorialvoice.github.io
  • 20. @j_w_baker Mary Dorothy George (1878-1971) Image: © National Portrait Gallery, London curatorialvoice.github.io 1935-1954
  • 22. @j_w_baker The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent, advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his stomach supported on the bent back of a negro servant in livery (cf. BMSat 5433), saying, I was come from Yarmony to love you dearly, and was take you to Yarmony to love me. The Princess (l.), stout but comely, regards him appraisingly, saying, Lord what a Porpoise Pho!!! The n__o, with clenched fists and contorted face, shouts: Oh Lord oh lord my Neck will break. I can't carry it any farther. The Prince's gold-laced embroidered waistcoat and his ribbon contribute to his grotesque appearance; his coat is dotted with stars and orders as in BMSat 9006. Behind (r.), a man holding a saw stands by a small table out of which a semicircular piece has been cut: he says, his face and gestures expressing alarmed astonishment: Egad they did well to order a piece to be cut out of the Table, or he never could have reached his Dinner, and how he will reach her, God only knows. I suppose he has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend the Breed [cf. BMSat 8827]. A patterned carpet and pictures on the wall complete the design M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942) Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
  • 23. @j_w_baker The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent, advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his stomach supported on the bent back of a negro servant in livery (cf. BMSat 5433), saying, I was come from Yarmony to love you dearly, and was take you to Yarmony to love me. The Princess (l.), stout but comely, regards him appraisingly, saying, Lord what a Porpoise Pho!!! The n__o, with clenched fists and contorted face, shouts: Oh Lord oh lord my Neck will break. I can't carry it any farther. The Prince's gold-laced embroidered waistcoat and his ribbon contribute to his grotesque appearance; his coat is dotted with stars and orders as in BMSat 9006. Behind (r.), a man holding a saw stands by a small table out of which a semicircular piece has been cut: he says, his face and gestures expressing alarmed astonishment: Egad they did well to order a piece to be cut out of the Table, or he never could have reached his Dinner, and how he will reach her, God only knows. I suppose he has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend the Breed [cf. BMSat 8827]. A patterned carpet and pictures on the wall complete the design M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942) Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
  • 24. @j_w_baker The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent, advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his stomach supported on the bent back of a negro servant in livery (cf. BMSat 5433), saying, I was come from Yarmony to love you dearly, and was take you to Yarmony to love me. The Princess (l.), stout but comely, regards him appraisingly, saying, Lord what a Porpoise Pho!!! The n__o, with clenched fists and contorted face, shouts: Oh Lord oh lord my Neck will break. I can't carry it any farther. The Prince's gold-laced embroidered waistcoat and his ribbon contribute to his grotesque appearance; his coat is dotted with stars and orders as in BMSat 9006. Behind (r.), a man holding a saw stands by a small table out of which a semicircular piece has been cut: he says, his face and gestures expressing alarmed astonishment: Egad they did well to order a piece to be cut out of the Table, or he never could have reached his Dinner, and how he will reach her, God only knows. I suppose he has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend the Breed [cf. BMSat 8827]. A patterned carpet and pictures on the wall complete the design M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942) Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
  • 25. @j_w_baker The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent, advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his stomach supported on the bent back of a negro servant in livery (cf. BMSat 5433), saying, I was come from Yarmony to love you dearly, and was take you to Yarmony to love me. The Princess (l.), stout but comely, regards him appraisingly, saying, Lord what a Porpoise Pho!!! The n__o, with clenched fists and contorted face, shouts: Oh Lord oh lord my Neck will break. I can't carry it any farther. The Prince's gold-laced embroidered waistcoat and his ribbon contribute to his grotesque appearance; his coat is dotted with stars and orders as in BMSat 9006. Behind (r.), a man holding a saw stands by a small table out of which a semicircular piece has been cut: he says, his face and gestures expressing alarmed astonishment: Egad they did well to order a piece to be cut out of the Table, or he never could have reached his Dinner, and how he will reach her, God only knows. I suppose he has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend the Breed [cf. BMSat 8827]. A patterned carpet and pictures on the wall complete the design M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942) Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
  • 26. @j_w_baker The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent, advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his stomach supported on the bent back of a negro servant in livery (cf. BMSat 5433), saying, I was come from Yarmony to love you dearly, and was take you to Yarmony to love me. The Princess (l.), stout but comely, regards him appraisingly, saying, Lord what a Porpoise Pho!!! The n__o, with clenched fists and contorted face, shouts: Oh Lord oh lord my Neck will break. I can't carry it any farther. The Prince's gold-laced embroidered waistcoat and his ribbon contribute to his grotesque appearance; his coat is dotted with stars and orders as in BMSat 9006. Behind (r.), a man holding a saw stands by a small table out of which a semicircular piece has been cut: he says, his face and gestures expressing alarmed astonishment: Egad they did well to order a piece to be cut out of the Table, or he never could have reached his Dinner, and how he will reach her, God only knows. I suppose he has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend the Breed [cf. BMSat 8827]. A patterned carpet and pictures on the wall complete the design M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942) Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
  • 27. @j_w_baker The Hereditary Prince of Würtemberg, enormously corpulent, advances in profile to the l. towards the Princess Royal, his stomach supported on the bent back of a n___o servant in livery M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942) Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
  • 28. @j_w_baker “I suppose he has some German Method a rare Ram this to mend the Breed” M. Dorothy George, Catalogue Vol 7 (1942) Image: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Trustees of the British Museum
  • 30. 1.5 million words of Mary Dorothy George A computational approach to curatorial voice and legacy descriptions of art objects James Baker Andrew Salway Senior Lecturer in Digital History and Archives Research Fellow in DH University of Sussex + Sussex Humanities Lab This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Exceptions: quotations, embeds from external sources, logos, marked images, slides marked with an alternative licence. curatorialvoice.github.io
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