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Location	City	Country	Details
The Printing Historical Society			The Society fosters interest in the history of printing and encourages both the study and the preservation of printing machinery, records, and equipment of historical value.
Aberdeen Art Gallery	Aberdeen	UK	The collection consists of 47 prints by George Baxter donated in 1955 by Colonel George Lawrence Duncan who had married Elizabeth Eleanor Oliver, the great grand-daughter of George Baxter.
Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago	USA	The Art Institute of Chicago holds at least 17 prints by George Baxter. Mainly the larger subjects and including Baxter’s Two Specimens of Printing in Oil Colours.
British Museum	London	UK	The British Museum holds a substantial collection of Baxter prints, many donated by Baxter's family. Many can now be viewed online
Bruce Peel Special Collections & Archives University of Alberta	Edmonton	Canada	The University hold The Donald and Barbara Cameron Collection of George Baxter Prints. The collection comprises over eighty prints of various dates, formats, and themes, as well as several books containing illustrations printed by Baxter.
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA	Los Angeles	USA	Collection consists of approximately 100 color prints and 100 books containing color-print illustrations by Baxter and his firm. Includes books about Baxter and color printing.
E.J. Pratt Library Victoria University	Toronto	Canada	George Baxter biography and links to the Library's Baxter Process Print related collections. Victoria University holds an extensive collection of Baxter and Licensee Prints.
E.J. Pratt Library Victoria University	Toronto	Canada	The Starr Collection of Baxter prints. A full List of Baxter Prints in the Victoria University Library Starr Collection: The Starr Collection is one of the finest and most complete collections anywhere.
E.J. Pratt Library Victoria University	Toronto	Canada	Le Blond Prints. A full List of the Le Blond prints held in the Victoria University Library.
E.J. Pratt Library Victoria University	Toronto	Canada	George Baxter (1804-1867): A Bicentenary Exhibition of Prints and llustrations.
E.J. Pratt Library Victoria University	Toronto	Canada	Colour Prints by George Baxter (1804 - 1867). A Virtual Exhibition.
Fogg Museum, Harvard	Cambridge, MA	USA	The museum holds nearly 200 Baxter and Licensee Prints. You can see images of all online by searching for the artists "George Baxter" and "Abraham Le Blond". The George Baxter search includes various licensee prints.
Hatton Gallery Newcastle University	Newcastle upon Tyne	UK	Hatton Gallery house the substantial J R Hall collection of Baxter Prints. In addition to Baxters there are Le Blonds, Licensee prints and some prints by Leighton, Fawcett etc. Search by each name separately.
Leeds Art Gallery	Leeds	UK	Hold a collection of 67 Colour and 15 Monochrome prints, mainly Baxter, Le Blond and some licensees together with other 19th century printers. Held an exhibition of Oil Prints by George Baxter in 2007.
Lewes Town Hall	Lewes	UK	Lewes Town Council's collection comprises items donated by Vera Walker Hall, Alderman Holman and members of George Baxter's family. Lewes is the birthplace of George Baxter. Gallery viewing days are shown on the calendar and a Resource and Learning pack for teachers and guides is available for the Town Hall’s paintings and prints.
Maidstone Museum	Maidstone	UK	Maidstone Museum hold 400 works by Victorian printing pioneer George Baxter.
McMaster University, Museum of Art	Hamilton, Ontario	CANADA	Holds 24 Baxter and Licensee Prints
National Museum of American History	Washington DC	USA	The Museum (part of the Smithsonian) holds the steel Key Plate and 9 colour wood blocks for George Baxter’s The Reconciliation. The Museum acquired these items from C T Courtney Lewis for an exhibition.
Reading Museum	Reading	UK	Reading Museum have a collection of over 700 works by George Baxter and his licensees (mainly Le Blond & Kronheim). Most were gifted by the late Arthur Knox.
Special Collections Museum, All Saints Library, Manchester Metropolitan University 1	Manchester	UK	MMU hold the Mary Butcher Collection of Baxter Prints, consisting of over 750 superb prints. There are multiple examples of many prints demonstrating the variety of formats and colouring.
Special Collections Museum, All Saints Library, Manchester Metropolitan University 2	Manchester	UK	MMU hold the A E Owen Collection of rare Baxter Prints and important documents.
Special Collections Museum, All Saints Library, Manchester Metropolitan University 3	Manchester	UK	MMU hold the Mike Martin Collection of Bradshaw & Blacklock’s Baxter Process Prints.
Special Collections Museum, All Saints Library, Manchester Metropolitan University 4	Manchester	UK	MMU hold the Brian Lawrence Collections of Le Blond's and Joseph Mansell's Baxter Process Prints.
Special Collections Museum, All Saints Library, Manchester Metropolitan University 5	Manchester	UK	MMU hold the Denis Knight Collections of Kronheim's and Dickes' Baxter Process Prints, together with a selection of Baxter and Licensee Printing Plates and Blocks.
Special Collections Museum, All Saints Library, Manchester Metropolitan University 6	Manchester	UK	The Laura Seddon Collection of Greetings Cards and Valentines. This extensive collection includes many cards by Mansell, Dickes and Kronheim (mostly Chromo but also Baxter Process)
Special Collections Museum, All Saints Library, Manchester Metropolitan University 7	Manchester	UK	The Sir Harry Page collection of Scrap Books. Over 150 scrap books, 9 of which contain over 400 prints in total by George Baxter, Le Blond and other licensees.
The Ephemera Society			A non profit body concerned with the collection, preservation, study and educational uses of hand-written and printed ephemera being "the minor transient documents of everyday life"
University of Delaware Library	Newark, DE	USA	Color Printing in the Nineteeth Century. An Exhibition at the Hugh M. Morris Library University of Delaware Library Newark, Delaware; August 27 - December 19, 1996.
University of Reading Department of Typography	Reading	UK	The Department of Typography & Graphic Communication hold the Mary Butcher Collection of George Baxter's printing plates and blocks, along with printing plates and blocks from the collections of Mike Martin and Brian Lawrence. There is a functioning printing workshop allowing the demonstration of the printing processes of relief, intaglio and planographic printing. It is also the Centre for Ephemera Studies.
V & A	London	UK	The Victoria & Albert Museum holds a substantial collection of Baxter prints in its Prints & Drawings Study Room. This includes some rarer items.