Novello Cowden Clarke
Contains records with digital mediaDetails
Type of record: Archive
Title: Novello Cowden Clarke
Classmark: BC MS NCC
Related People: António Novello(Personal name); Cecilia Serle(Personal name); Giuseppe Novello(Personal name); Mary C. Clarke(Personal name); Vincent Novello(Personal name); J A. Novello(Personal name); Edward P. Novello(Personal name); Clara A. Novello(Personal name); Emma A. Novello(Personal name); Sabilla Novello(Personal name); Mary S. Novello(Personal name); Mary S. Serle(Personal name); Thomas J. Serle(Personal name); Emma C. Serle(Personal name); Nerina Gigliucci(Personal name); Edith M. Mozley(Personal name); Count Giovanni B. Gigliucci(Personal name); Porzia G. Gigliucci(Personal name); Valeria Gigliucci(Personal name); Mário Gigliucci(Personal name); Giovanni Gigliucci(Personal name); Bona Gigliucci(Personal name)
Date(s): 1739-1966
Language: English; Italian; French; German
Size and medium: 77 boxes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/729880
Collection group(s): Novello Cowden Clarke Collection
Description
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 later, in Nice, Genoa, Fermo, Florence and Rome, the greater part of the collection dates from the nineteenth century.
The collection is comprised of two connected parts: the papers and correspondence of the Novello Cowden Clarke family and a library of books collected by the Cowden Clarkes. This large and diverse collection includes published volumes, pamphlets, periodicals, autographed letters, manuscripts items, sketchbooks, drawings, watercolours and prints, oil paintings, printed and manuscript music, maps, photographs, greetings cards, press cuttings and jewellery.
The main body of the collection is arranged biographically and chronologically by year of birth, from Giuseppe ‘Joseph’ Novello (1744–1808) to Valeria Gigliucci (1849–1945). Each of the eighteen family members represented in the collection have their own series, each of which is divided into files of related materials, which are generally further subdivided into records for individual items. In addition to the biographical arrangement is a general Novello Cowden Clarke family series, which includes material related to more than one member of the family and material without specific attribution to a single person.
System of arrangement
The BC MS NCC collection was recatalogued in 2023. Previous reference numbers are recorded as 'Alternative Reference' where possible. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
Access to this material is unrestricted.
This material is not subject to restrictions under Data Protection or other relevant legislation that might limit access. However, other protections, such as donor conditions or conservation considerations, may still apply where advised.
Material in this collection may remain in copyright but further details are unknown. Photocopies or digital images can only be supplied by the Library for research or private study. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available for tracing copyright status and ownership.
On our website
Collection guide: Novello Cowden Clarke Collection Guide
The Novello Cowden Clarke Collection represents the activities of an extraordinary Anglo-Italian family of artists, musicians, writers, publishers and actors during the long nineteenth century.
Research spotlight: The Novello Cowden Clarke Family
Biographies of members of the Novello, Cowden Clarke and Gigliucci families; an extraordinary Anglo-Italian family of artists, musicians, writers, publishers and actors of the long nineteenth century.
Research spotlight: Emma Aloysia Novello’s Portrait of Richard Cobden
A focused study of the 1861 portrait of the politician Richard Cobden by the artist Emma Aloysia Novello, supported by an Understanding British Portraits Fellowship in 2024.