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Total number of records: 305
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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria | 15 |
| Novello, Vincent | 12 |
| Cowden Clarke, Charles | 11 |
| Hunt, James Henry Leigh | 10 |
| Novello, (Joseph) Alfred | 9 |
| Haines, Frederick | 8 |
| Novello, Joseph Alfred | 5 |
| Gigliucci, Giovanni | 4 |
| Novello, (Mary) Sabilla | 4 |
| Novello, Mary Sabilla (Nee Hehl, Mrs Vincent Novello) | 4 |
Novello Cowden Clarke
1739-1966
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 lat...
GIGLIUCCI, Giovanni Battista
1854-1891
Typescript of the autobiography of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and a photograph of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and his wife Clara Anastasia Gigliucci (née Novello).
NOVELLO, Clara Anastasia
1838-1910
Material related to the soprano singer Clara Anastasia Novello, including a gift presented to her; notes, manuscripts and partial typescripts for 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' published in 1910; hon...
NOVELLO, (Mary) Sabilla
1838-1904
Financial, artistic, legal and literary material related to (Mary) Sabilla Novello and her short singing career. Includes portraits of her, albums of greetings cards and her illustrations to her siste...
Photographs
1854-1906
Fourteen photographs of Clara Anastasia Novello, including photographic reproductions of a painted portrait of her by her brother Edward Petre Novello, cartes de visite, photographs of a plaster bust ...
Portraits of
1847-1904
Portraits of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as an adult, in print, photography and watercolour. The majority of the material is in the form of photographs and cartes de visite of her in the costumes of charac...
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dickens, Charles
1848-1870
Twenty two handwritten draft letters and copies of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens, mentioning shared social occasions, participation in rehearsals and theatrical performances, offe...
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Wills, William Henry
1867-1868
Two handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to William Henry Wills, the first dated 17 March 1867 thanks Wills for the cheque for five guineas and communicates that any further payments can ...
Collier, John Payne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria
1843-1850
Eight letters from the literary editor and forger John Payne Collier to Mary Cowden Clarke. During this period Collier was working as a journalist for the Morning Chronicle and theatre critic for the ...
Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria
1856-1867
Two handwritten letters from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that they were to be invited to see a new play by the author of 'The Lighthouse' on Twe...
Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles
1814-1856
34 handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles Cowden Clarke, beginning with his imprisonment at Surrey Jail from 1813 to 1815 and going on to contain references to publications and events...
Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria
1852-1858
Five handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke dating from 9 December [1852?] to 4 February [1858]. The letter dated 9 December [1852?] is a copy in Mary Cowden Cl...