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Total number of records: 18

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection18
Brotherton Collection6

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SubjectCount
letter writing14
poetry6
family4
health4
biography as topic3
transcription3
gift giving2
art galleries1
children1
death1

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London, United Kingdom7
Genoa, Italy4
Geneva, Switzerland1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Lamb, Charles3
Novello, Mary Sabilla (Nee Hehl, Mrs Vincent Novello)2
Novello, Vincent2
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden1
Cowden Clarke, Charles1
Gowing, Richard1
Lamb, John1
Lamb, Mary Ann1
Novello, Joseph Alfred1
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft1

Count of Earliest date

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From 17001
From 180016
From 19001

Count of Latest date

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Up to 189916
Up to 19992

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Photograph of Lady Lamb

1874

Photograph of Lady Lamb, inscribed on the reverse.

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Lamb, Charles to Novello, Vincent

1829-1830

Copies of letters from Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The letters congratulate Novello on his daugter's marriage with a serenata [of Mary Novello to Charles Cowden...

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The Pawnbrokers Daughter by Charles Lamb

c. 1830

Handwritten transcript in Mary Cowden Clarke’s hand of ‘The Pawnbroker’s Daughter or the Reprieved Man. A Farce’ by Charles Lamb. Inscribed on the pastedown: 'Copied (without permission) from ...

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Lamb, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1821-1834

Ten letters from Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke. All except the letter of 15 May 1829 are copies in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand, with a memorandum detailing to whom the original letters had been ...

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Lamb, John to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

29 Jan 1852

Handwritten letter from John Lamb to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, thanking him for his encouragement and describing the financial difficulties caused by his children and the associated difficulty of obtai...

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Transcript of Lamb's letter on Shakespeare by Mary Cowden Clarke

Nov 1885

Transcript of Charles Lamb's letter to the editor on Shakespeare, published in The Spectator on 22 November 1828 and copied by Mary Cowden Clarke in November 1885.

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Lamb, Charles to Novello, Mary Sabilla (née Hehl)

1823-1831

Copies of two letters [one copied twice] from Charles Lamb to Mary Sabilla Novello in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand, making arrangements to meet at Dulwich Picture Gallery, discussing their health and the...

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Lamb, Mary Ann to Novello, Mary Sabilla (née Hehl)

21 Dec 1820

Two copies of a letter from Mary Lamb to Mary Sabilla Novello dated 21 December 1820, one negative photostat and one copy in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The original letter was noted to have been in he...

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'In the Album of Edith G.xxx. (by Charles Lamb)' transcribed by (Mary) Sabilla Novello

Jun 1901

'In the Album of Edith G.xxx. (by Charles Lamb)' transcribed by (Mary) Sabilla Novello for Edith Gigliucci née Mozley in June 1901. Edith was married to her nephew Mario Gigliucci. There is an inscri...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

11 Nov 1883

Handwritten draft letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Anne Gilchrist, apologising for the delay in her acknowledgement of the gift of Gilchrist's book on Mary Lamb as a result of her travels. She praise...

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Gilchrist, Anne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

9 Nov 1882

Handwritten letter from Anne Gilchrist to Mary Cowden Clarke, requesting permission to quote from Cowden Clarke's published recollections of the poet Mary Lamb for her forthcoming biography. She asks ...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

12 Nov 1882

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Ann[e] Gilchrist, in which she grants permission to quote from her published recollections of the poet Mary Lamb for her forthcoming biography, but that s...

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