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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection19
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Genoa, Italy13
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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

22 Jul 1848

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, complaining that he has no energy and is miserable, expressing the wish to be a vagabond without domestic duties. He laments having so ma...

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'Sonnet to Charles Cowden Clarke' by Mary Cowden Clarke

15 Dec 1875

Poem titled 'Sonnet to Charles Cowden Clarke' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 15 December 1875.

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'Fourteenth February 1879' by Mary Cowden Clarke

Feb 1879

Poem titled 'Fourteenth February 1879' by Mary Cowden Clarke, which begins: 'My Portia is my Valentine...'

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Transcript of an extract from Calverley's 'Lines suggested by the 14th of February' by Mary Cowden Clarke

c. 1862

Undated transcript of an extract from Charles Stuart Calverley's poem 'Lines suggested by the 14th of February' by Mary Cowden Clarke.

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Transcripts of Thomas Hood's 'Spring' and 'Song to his Wife'

Mar 1876

Transcripts of Thomas Hood's poem 'Spring' by Mary Cowden Clarke, copied by Mary Cowden Clarke for her sister Clara Anastasia Gigliucci (née Novello) in March 1876. Bound with red thread. Accompanied...

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'Fourth of August 1871' by Mary Cowden Clarke

4 Aug 1871

Poem titled 'Fourth of August 1871' by Mary Cowden Clarke. A note in pencil by Nerina Medici Gigliucci dated 1952 records that the 'Carla' mentioned in the poem referred to Charlotte Mozley, who had m...

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'Sonnet to Charles Cowden Clarke' by Mary Cowden Clarke

15 Dec 1875

Poem titled 'Sonnet to Charles Cowden Clarke' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 15 December 1875.

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'V.B's Song' by Mary Cowden Clarke

16 Oct 1874

Lyrics to 'V.B's Song' by Mary Cowden Clarke, to be sung to the tune of 'Little Bo Peep'. Written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 16 October 1874. A note on the reverse records that 'V.B' r...

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Copy of 'Sonnet to Charles Cowden Clarke' by Mary Cowden Clarke

15 Dec 1875

Copy of the poem titled 'Sonnet to Charles Cowden Clarke' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 15 December 1875.

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'Two Sonnets On the 13 May 1873' by Mary Cowden Clarke

13 May 1873

'Two Sonnets On the 13 May 1873' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 18 May 1873. A note in another hand on the back page records that 'dear little blossom' refer...

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'Sonnet to Charles Cowden Clarke' by Mary Cowden Clarke

15 Dec 1875

Poem titled 'Sonnet to Charles Cowden Clarke' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 15 December 1875. Written in Charles Cowden Clarke's hand.

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'Nerina' by Mary Cowden Clarke

20 Dec 1878

Poem titled 'Nerina' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 20 December 1878. Nerina was the daughter of Mario Gigliucci and Edith Mozley and the poem celebrates her...

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