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Total number of records: 20

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Archives18
Art items1
Objects1

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection20
Brotherton Collection16

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family6
letter writing4
poetry4
drawing3
gift giving3
music3
health2
prose2
transcription2
vocal music2

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Genoa, Italy5
London, United Kingdom3
Beckenham, United Kingdom1
Richmond, United Kingdom1

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Cowden Clarke, Charles1
Dalby, John Watson1
Hunt, James Henry Leigh1
Novello, Vincent1

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From 17001
From 180019

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Up to 19991

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Frontispiece to 'The First Love'

c. 1830

Undated watercolour by Edward Petre Novello for the frontispiece to his sister Mary Cowden Clarke's story 'The First Love'.

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Tailpiece to 'The Final Love'

c. 1830

Undated pencil sketch by Edward Petre Novello for the tailpiece to his sister Mary Cowden Clarke's story 'The Final Love'.

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'The First Love' by Mary Cowden Clarke

c. 1830

Prose story titled 'The First Love' by Mary Cowden Clarke. Incomplete.

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'Be true to me, my love!' by Mary Cowden Clarke

6 Apr 1869

Lyrics to 'Be true to me, my love!' by Mary Cowden Clarke, with notes on how the words should be performed. Written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 6 April 1869.

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Two notebooks for 'Love out-lasts Life' by Mary Cowden Clarke

1879

Two small notebooks containing notes and drafts towards the poem 'Love out-lasts Life' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 1879.

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Mythological tracings

c. 1850

Two sheets of undated pencil tracings of statues of Flora and Fortuna and 'Love with the tamed lion' and 'Love and Psyche' by an unidentified artist, possibly a member of the Novello family.

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Purple silk notebook cover

c. 1879

Purple silk notebook cover used for the two notebooks for 'Love out-lasts Life' by Mary Cowden Clarke.

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Frontispiece to 'Ellen'

c. 1830

Undated watercolour by Edward Petre Novello for the frontispiece to his sister Mary Cowden Clarke's story 'The First Love'.

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Multiplication tables from Charles Cowden Clarke to Sabilla Novello

c. 1830

Multiplication tables from Charles Cowden Clarke to his sister-in-law (Mary) Sabilla Novello. incribed 'Sabilla with Charley's Love'. Undated.

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Cadences and songs

c. 1870

Twelve of Clara Anastasia Novello's cadences in ink and pencil on paper, with one reproduction and one with her signature, and two songs ('Little Dorrit & Love' and 'The Beating of my own Heart') poss...

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‘Benemilda, or The Path of Duty: an Eastern Tale' transcribed by Charles Cowden Clarke

1876

A manuscript bound in dark green leather with gold embossed details and marbled endpapers. Inscribed as follows: 'This manuscript Copy, made by Charles Cowden Clarke (in 1876) of one of his Wife’s S...

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Cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as 'Miss Anastasia Winterberry'

31 Jul 1873

Two cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello dressed as the character of 'Miss Anastasia Winterberry' from the comedy 'A Lesson in Love' by Charles Smith Cheltnam, performed in Hampstead, London, on...

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