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Total number of records: 41

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Archives40
Objects1

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection41
Brotherton Collection15

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letter writing32
poetry11
literature8
gift giving7
family5
publishing5
european literature3
health3
literary criticism3
history2

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London, United Kingdom10
Genoa, Italy9
Berlin, Germany1
Boston, Usa1
Evesham, United Kingdom1
Fermo, Italy1
Florence, Italy1
Leipzig, Germany1
Madrid, Spain1
Maidenhead, United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria9
Cowden Clarke, Charles5
Jerrold, Douglas William3
Ollier, Edmund3
Gilchrist, Anne2
Hunt, James Henry Leigh2
[Cowden Clarke, Mary]1
Balmanno, Robert1
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden1
Coleridge, Sir John Duke, Baron Coleridge1

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From 180037

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Up to 19992

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Gilchrist, Anne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1882-1884

Three handwritten letters from the writer Anne Gilchrist to Mary Cowden Clarke, discussing Cowden Clarke's 'Recollections of Writers' and requesting to quote from it.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

1882-1885

Four handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the writer Anne Gilchrist.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

1853-1886

Twelve rough drafts of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the writer Edmund Ollier.

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Notes on 'The Concordance to Shakespeare'

c. 1881

Six items including ‘The Concordance to Shakespeare’ notes, a list of works by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke and ‘Opinions of esteemed Writers’.

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Senior, Nassau William to Lacaita, Sir James

3 Jul 1863

Handwritten letter from the lawyer and economist Nassau William Senior to the politician and writer Sir James Lacaita, requesting a lunch meeting.

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Jerrold, Douglas William to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1836-1852

Twelve handwritten letters from the dramatist and writer Douglas William Jerrold to Charles Cowden Clarke, discussing their shared literary and cultural interests.

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Poem by Carolina Coronado

6 Mar 1853

Handwritten poem in Spanish by the writer and poet Victoria Carolina Coronado y Romero de Tejada for Contessa Gigliucci, Clara Anastasia Novello.

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Prints

1782-1888

Engravings and lithographs belonging to members of the Novello Cowden Clarke family, including portraits of musicians, artists and writers, views of rural and urban scenes, playbills for theatrical pe...

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T.W. Kelly to Mary Cowden Clarke

c. 1850

An undated letter from T.W. Kelly to Mary Cowden Clarke in the form of a poem expressing the writer's admiration for her work on Shakespeare. Written on decorative embossed paper with a green border.

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Poetry

1739-1882

Handwritten and printed poetry by writers associated with the Novello, Cowden Clarke and Gigliucci families, with some examples of poetry written by both Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cow...

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Fox, William Johnson to Novello, Vincent

7 Dec 1846

Handwritten letter from William Johnson Fox to Vincent Novello, which mentions Novello's daughter Mary Cowden Clarke's campaign to erect a monument to Shakespeare, praises her scholarship on the write...

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Halpin, Nicholas John to Smith, George

13 Dec 1844

Handwritten letter from the clergyman and writer John Nicholas Halpin to George Smith, expressing his gratitude to Smith for drawing his attention to Mary Cowden Clarke's 'Concordance to Shakespeare' ...

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