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Brotherton Collection6
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection6

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creative writing6
gift giving4
drawing2
family2
painting2
poetry2

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Genoa, Italy3
London, United Kingdom1

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Up to 19991

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Scrapbooks

1846-1897

The cover of a scrapbook gifted to (Mary) Sabilla Novello from her father Vincent Novello in 1846, an album of portraits, sketches, poems and acrostics dating from the early period of her life at Vill...

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Album with portraits, sketches and poems

1863-1873

An album containing portraits, sketches, poems and acrostics. The cover is embossed with a decoartive border and 'Album' in gilt lettering. A loose sheet written in blue ink records that the album was...

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Acrostic 'Alphabet' by (Mary) Sabilla Novello

22 Nov 1879

Acrostic 'Alphabet: anticipatory of January 9th, 1880' by (Mary) Sabilla Novello for the birthday of 'Adolphus'. It was written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy, on 22 November 1879.

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'Acrostic' for Porzia Gigliucci by (Mary) Sabilla Novello

Sep 1903

'Acrostic' for Porzia Gigliucci by (Mary) Sabilla Novello, which spells out 'Clara Gigliucci'. Written in Fermo, Italy in September 1903. Porzia Gigliucci was her niece.

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Epigram 'To Robert Buchanan Esq.' by Mary Cowden Clarke

c. 1870

Epigram 'To Robert Buchanan Esq.' written on a fragment of mourning paper by Mary Cowden Clarke, with an accompanying note above in her hand.

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'Occasional close & epilogue...' by Mary Cowden Clarke

Jan 1870

Text titled 'Occasional close & epilogue...' by Mary Cowden Clarke, dated January 1870.

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