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Paper frame for gold half eagle
17 Jul 1851
Paper frame with the following inscription: 'Robert Balmanno: "The American Enthusiast." Gold Half Eagle received from the hands of Daniel Webster, America's First Statesman; at Astor House, New York,...
Miniature framed portrait of Mary Sabilla Novello by Holmes
c. 1808
Miniature portrait of Mary Sabilla Novello in a glazed maroon velvet frame. An inscription on the reverse reads: '(Painted by Holmes) Miniature pf Mrs Vincent Novello, when a bride, & given to me by A...
Engraving of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c. 1850
Glazed and framed undated copy of an engraving of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a youth, sitting at a keyboard instrument. The frame is pressed metal.
Miniature portrait of a young Charles Cowden Clarke
c. 1810
Miniature glazed and framed portrait of a young Charles Cowden Clarke. Undated and by an unknown artist. The portrait appears to have been painted in tempera. The frame is rectangular and painted blac...
Reverse silhouette of Mary Sabilla Novello
c. 1820
Glazed and framed reverse silhouette of Mary Sabilla Novello by Marianne Kent, the wife of Leigh Hunt. The colour of the background that defines the silhouette is blue, with a note below recording the...
Gifts
c. 1843-1876
Two gifts to Mary Cowden Clarke in the form of a portrait print and mounted examples of seaweed in a glazed frame.
Silhouette of John Clarke
c. 1800
Framed and glazed paper silhouette portrait of John Clarke, the father of Charles Cowden Clarke. Undated and by an unidentified artist.
Mounted examples of seaweed
1876
Eight examples of seaweed from the Isles of Shoals in a glazed frame, sent by Celia Thaxter to Mary Cowden Clarke.
Carte de visite of Gioachino Rossini
c. 1850
Framed and glazed carte de visite of the Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini, inscribed on the reverse to (Mary) Sabilla Novello.
Carte de visite of Stephen Heller
c. 1860
Framed and glazed carte de visite of the Hungarian pianist, teacher and composer Stephen Heller, inscribed on the reverse to (Mary) Sabilla Novello.
Portrait of Clara Anastasia Novello
c. 1830
An undated glazed and framed pencil portrait of Clara Anastasia Novello by her brother Edward Petre Novello. It is unfinished below the shoulder, with the details of her dress loosely sketched. The fr...
Small double portrait of Mary Sabilla Novello and Clara Anastasia Novello
c. 1830
Framed and glazed double portrait of Mary Sabilla Novello and Clara Anastasia Novello by Edward Petre Novello. Mary was Edward's mother and Clara his sister. Both sitters are seated against a blue was...