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Total number of records: 440

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives434
Art items3
Objects3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection440
Brotherton Collection238

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing253
family89
music57
gift giving48
music publishing40
portraits37
photographs35
poetry34
print media27
publishing27

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom305
Genoa, Italy65
Beckenham, United Kingdom22
Nice, France14
Manchester, United Kingdom12
Devon, United Kingdom9
Birmingham, United Kingdom8
Hastings, United Kingdom7
Rome, Italy6
Vienna, Austria6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria28
Cowden Clarke, Charles19
Novello, Vincent13
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred11
Hunt, James Henry Leigh10
Haines, Frederick8
Novello, Joseph Alfred6
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla5
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden4
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17007
From 1800411
From 190022

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17993
Up to 1899403
Up to 199934

Archive Item

Large maps of London, Bath and the United Kingdom

c. 1868

Ten large printed maps of south London, east London, central London, south east London, north east London by Edward Weller and maps of Lancashire, north west Great Britain and Bath, some of which are ...

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Maps

c. 1820-1868

Printed maps of London and other parts of the United Kingdom and a map of Greece and the Aegean Sea,

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residence permit

12 Oct 1803 - 31 Dec 1803

A residence permit allowing Giuseppe 'Joseph' Novello to live in the United Kingdom for one month from 12 October 1803, extended to 31 December 1803. His address is listed as Oxford Street, Middlesex.

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Lawrence, T.B. to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

15 Jan 1852

Handwritten letter from T.B. Lawrence to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking her for the gift of a testimonial chair and acknowledging her letter to Robert Balmanno on behalf of Abbott Lawrence, to be forwar...

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Christie, I. to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

27 Feb 1869?

Handwritten letter from I. Christie to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, recounting the reply from another person on the Wills Act as it applies to British subjects making arrangements outside the United Kingdo...

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Lectures

1840-1877

Partial drafts and final manuscript volumes of lecture notes by Charles Cowden Clarke, mostly dating from the 1840s and 1850s when he was a regular speaker at the London Institution and across the Uni...

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Cartes de visite

c. 1860-1880

Two silk carte de visite albums belonging to Mary Cowden Clarke, containing 36 cartes de visite of portraits and places from various different photographic studios in the United Kingdom and Europe. On...

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Prints of York and Scarborough

c. 1820

22 engravings and lithographs of scenes in York and Scarborough by various printmakers.

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Chromolithograph for 'The Returning Banner'

c. 1850

Illustrated chromolithograph advertising 'The Banner Song. The Returning Banner' with words by T.K. Hervey and music by G.F. Graham. Printed by Schenck and McFarlane of Edinburgh.

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Bliss, Arthur Edward Drummond to Littleton, Jack

c. 1940

Undated handwritten letter from the composer Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss to Jack Littleton, thanking him for his note and support for his music and making arrangements to meet in London.

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Photograph of George Dawson

c. 1870

Photograph of the nonconformist preacher George Dawson.

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Sketchbook belonging to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, 1841

1841

A sketchbook belonging to (Mary) Sabilla Novello contained pencil sketches of portraits, characters, flowers and landscapes, some of which are dated 1841. The sketchbook has a maroon leather spine wit...

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