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Sketch of a child holding a hat
c. 1830
Undated pencil sketch of a portrait of a child holding a hat by Edward Petre Novello, inscribed in ink in a later hand on the reverse.
'The New Children's Friend' by Mary Cowden Clarke
c. 1830
Prose stories titled ‘The New Children’s Friend: A collection of small tales for the use of Young Readers’ by Mary Cowden Clarke (signed Mary Victoria Clarke).
Photographs of Mary Sabilla Serle
c. 1848
Three daguerreotypes in maroon leather cases lined in red velvet. Photographic portraits of Mary Sabilla Serle when she was nine years old. She was the daughter of Cecilia Novello and Thomas James Ser...
untitled watercolour [adult and child in an interior]
c. 1830
Undated watercolour of an adult and child in an interior by Edward Petre Novello, mounted on paper. The adult figure is seated and wearing a black dress, with lighter-coloured collar and cuffs. The ch...
'Nerina's Princesses' by Mary Cowden Clarke
23 Nov 1883
Poem titled 'Nerina's Princesses' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 23 November 1883. The poem is about her nephew Mario Gigliucci's first child Nerina.
Sketch of 'A Scrub'
c. 1830
A pencil sketch mounted on cardboard by Edward Petre Novello, of a child wearing a dress and apron, stood on a stool to scrub a table with a brush in their proper right hand. The drawing is inscribed ...
Sketch of Mary Sabilla Serle
c. 1830
Undated pencil sketch of Mary Sabilla Serle, aged three, by her uncle Edward Petre Novello. She is pictured seated, wearing a dress and holding flowers in both hands. She was the daughter of his siste...
untitled watercolour [two young children in a landscape]
c. 1830
Undated watercolour of two young children in a landscape by Edward Petre Novello, mounted on cardboard. There are ferns in the foreground and possibly the sea in the background. One of the children is...
untitled watercolour [portrait of a young child]
c. 1830
Undated watercolour and pencil sketch of a young child by Edward Petre Novello. The child appears to be climbing over a stile. It is likely that the paper was torn from a sketchbook.
untitled oil sketch [seascape with two figures and an infant]
c. 1830
Undated oil sketch by Edward Petre Novello, of two figures, one kneeling and one standing, on a beach with white cliffs in the background and a ship cropped on the left hand side. The kneeling figure ...
'Nerina' by Mary Cowden Clarke
20 Dec 1878
Poem titled 'Nerina' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 20 December 1878. Nerina was the daughter of Mario Gigliucci and Edith Mozley and the poem celebrates her...
'Tenth of May 1884' by Mary Cowden Clarke
8 May 1884
Poem titled 'Tenth of May 1884' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 8 May 1884. The poem celebrates the first birthday of her nephew Mario Gigliucci's son Donatel...