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Preparatory sketch of a figure with back turned for Bluebeard's Widow
c. 1876
Preparatory sketch of a figure with their back turned and both hands raised, wearing a plumed hat and belt at the waist. For 'Bluebeard's Widow and her Sister Anne. Their History evolved from Mendacio...
pocket watch
1789-1854
Gold pocket watch with an engraved and enamelled face and an engraved back, with paper housing.
Case for Mozart's hair
c. 1829
A circular glass case backed with paper, inscribed with Mozart's name in ink and sealed with gold foil paper.
Sketch of two figures and a baby
c. 1860
Ink sketch of a seated figure on the left with a baby on their lap and a standing figure on the right with their back turned, wearing a hat.
Draft of The Travelled Lizard
c. 1848
Draft version of 'The Travelled Lizard', eight pages on four sheets of paper. With Abraham Cowley’s ‘Verses addressed to the Grasshopper’ on the back page.
Sketch after Anthony van Dyck
c. 1830
Undated watercolour sketch by Edward Petre Novello after Anthony van Dyck, of a standing figure with back turned. In a paper folder noting that it belonged to Henry Nyren.
Sketch of a person carrying a basket
c. 1831
Undated pencil sketch of a seated person carrying a basket on their back. Inscribed in ink at the bottom, possibly in a later hand, with the following: 'Maeuza [?] at Boulogne sur Mer. Emma A. Novello...
Gilchrist, Anne to Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden
20 Jun 1885
Handwritten letter from Anne Gilchrist to Mary Cowden Clarke, welcoming Cowden Clarke and her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello back to England and making arrangements to meet in person.
Pocket watch
c. 1800
Gold pocket watch with an engraved and enamelled face and an engraved back. The winding key is attached with string. It was packed in a paper banking envelope, inscribed on the reverse with 'M.S. Nove...
Acknowledgement card for Charles Cowden Clarke's lecture on Swift
c. 1870
City of Birmingham Free Libraries Committee acknowledgement card for Charles Cowden Clarke for a manuscript of his lecture on Jonathan Swift. Undated. Backed with a printed reproduction of 'The Ribauc...
'Two Sonnets On the 13 May 1873' by Mary Cowden Clarke
13 May 1873
'Two Sonnets On the 13 May 1873' by Mary Cowden Clarke, written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 18 May 1873. A note in another hand on the back page records that 'dear little blossom' refer...
Novello, Clara Anastasia to Charles Cowden Clarke, Mary Cowden Clarke and (Joseph) Alfred Novello
1851
Handwritten letter from Clara Anastasia Novello to Charles Cowden Clarke, Mary Cowden Clarke and (Joseph) Alfred Novello, which records the details of her forthcoming journey from Portugal back to Eng...