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Total number of records: 215

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives212
Objects2
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection215
Brotherton Collection175

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
poetry203
letter writing52
family51
gift giving42
transcription36
writing30
emotions18
music15
drawing12
publishing12

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy79
London, United Kingdom32
Baden-Baden, Germany4
Florence, Italy4
Nice, France4
Rome, Italy3
Cannes, France2
Enfield, Middlesex2
Karlsruhe, Germany2
Richmond, United Kingdom2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Charles11
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria9
Hunt, James Henry Leigh7
Dalby, John Watson2
Holsworth, G.2
Lamb, Charles2
Novello, Vincent2
Ollier, Edmund2
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden1
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Clarke, Mary Victoria1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17008
From 1800204
From 19003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17993
Up to 1899201
Up to 199911

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Poetry

1843-1877

Two poems by Thomas James Serle, the husband of Cecilia Novello.

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Poetry

1 May 1868

Verse titled 'Mr. Linkie' copied by Porzia Gigliucci on blue paper.

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Poetry

1869-1893

Three poems transcribed by Valeria Gigliucci, two for her future sister-in-law Edith Margaret Mozley and one for her aunt Mary Cowden Clarke.

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Poetry

9 Apr 1866

Sonnet titled ‘Sonnifero!’ by Giovanni Gigliucci, dated 9 April 1866.

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Poetry

1840-1868

Two verses by (or transcribed by) Clara Anastasia Novello, 1 in English dated 1868 and one in French, undated.

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Poetry

1739-1882

Handwritten and printed poetry by writers associated with the Novello, Cowden Clarke and Gigliucci families, with some examples of poetry written by both Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cow...

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Poetry

1869-1903

Poems, verses, acrostics, riddles and epigrams written by (Mary) Sabilla Novello, often as birthday gifts for her family and friends. The majority were written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy, during...

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Poetry

1858-1897

Poems, verses, sonnets and stanzas by Mary Cowden Clarke, with two bound manuscript volumes, notebooks and loose sheets. The majority were written at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy, in the 1870s and 18...

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Poetry notebook from Enfield

1814

Notebook principally containing poems by Charles Cowden Clarke and passages from various authors in shorthand. The notebook is bound in brown embossed leather with blue marbled endpapers.

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Poetry book of Ann Isabella Stott

6 May 1783

Poetry book of Ann Isabella Stott containing handwritten verses. Inscribed by the author on 6 May 1783 and later by her daughter Isabella Jane Towers on 9 October 1842. Towers was the sister of Charle...

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Press cuttings of poetry and literary topics

c. 1850

34 press cuttings of poetry and literary topics from various dates.

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Transcriptions

c. 1800-1896

Handwritten transcriptions of poetry and prose by members of the Novello Cowden Clarke family and others.

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