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Total number of records: 28

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection15
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive13
Brotherton Collection5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing21
publishing8
family5
art books4
art education3
exhibitions3
finance3
illustrations3
music publishing3
painting3

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom28
Nice, France11
Croagnes, France8
Paris, France5
Bonnelles, France2
Genoa, Italy2
Bristol, United Kingdom1
Bruges, Belgium1
Devon, United Kingdom1
France1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria2
Dickens, Charles2
Novello, Joseph Alfred2
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Dyson, George1
Gigliucci, Valeria1
Hunt, James Henry Leigh1
Mylne, Mrs M.1
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred1
Novello, Emma Aloysia1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180014
From 190014

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189914
Up to 199914

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1856-1867

Two handwritten letters from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that they were to be invited to see a new play by the author of 'The Lighthouse' on Twe...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

23 Apr 1860

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, acknowledging her previous letter and explaining the brevity of his reply. He writes about two sonnets and requests that she takes note o...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

25 Jan 1851

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, expressing his reluctance to decline a paper to publish, likely in his journal All the Year Round, and explains his reasoning. He asks he...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1852-1858

Five handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke dating from 9 December [1852?] to 4 February [1858]. The letter dated 9 December [1852?] is a copy in Mary Cowden Cl...

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Copy of a letter from Maurice de Sausmarez to James Byam Shaw

9 Apr 1965

Copy of a typed letter from Maurice de Sausmarez to James Byam Shaw, written while he was staying at his second home in Croagnes, France for the Easter holiday. He explains that although he is happy i...

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Copy of a letter from Maurice de Sausmarez to Carel Weight

9 Apr 1965

Copy of a typed letter from Maurice de Sausmarez to Carel Weight, written while he was staying at his second home in Croagnes, France for the Easter holiday. He explains that although he is happy in h...

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1962

1962

Letters from the Royal Society of British Artists to Maurice de Sausmarez reminding him to pay his subscription, invoice for domestic repairs to his second home in Croagnes, France, and insurance docu...

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Various family accounts

1843-1898

Various family accounts, mostly between (Joseph) Alfred Novello and his sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, associated with the family business. Some of the documents are written in Italian.

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Crowther, John to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

9 Nov 1835

Letter from John Crowther to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, dated 9 November 1835. The letter contains costs for engraving and printing in Paris.

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Julian Sorell Huxley to James Edward Buchanan Boswell

2 Oct 1946

Typewritten letter from Julian Sorell Huxley, Executive Secretary at UNESCO to James Edward Buchanan Boswell, Chairman of the Artists' International Association, discussing the selection of work by Br...

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Letter from Rosalind Asquith to Maurice de Sausmarez

28 Jul 1966

Handwritten letter from Rosalind Asquith to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking him for sending a copy of his book and hoping that the field trip to Château des Clos in Bonnelles, France with 22 students....

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Novello, Vincent to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

1849-1854

Two handwritten letters from Vincent Novello to his son (Joseph) Alfred Novello. The letter dated 16 January 1849 requests that money be sent to his wife Mary Sabilla Novello and communicates his anno...

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