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Cobden, Richard to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred
21 Mar 1860
Handwritten letter from Richard Cobden to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, thanking Novello for his note and enclosed letter and asking him to thank his sister Mary Cowden Clarke for sending him an extract fr...
Drawing of a house
Aug 1860
Ink on paper drawing of a house in a landscape, possibly made by Emma Aloysia Novello, with a pencil inscription on the bottom left. Original paper folder is inscribed with details of the setting and ...
Busniess card for Hôtel Marignan
c. 1960
Busniess card for Hôtel Marignan in the Latin Quarter, Paris, with a map on the reverse and a handwritten inscription on the front, which reads: 'Wed. 7.30 Self Service'.
Sketch after Peter Paul Rubens
c. 1830
Undated pencil, ink and wash sketch by Edward Petre Novello after a detail Peter Paul Rubens' 'The Arrival of Marie de' Medici at Marseille on 3 November 1600' at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
'Fauvism' by Joseph-Émile Muller
1956
A copy of 'Fauvism' by Joseph-Émile Muller (Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1956), with Bridget Riley's name inscribed in the front and a handwritten list in pencil at the back.
Poems related to Paris
c. 1950
Two undated handwritten poems, one in the form of a limerick, related to Paris. The notes suggest that they may have been intended to be set to music.
Drawing titled 'La curiosité'
c. 1850
Undated mounted pencil on paper drawing titled 'La curiosité', with a figure revealing a canvas on an easel and a copy of the Venus de Milo on the right, by Emma Aloysia Novello. The drawing appears ...
Carte de visite of Gioachino Rossini
c. 1850
Framed and glazed carte de visite of the Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini, inscribed on the reverse to (Mary) Sabilla Novello.
Drawing after Annibale Carracci's 'The Silence'
c. 1840
A pencil drawings of the Madonna and infant Jesus alongside the infant John the Baptist, after a painting known as 'The Silence' Annibale Carracci. An incription in ink at the bottom records that the ...
Jean Hélion to Maurice de Sausmarez
1969
Three handwritten notes from the French artist Jean Hélion to Maurice de Sausmarez concerning de Sausmarez's request for Hélion to write a reflection on Ben Nicholson's work of the 1930s for the spe...
Travel diary from Paris
10-17 Aug 1829
Three unbound notebooks from Vincent and Mary Sabilla Novello's travels in Europe in July and August 1829. The notes record their time in Paris between 10 and 17 August 1829.
Eileen [?] to Maurice de Sausmarez
c. 1939
Two handwritten postcards from Eileen [?] to Maurice de Sausmarez, describing trips to Paris.