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Total number of records: 348

Count of Record type

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Archives344
Objects4

Count of Collection group

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection348
Brotherton Collection214

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing154
family119
poetry83
photographs51
photography40
death37
portraits34
gift giving33
theatre22
publishing19

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy295
London, United Kingdom44
Rome, Italy25
Florence, Italy23
Beckenham, United Kingdom22
Turin, Italy11
Milan, Italy10
Fermo, Italy6
Italy3
Nice, France3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred12
Haines, Frederick11
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria10
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla10
Novello, Mary Sabilla7
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden6
Gigliucci, Giovanni5
Novello, Clara Anastasia5
Unwin, Thomas Fisher4
Novello, Clara3

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From 17001
From 1800336
From 190011

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Up to 1899323
Up to 199925

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A patriotic song and chorus dedicated to Giuseppe Mazzini

c. 1850

A patriotic song and chorus dedicated to Giuseppe Mazzini titled 'Italy' by Vincent Novello and Mary Sabilla Novello, in Mary's hand. Two verses on one sheet of paper.

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

4 May 1880

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, recording Craik and her husband's new friendship with 'the lilies', referring to the daughters of Mary's sister Clara Anastasi...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Gigliucci, Porzia and Gigliucci, Valeria

30 Nov 1883

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Porzia and Valeria Gigliucci ('the lilies'), noting their present stay at Villa Novello in Genoa and hoping that Craik and her husband will travel to Italy...

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Bell, John to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

25 Feb 1867

Letter from the sculptor John Bell to Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke, in which John describes his surprise at finding himself in Italy, having sailed for ten days from France. He records the beauty of...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, Clara Anastasia

22 May 1877

Letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister Clara Anastasia Novello, written on mourning paper following the death of her husband Charles Cowden Clarke on 13 March 1877. Mary accepts the invitation t...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, Clara Anastasia

24 Jun 1879

Letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister Clara Anastasia Novello, describing her pleasure at the 'loan' of Clara's daughters Porzia and Valeria Gigliucci, presumably to assist her with a piece of ...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

12 Mar 1884

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, apologising that she would have written sooner but had been unwell since the first day of their travels. She writes that her husban...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

20 Mar 1884

Handwritten postcard from Dinah Maria Craik to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, noting that she had not been able to travel until now and remains weak. She records her travels plans to Genoa and Rome and reque...

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Lucca, Franco to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

19 Oct 1868

Handwritten letter from Franco Lucca to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, written in Italian.

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Carte de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello

Jul 1868

Carte de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello by Giulio Rossi of Milan and Genoa, Italy. The sitter is shown in profile, seated at a desk with a quill in her proper right hand. Inscribed on the reverse: '...

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Cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as a housemaid

c. 1870

3 cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello dressed in the character of a housemaid in 'The Goose with the Golden Eggs' by Giulio Rossi of Milan and Genoa, Italy. She holds a brush in her proper righ...

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Photographs of (Mary) Sabilla Novello in 'A Romantic Idea'

c. 1870

Two photographs of (Mary) Sabilla Novello by Giulio Rossi of Milan and Genoa, Italy. She is pictured alongside two adults and two children, all in the costumes of the comic drama 'A Romantic Idea' by ...

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