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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection7
Brotherton Collection6

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drama7
photographs6
photography6
theatre6
poetry2
books1
expressed emotion1
gift giving1
letter writing1
mythology1

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Genoa, Italy7
London, United Kingdom1
Milan, Italy1
Nice, France1

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Cowden Clarke, Charles & Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Dickens, Charles1

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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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Cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as 'Mrs Mills'

17 Nov 1873

Four cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello dressed as the character 'Mrs Mills' (the housekeeper) from 'Which is Which?' performed as a private theatrical on 15 November 1873. The photographs wer...

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Cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as 'Minerva'

c. 1870

Six undated cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello dressed as 'Minerva' from an 'Allegorical Prologue'. Two of the cartes include a seated 'Owlet' played by Charles Wilson. The photographs are by ...

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Carte de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as 'Cadijah'

Mar 1873

Carte de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello dressed as the character 'Cadijah' in an 'Oriental Prologue', performed in Genoa, Italy and dated March 1873. The photographer was G.B. Sciutto & Co. of Genoa...

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Photographs of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as 'Little Toddlekins'

6 Mar 1873

Three photographs and five cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello dressed as the character 'Little Toddlekins' from a theatrical performance at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy, on 6 March 1873. In t...

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Photograph of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as 'Countess Hildegarde'

c. 1870

A photograph of (Mary) Sabilla Novello dressed as the character Countess Hildegarde of Spechesheim from the comic drama 'A Romantic Idea' by James Robinson Planché. It was likely to have been perform...

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BC MS NCC/20/024 Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, letter (1870), page 1
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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dickens, Charles

1848-1870

Twenty two handwritten draft letters and copies of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens, mentioning shared social occasions, participation in rehearsals and theatrical performances, offe...

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