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Total number of records: 163

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection154
Brotherton Collection21
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive9

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing163
family67
travel18
poetry17
health15
publishing14
death13
gift giving8
postcards7
finance6

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy132
London, United Kingdom28
Beckenham, United Kingdom22
Rome, Italy18
Florence, Italy12
Milan, Italy6
Fermo, Italy5
Turin, Italy3
Venice, Italy3
Birmingham, United Kingdom2

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

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17001
From 1800146
From 190016

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1899145
Up to 199918

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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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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, Clara Anastasia

31 Jul 1877

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister Clara Novello, written on mourning paper following the death of her husband Charles Cowden Clarke. She thanks Novello for her letter and mentio...

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[unidentified] to Novello, Antonio

24 Jun 1880

Handwritten letter from an unidentified sender to Antonio Novello, written in French.

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Novello, Clara Anastasia to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

15 Mar 1875

Handwritten postcard from Clara Anastasia Novello to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, noting how many tickets she had purchased for a lace lottery.

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John and Erika [?] to Maurice de Sausmarez

1951

Handwritten postcard from John and Erika [?] to Maurice de Sausmarez, describing their travels to Florence and Siena in Italy, via Switzerland and returning through the south of France.

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