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Total number of records: 267

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive197
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection70
Brotherton Collection32

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing144
art education64
exhibitions59
family28
finance27
publishing27
painting26
health16
poetry15
wages15

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom267
Leeds, United Kingdom18
Genoa, Italy16
Nice, France6
Bradford, United Kingdom2
Cheltenham, United Kingdom2
Croagnes, France2
Manchester, United Kingdom2
St Ives, United Kingdom2
Vienna, Austria2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hunt, James Henry Leigh6
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria5
Haines, Frederick5
Cowden Clarke, Charles4
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred4
Novello, Vincent4
Lamb, Charles3
Novello, Mary Sabilla (Nee Hehl, Mrs Vincent Novello)3
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden2
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180069
From 1900196
From 20002

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189964
Up to 1999200
Up to latest3

Archive File

Collier, John Payne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1843-1850

Eight letters from the literary editor and forger John Payne Collier to Mary Cowden Clarke. During this period Collier was working as a journalist for the Morning Chronicle and theatre critic for the ...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1814-1856

34 handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles Cowden Clarke, beginning with his imprisonment at Surrey Jail from 1813 to 1815 and going on to contain references to publications and events...

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

1840-1856

Fifteen handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Mary Cowden Clarke, dating from 20 February 1840 to 14 October [1856], with ten undated. The letter of 2 October 1856 is a copy in Mary Cowden C...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1854-1855

Twelve undated handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning Hunt's writings for Novello's Musical Times, apologising for delays to his articles as a result of il...

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Jerrold, Douglas William to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1845-1851

Eleven handwritten letters from the dramatist and writer Douglas William Jerrold to Mary Cowden Clarke, discussing their shared literary and cultural interests.The letter of 6 Dec [1836 or 7] is a cop...

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Gifts

1838

Imitation inlaid stone panel, painted on wood possibly over gesso, painted for Clara Novello by Rev. Pigno of the Spanish Place Chapel, London.

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Beethoven Quartett Society

1845

A personalised invitation to a series of meetings and performances of the Beethoven Quartett Society and two leaflets detailing the first and third meetings Dated 21 April 1845 and 19 May 1845, with n...

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Royal College of Art

1933-1942

Exhibition catalogues; correspondence; a prospectus; a sketchbook; documents relating to scholarships, examinations and prizes and the Royal College of Art Students' Group. Maurice de Sausmarez attend...

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Extramural education

1936-1937

Materials related to Maurice de Sausmarez's enrolment in extramural studies at University College London.

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1938-1939

1938-1939

Combined Fire and Burglary Policy for Maurice de Sausmarez with the Co-operative Insurance Society Limited. Renewed several times, the latest date being 29 September 1943. Used cheques and two bank st...

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1940-1943

1940-1943

Documents related to the purchase by Maurice de Sausmarez of the family home at 16 Leaside Avenue, London. Includes mortgate documents, information about the lease and ground rent, a survey of the pro...

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1944

1944

Generally documents that continue to relate to Maurice de Sausmarez's purchase of the family home at 16 Leaside Avenue, London, in 1943. Includes information about the rating of the property, income t...

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