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Total number of records: 170

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives164
Art items3
Objects3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection170
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection170

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing42
music36
music publishing35
family30
print media22
portraits20
classical music18
vocal music17
photographs16
photography14

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom170
Genoa, Italy16
Vienna, Austria6
Berlin (Germany)4
Florence, Italy4
Manchester, United Kingdom2
Nice, France2
Paris, France2
Rome, Italy2
Baden-Baden, Germany1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Alf1
Giuseppe1
Joseph1
Novello and Company1
Novello, J Alfred (1810-1896)1

Count of Earliest date

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From 17002
From 1800158
From 190010

Count of Latest date

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Up to 17991
Up to 1899150
Up to 199919

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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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Marriage certificate for Vincent Novello and Mary Sabilla Hehl

17 Aug 1808

The marriage certificate of Vincent Novello and Mary Sabilla Hehl, dated 17 August 1808 from the Register of Marriages of the Parish of St. Mary-le-bone, Middlesex. Vincent was 27 and Mary was 20 and ...

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Vincent Novello Church Times

c. 1964

One newspaper cutting from the Church Times titled 'Vincent Novello', which describes the plan to commemorate Vincent Novello with the installation of a chamber organ at Westminster Abbey, after the m...

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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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Portrait mounted on board

c. 1843

A print of a portrait by G.T. Payne after H. Winterhalter, published by S. Hollyer of 89 Chancery Lane, London. The sitter has dark curly hair and holds a flower in their proper right hand. Mounted on...

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Miniature portrait of a young Charles Cowden Clarke

c. 1810

Miniature glazed and framed portrait of a young Charles Cowden Clarke. Undated and by an unknown artist. The portrait appears to have been painted in tempera. The frame is rectangular and painted blac...

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Notice of the AGM and annual premiums of The Mutual Life Assurance Society

1895

Notice of the Annual General Meeting, the sixty first annual report and annual premiums of The Mutual Life Assurance Society. The AGM was set to take place on 20 February 1895 at 39 King Street in the...

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A Companion to Every Hymn Book

c. 1860

Volume of printed music titled 'A Companion to Every Hymn Book', which appears to be a proof copy annotated by (Joseph) Alfred Novello before publication. The volume contains two inserted letters from...

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Fragment with (Joseph) Alfred Novello's name and address

c. 1835

Fragment of brown paper with (Joseph) Alfred Novello's name and address, given as 69 Dean Street, Soho in London. Novello and Co. operated from this address between 1834 and 1840.

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Certificate of admission to St Thomas's Lodge

1836

Certificate of admission for (Joseph) Alfred Novello to St Thomas's Lodge as a Freemason of the Third Degree. At that time it was located at Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, London.

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Imitation inlaid stone panel

1837

Imitation inlaid stone panel, painted on wood possibly over gesso. The reverse is inscribed with the names of the stones and that it was painted for Clara Novello by Rev. Pigno of the Spanish Place Ch...

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Lithograph of (Mary) Sabilla Novello

1847

Lithograph of (Mary) Sabilla Novello by Lowes Cato Dickinson, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel and published by Dickinson & Son, 114 New Bond Street and J.A. [Joseph Alfred] Novello of 69 Dean Str...

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