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Total number of records: 23

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection23
Brotherton Collection20

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
childhood12
photography11
letter writing9
portraits8
theatre6
family5
photographs4
poetry4
travel3
banks2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Florence, Italy23
Genoa, Italy7
London, United Kingdom4
Rome, Italy4
Berlin (Germany)1
Fermo, Italy1
Madrid, Spain1
Milan, Italy1
Paris, France1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Barbera, G.1
Gigliucci, Giovanni1
Novello, Mary Sabilla1
Unwin, Thomas Fisher1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17001
From 180019
From 19003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189919
Up to 19994

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Novello Cowden Clarke

1739-1966

The Novello Cowden Clarkes were a well known Anglo-Italian family of musicians, writers, artists, singers and actors, with a wide and influential literary and artistic circle. Based in London and lat...

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GIGLIUCCI, Giovanni

1852-1866

Sonnet titled ‘Sonnifero!’ by Giovanni Gigliucci and a photographic reproduction of a portrait of him as a child.

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GIGLIUCCI, Porzia

1852-1873

A poem transcribed by Porzia Gigliucci and photographic portraits of her as a child and later as an adult, dressed as Thalia from a theatrical production at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy.

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GIGLIUCCI, Mario

1852

Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Mario Gigliucci as a child.

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GIGLIUCCI, Valeria

1852-1893

Poems transcribed by Valeria Gigliucci for her future sister-in-law Edith Margaret Mozley and her aunt Mary Cowden Clarke. Photographic portraits of Valeria Gigliucci as a child and later as an adult ...

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Barbera, G. to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

2 Oct 1864

Handwritten letter in Italian from G. Barbera to (Mary) Sabilla Novello.

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Portraits of

1852

Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Mario Gigliucci as a child.

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Portraits of

c. 1852

Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Giovanni Gigliucci as a child.

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Portraits of

1852-1873

Portraits of Porzia Gigliucci. One photographic reproduction of her portrait as a child and two cartes de visite dressed in the role of 'Thalia' from a theatrical production at Villa Novello in Genoa,...

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Portraits of

1852-1873

Portraits of Valeria Gigliucci. One photographic reproduction of her portrait as a child and one carte de visite dressed in the role of 'Mirth' from a theatrical production at Villa Novello in Genoa, ...

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Unwin, Thomas Fisher to Gigliucci, Giovanni

31 Mar 1904

Typewritten letter from the publisher Thomas Fisher Unwin to Giovanni Gigliucci, enclosing the final account for Gigliucci's aunt Mary Cowden Clarke's autobiography 'My Long Life', He notes that the b...

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Gibbons, Philip to Gigliucci, Bona

18 Oct 1966

Handwritten letter from Philip Gibbons to Bona Gigliucci, asking Gigliucci how she should be addressed and apologising for the delay to his reply. He notes that her sister [likely Nerina] wrote to him...

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