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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection8
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family6
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Genoa, Italy8
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Gigliucci, Giovanni Battista1
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred1

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Archive Item

Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

17 Jul 1874

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, reflecting on observing her packing to leave Villa Novello. She describes hearing thunder and that she was glad that Sa...

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Ballad by Calverley transcribed by Charles Cowden Clarke

May 1875

Ballad from 'Fly Leaves' by Charles Stuart Calverley transcribed by Charles Cowden Clarke at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy, and dated May 1875. Inscribed with the following: 'Copy written by Uncle Cha...

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Villa Novello

c. 1860-1913

Photographs, cartes de visite and the visitors' book of Villa Novello in Genoa, in the Italian region of Liguria. Mary Cowden Clarke, her husband Charles Cowden Clarke and her brother (Joseph) Alfred ...

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Novello, (Joseph) Alfred to Gigliucci, Giovanni Battista

1861-1864

Four handwritten letters from (Joseph) Alfred Novello to his brother-in-law Giovanni Battista Gigliucci, concerned with carrying out the wishes of Novello's parents, Vincent Novello and Mary Sabilla N...

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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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Letter of instruction from (Mary) Sabilla Novello to the Exectutor of her Will

20 Aug 1903

A letter of instruction from (Mary) Sabilla Novello to the Exectutor of her Will, who was named as her nephew Giovanni Gigliucci in the Will drawn up in 1892. The letter was dated 20 August 1903 and u...

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Archive Object Item

Gold watch chain

c. 1830

A gold watch chain with engraved gem seal having belonged to Charles Cowden Clarke. The gem is engraved with the Latin 'Placidam sub Libertate quietem' which translates as: 'By the sword we seek peace...

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Draft memo for Messrs. Shaen & Co. from (Joseph) Alfred Novello in the hand of (Mary) Sabilla Novello

c. 1888

Draft memo for the solicitors Messrs. Shaen & Co. from (Joseph) Alfred Novello in the hand of his sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello. The memo records that in 1881 Catherine Collins (née Hehl), then aged ...

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