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Villa Novello east side
c. 1861
Photograph of a painted representation of the east side of Villa Novello in Genoa, with an inscription in pencil in a later hand on the reverse, noting that the depiction was as (Joseph) Alfred Novell...
Novello, Emma Aloysia to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred
1857-1880
Thirty three handwritten letters from Emma Aloysia Novello to her brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning family financial arrangements, her aspiration to make a career as an artist, portraits she...
Serle, Cecilia to Haines, Frederick
1889-1890
Two handwritten letters, one on mourning paper marking the death of her husband Thomas James Serle in 1889, from Cecilia Serle to the solicitor Frederick Haines, congratulating him on his speech on Sh...
Album with portraits, sketches and poems
1863-1873
An album containing portraits, sketches, poems and acrostics. The cover is embossed with a decoartive border and 'Album' in gilt lettering. A loose sheet written in blue ink records that the album was...
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...
untitled watercolour [copy of a portrait]
c. 1860
Untitled and undated watercolour on paper of a portrait copied by Emma Aloysia Novello in Genoa, with an inscription in ink at the bottom.
Two watercolour portraits
c. 1830
Two undated watercolour sketches mounted on yellow paper, of two figures wearing hats. An inscription in Italian at the top of the mount suggests that they may have been by Edward Petre Novello before...
untitled watercolour [mother nursing child]
c. 1830
Undated watercolour of a mother nursing a child by Edward Petre Novello, with a poem by his sister Mary Cowden Clarke adhered to the reverse, titled 'Sick-Bed Reflection' and dated 1873. Given the blu...
Scrapbooks
1846-1897
The cover of a scrapbook gifted to (Mary) Sabilla Novello from her father Vincent Novello in 1846, an album of portraits, sketches, poems and acrostics dating from the early period of her life at Vill...