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Total number of records: 13

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection13
Brotherton Collection3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing11
family4
health4
poetry4
death2
travel2
biography as topic1
drawing1
friendship1
gift giving1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy13
London, United Kingdom2
Fermo, Italy1
Pisa, Italy1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Clarke, Charles Cowden1
Clarke, Charles Cowden1
Cowper, James1
De Wilde1
Hunt, James Henry Leigh1
Novello, Vincent & Novello, Mary Sabilla1

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Carte de visite of a sketch of Leigh Hunt

c. 1870

Carte de visite of a sketch of the poet Leigh Hunt, with an inscription on the reverse by Mary Cowden Clake.

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Transcript of Longfellow's sonnet 'Holidays' by Mary Cowden Clarke

26 Nov 1877

Transcript of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's sonnet 'Holidays' by Mary Cowden Clarke, copied for Amelia Mozley at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy and dated 26 November 1877. There is a p...

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Clarke, Charles Cowden to de Wilde

23 Sep 1871

Handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to the son of the poet and journalist George James de Wilde, expressing his sadness at the death of his father George James de Wilde, noting that they had...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

14 Jun 1873

Draft handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Edmund Ollier, thanking him for his previous letter and expressing her sadness that his friend is ill. She writes that the situation reminded her of...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

11 Apr 1876

Handwritten draft letter from Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke to Edmund Ollier, expressing their thanks for Ollier's letter and communicating their improved health after a prolonged period of illness. ...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

12 Nov 1882

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Ann[e] Gilchrist, in which she grants permission to quote from her published recollections of the poet Mary Lamb for her forthcoming biography, but that s...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, Clara Anastasia

25 Apr 1881

Letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister Clara Anastasia Novello, which mentions Joseph Severn's final portrait of the poet John Keats, which Mary thinks she saw in 1878 and admired, even if she t...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

19 Apr 1884

Handwritten draft letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Anne Gilchrist, thanking her for her letters and praising her character and work on the poet Mary Lamb. She also thanks her for her praise of 'Keat'...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

5 Jan 1886

Draft handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Edmund Ollier, describing her pleasure at his previous letters and apologising for not acknowledging all of them. She mentions reading Ollier's work...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Vincent and Novello, Mary Sabilla

1821-1823

Five handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Vincent Novello and his wife Mary Sabilla Novello, dating from 24 December 1821 to 25 July 1823 and containing references to Hunt's health, comic v...

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Clarke, Charles Cowden to Cowper, James

20 May 1871

Handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to James Cowper, providing details on a note written by the poet John Keats on 31 October 1816, which mentioned the artist Benjamin Robert Haydon, whom Co...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Ollier, Edmund

27 Sep 1868

Draft handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to Edmund Ollier, noting Ollier's support for a memorial to their mutual friend, the poet Leigh Hunt. Along with his wife Mary Cowden Clarke, they o...

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