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Total number of records: 1059

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Archives1053
Art items3
Objects3

Count of Collection group

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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive830
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection229
Brotherton Collection132

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing457
art education334
exhibitions234
academies and institutes89
publishing76
painting56
interest groups51
art books49
students49
music47

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom1059
Leeds, United Kingdom30
Genoa, Italy16
Croagnes, France6
Horsham, United Kingdom6
Nice, France5
Bristol, United Kingdom4
Paris, France4
Rome, Italy4
Bath, United Kingdom3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria10
Novello, Vincent8
Cowden Clarke, Charles7
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred5
Hunt, James Henry Leigh4
Haines, Frederick3
Novello, Joseph Alfred3
Gigliucci, Giovanni2
Gigliucci, Valeria2
Holsworth, G.2

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From 17003
From 1800213
From 1900837
From 20006

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Up to 17993
Up to 1899213
Up to 1999834
Up to latest9

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Arne, Thomas Augustine to Garrick, David

c. 1750

Copy of an undated letter from Thomas Augustine Arne to David Garrick in an unknown hand, in which Arne provides his professional thoughts on Garrick's musical performance in a revival of the opera Ki...

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Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley to Novello, Vincent

30 Dec 1846

Letter from Sir Henry Rowley Bishop to Vincent Novello, thanking Novello for his loan of Handel's Duets and the request of another score in preparation for a performance of ancient music. The postscri...

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Christie, Alexander to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

3 Feb 1851

Handwritten letter and ink sketches from Alexander Christie to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, explaining how little time his has and expressing his regret at having left London before Cowden Clarke arri...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Serle, Mary Sabilla

27 Jan 1842

Handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to his niece Mary Sabilla Serle, noting that he cannot visit but has not forgotten about her and looks forward to warmer days when she can visit them in B...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Morris, William

Aug 1868

Handwritten draft of a letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to the designer, poet and artist William Morris, praising Morris's poems 'The Life and Death of Jason' and 'The Earthly Paradise' and mentionin...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dennel, Charles F.

17 Jan 1852

Copy of a letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to Charles F. Dennel, noting that Abbott Lawrence had forwarded the testimonial chair from America alongside a letter of appreciation. Cowden Clarke i...

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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 Holsworth, G.

16 May 1868

Handwritten draft of a letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to G. Holdworth of the journal All the Year Round, thanking him for the cheque for eight guineas as payment for her verse story 'The Yule Log' and...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Jerrold, Douglas William

11 Oct 1849

Handwritten draft letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to Douglas William Jerrold, describing her happiness at receiving a letter from her husband Charles Cowden Clarke while he is away in Devonshi...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Jerrold, Douglas William

11 Oct 1849

Handwritten draft letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to Douglas William Jerrold, expressing her pleasure at the enthusiasm for her work on Shakespeare in North America and transcribes an extended...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Jerrold, Douglas William

23 Feb 1850

Handwritten draft letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to Douglas William Jerrold, enclosing several golden pens and thanking him for the copy of the Chronicle. Her husband Charles Cowden Clarke al...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

15 Aug 1881

Draft handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Edmund Ollier, recording her imminent return to Italy from London and her gratitude to Ollier for his letter about Percy and Mary Shelley.

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