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Total number of records: 16

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection9
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive7
Brotherton Collection6

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing9
music5
art books4
publishing4
drawing2
editing2
exhibitions2
health2
illustrations2
lecture notes2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom16
Genoa, Italy3
Croagnes, France2
Berlin (Germany)1
Fermo, Italy1
Florence, Italy1
Rome, Italy1
Vienna, Austria1
Woodbridge, United Kingdom1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Collier, John Payne1
Compton, H1
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Gigliucci, Valeria1
Haines, Frederick1
Littleton, Augustus1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17001
From 18007
From 19008

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18996
Up to 199910

Archive Item

Manuscript volume of music

c. 1835

Manuscript volume of music having belonged to Clara Anastasia Novello. Her name is written on the front of the spine and it is inscribed with her name on the inside of the cover, with the address 69 D...

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Partial manuscript and typescript for Homage to Maurice de Sausmarez

c. 1970

Partial manuscript and typescript for the catalogue to accompany the exhibition 'Homage to Maurice de Sausmarez' at the Upper Grosvenor Galleries in 1971. Includes annotated written contributions from...

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Compton, H. to Haines, Frederick

9 Feb 1872

Handwritten letter from H. Compton to Frederick Haines, noting the safe arrival of a manuscript.

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NOVELLO, Clara Anastasia

1838-1910

Material related to the soprano singer Clara Anastasia Novello, including a gift presented to her; notes, manuscripts and partial typescripts for 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' published in 1910; hon...

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Lectures

1840-1877

Partial drafts and final manuscript volumes of lecture notes by Charles Cowden Clarke, mostly dating from the 1840s and 1850s when he was a regular speaker at the London Institution and across the Uni...

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Lecture notes by Charles Cowden Clarke

May 1877

Manuscript volume of lecture notes by Charles Cowden Clarke. A letter on mourning paper from his wife Mary Cowden Clarke records the following: 'This manuscript lecture, in Charles Cowden Clarke's own...

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A Collection of Dances

1815

One volume of manuscript music bound in brown leather, titled 'A Collection of Dances, Composed for his Children by V. Novello'. Sold by Cabusac & Sons, 196 Strand, London. Presented to Porzia Gigliuc...

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Littleton, Augustus to Gigliucci, Valeria

1909

Nine handwritten letters from Augustus Littleton of Novello & Co. to Valeria Gigliucci, following the death of her mother Clara Anastaia Novello the previous year. They recount various pieces of news ...

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John Lewis to Maurice de Sausmarez

11 May 1963

Typewritten letter from John Lewis, an editor at Studio Vista, to Maurice de Sausmarez, noting that Lewis had taken the first two manuscripts and illustrations of their series of books to Holland last...

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Gilbert Lloyd to Maurice de Sausmarez

1968

Three typewritten letter from Gilbert Lloyd of Marlborough Fine Art to Maurice de Sausmarez, hoping that de Sausmarez enjoyed looking at the exhibition of new work by Ben Nicholson, asking to see a ma...

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David Herbert to Maurice de Sausmarez

5 Nov 1968

Typewritten letter from David Herbert, Chief Editor at Studio Vista, to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking de Sausmarez for their meeting and his assistance with manuscripts and proposals and asking if a ...

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David Herbert to Maurice de Sausmarez

5 Sep 1969

Typewritten letter from David Herbert, Publishing Director at Studio Vista, to Maurice de Sausmarez, congratulating de Sausmarez on the excellent manuscript for his monograph on Bridget Riley, which t...

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