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Total number of records: 23

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection15
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive8

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing19
poetry9
publishing7
exhibitions4
family3
health3
literature3
academies and institutes2
biography as topic2
death2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom23
Leeds, United Kingdom3
Genoa, Italy2
Hastings, United Kingdom1
Nice, France1
Osaka, Japan1
Pisa, Italy1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hunt, James Henry Leigh8
Cowden Clarke, Charles4
Morris, William2
Clarke, Charles Cowden1
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Novello, Vincent1
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1
De Wilde, George James1
Keats, John1
Novello, Joseph Alfred1

Count of Earliest date

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From 180015
From 19008

Count of Latest date

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Up to 189915
Up to 19998

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Leonard Clark calling card

c. 1950

Printed calling card for the poet and anthologist Leonard Clark, at 50 Cholmeley Crescent, Highgate, London.

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Keats, John to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1816

Two handwritten letters from the poet John Keats to Charles Cowden Clarke, copied in his wife Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The first, dated 9 October 1816, notes that Keat's now has time to make a visit...

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[unidentified sender concerning Isaac Rosenberg] to Maurice de Sausmarez

c. 1959

Undated handwritten letter from unidentified sender to Maurice de Sausmarez, apologising for the delay to de Sausmarez's visit, discussing the Isaac Rosenberg exhibition at the University of Leeds and...

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The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts

1952

Printed catalogue for 'The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, 1952', in which Maurice de Sausmarez exhibited 'Kippers' (No. 46), 'Studio Tea' (No. 374) and 'Portrait of the Poet, James Kirkup' (...

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An Academy of fine portraits—and suprises

3 May 1952

Press cutting titled 'An Academy of fine portraits—and suprises' published in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury on 3 May 1952, in which the art critic W.T. Oliver reviews the Royal Academy of Art...

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James Kirkup to Maurice de Sausmarez

1951-1965

Handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards from the poet and translator James Kirkup to Maurice de Sausmarez and handwritten and typewritten letters from the poet John Betjeman to James Kirkup ...

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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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Jerzy Faczyński to Maurice de Sausmarez

3 Oct 1947

Handwritten letter from the Polish painter, architect and poet Jerzy Faczyński to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking de Sausmarez for his help following demobilisation from the Air Force and noting that ...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Vincent and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1 Dec 1848

Handwritten letter from the poet Leigh Hunt to Vincent Novello and his daughter Mary Cowden Clarke, apologising for the delay in writing to them and complaining about the amount of work he has to do o...

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Morris, William to Cowden Clarke, Charles

Aug 1858

Handwritten letter from the designer, poet and artist William Morris to Charles Cowden Clarke, thanking Cowden Clarke for his letter and sympathy for his work, noting Cowden Clarke's connection to Kea...

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The Royal Academy Illustrated

1952

Printed copy of the journal 'The Royal Academy Illustrated 1952' (London: William Clowes and Sons, 1952). Published as a souvenir of the one hundred and eighty-fourth Summer Exhibition. Includes a bla...

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Gilchrist, Anne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

9 Nov 1882

Handwritten letter from Anne Gilchrist to Mary Cowden Clarke, requesting permission to quote from Cowden Clarke's published recollections of the poet Mary Lamb for her forthcoming biography. She asks ...

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