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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive15
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection10
Brotherton Collection9

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drawing25
art education9
painting9
letter writing7
family6
gift giving6
exhibitions5
poetry4
students4
illustration3

Top 10: Place

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London, United Kingdom25
Genoa, Italy4
Rome, Italy2
Berlin (Germany)1
Bonnelles, France1
Bristol, United Kingdom1
Fermo, Italy1
Florence, Italy1
France1
Hastings, United Kingdom1

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Archive Collection

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...

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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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NOVELLO, (Mary) Sabilla

1838-1904

Financial, artistic, legal and literary material related to (Mary) Sabilla Novello and her short singing career. Includes portraits of her, albums of greetings cards and her illustrations to her siste...

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Students and student work

c. 1947-1968

36 black and white and colour photographs and 8 negatives featuring art students and their work, including a photograph of two students paintings at Leeds College of Art, undated examples of Basic Des...

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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...

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David Garbett to Maurice de Sausmarez

15 Oct 1969

Two pen and ink drawings of landscapes with buildings drawing on postcards by David Garbett, which he sent to Maurice de Sausmarez during his final illness.

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Edward Bawden to Maurice de Sausmarez

1947

Four handwritten letters from the artist Edward Bawden to Maurice de Sausmarez, agreeing to make a drawing of the front of the new premises of the Artists' International Association and explaining tha...

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Sketchbooks

1822-1835

Ten sketchbooks belonging to Edward Petre Novello, dating from his time as a student at Sass's Academy in Bloomsbury and the Royal Academy of Arts and the period afterwards, including travels to Franc...

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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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Sketchbook with brown marbled cover

c. 1822

Sketchbook belonging to Edward Petre Novello, the pages of which are watermarked 1822. It has brown marbled covers and a brown leather spine and corners. It contains portraits, character studies and l...

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Sketchbook with black covers

c. 1938

Sketchbook with black covers belonging to Maurice de Sausmarez and dating from his time as a student at the Royal College of Art. It contains pencil and ink sketches of animals, human figures, composi...

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Royal College of Art Scholarship and Entrance Examinations

Jan 1939

Royal College of Art Paintng School Scholarship and Entrance Examinations for January 1939, including practical; and written examinations in life drawing, absract design, drawing from imagination, his...

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