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Total number of records: 43

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Archives42
Art items1

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection26
Brotherton Collection25
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive17

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print media30
printing methods12
portraits11
printing10
letter writing8
exhibitions7
art education6
music publishing5
theatre5
publishing4

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London, United Kingdom43
Berlin (Germany)4
Vienna, Austria2
Amberley, United Kingdom1
Bath, United Kingdom1
Edinburgh, United Kingdom1
Florence, Italy1
Genoa, Italy1
New York (N.Y.)1
Paris, France1

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Media college

1980

Offprint from Penrose volume 72 of an article titled 'Media college' by Robert Hedley Lewis, which provides an account of the previous fifteen years of the London College of Printing, since its reloca...

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'Some account of the Methods of Musick Printing'

1847

Two copies of a printed circular by (Joseph) Alfred Novello titled 'Some account of the Methods of Musick Printing, With Specimens of the various sizes of Moveable Types; And of other Matters', advert...

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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 Distribution of Diplomas

15 Jul 1938

Royal College of Art Distribution of Diplomas for 15 July 1938, by The Right Honorable Sir Philip Sassoon, Bart., G.B.E., C.M.G., M.P. Includes the award of a certificate in etching to Maurice de Saus...

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Diana Bloomfield to Maurice de Sausmarez

c. 1950

Handwritten letter from the wood engraver Diana Bloomfield to Maurice de Sausmarez, enclosing twelve samples of wood engravings, some of which are bookplates.

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ICA Screen-print project

c. 1964

Printed pamphlet for an exhibition of screen prints at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London from 10 to 28 November 1964, including a work by Bridget Riley. 24 artists were invited to participa...

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'The Drunkard's Children' by George Cruikshank

1848

Printed booklet of eight glyphographs titled 'The Drunkard's Children. A Sequel to The Bottle. In Eight Plates' by George Cruikshank, published by David Bogue, John Wiley and G.P. Putnam' on 1 July 18...

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Reginald Sharpley to Maurice de Sausmarez

Dec 1937

Two handwritten letters from the artist Reginald Sharpley to Maurice de Sausmarez, making arrangements for de Sausmarez to purchase his etching press.

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Plates from 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines' by Mary Cowden Clarke

1851

Seventeen engraved plates from 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines' by Mary Cowden Clarke. The original enclosure is inscribed with the following: 'Mrs. Cowden Clarke Craven Hill Cottage Bayswater...

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Etching of Clara Anastasia Novello by William Humphreys

c. 1840

Etching of Clara Anastasia Novello by William Humphreys. The portrait is in the form of an oval and represents the head, torso and proper right hand of the sitter. She has a flower at her left ear and...

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Lithograph of (Mary) Sabilla Novello

1847

Lithograph of (Mary) Sabilla Novello by Lowes Cato Dickinson, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel and published by Dickinson & Son, 114 New Bond Street and J.A. [Joseph Alfred] Novello of 69 Dean Str...

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Portraits of

1838-1840

Four printed portraits of Clara Anastasia Novello published between 1838 and 1840, around the time of her opera studies in Milan in 1838 and before her marriage to Giovanni Battista Gigliucci in 1843.

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