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Total number of records: 32

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives31
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection19
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive13
Brotherton Collection8

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
death32
letter writing20
family11
legal procedure7
finance5
mental health4
publishing4
art education3
banks3
health3

Count of Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom32
Genoa, Italy9
Pisa, Italy1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Gigliucci, Giovanni4
Haines, Frederick4
Hunt, James Henry Leigh2
Novello, Vincent2
Clarke, Charles Cowden1
De Wilde, George James1
Hunt, John1
Lamb, Charles1
Littleton, Augustus1
Martin, T.1

Count of Earliest date

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From 180018
From 190014

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189915
Up to 199916
Up to latest1

Archive Series

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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Posthumous

1969-2015

Material relating to memorial services and lectures, exhibitions and publications. Also includes articles and correspondence concerning Maurice de Sausmarez received by the family after his death on 2...

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Kenneth Leighton quartet

1964-1966

Original Kenneth Leighton notation manuscript of 'Variations for String Quartet' commissioned by Maurice de Sausmarez in memory of his mother Jessie Rose de Sausmarez in 1964, with a printed score pub...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Vincent and Novello, Mary Sabilla

1821-1823

Five handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Vincent Novello and his wife Mary Sabilla Novello, dating from 24 December 1821 to 25 July 1823 and containing references to Hunt's health, comic v...

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Memorial events

1969-1990

Material related to memorial events organised to celebrate the life of Maurice de Sausmarez following his death in 1969, including a thanksgiving service, a series of memorial lectures and musical com...

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1970s

1970-1974

Nine bank statements and nine paid cheques associated with the bank account for Maurice de Sausmarez following his death on 28 October 1969, managed by his executors including his widow Jane de Sausma...

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Medical

1882-1902

Copy of the Notice of Admission to Otto House Lunatic Asylum for Emma Aloysia Novello in 1882 and the undertaker's account from her death in 1902.

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Lamb, Charles to Novello, Vincent

1829-1830

Copies of letters from Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The letters congratulate Novello on his daugter's marriage with a serenata [of Mary Novello to Charles Cowden...

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Legal

1888-1903

Copies of (Mary) Sabillla Novello's Will, letters of instruction to her Exectutor and beneficiaries and a draft memo in her hand regarding the legal and financial position of her sister Emma Aloysia N...

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Clarke, Charles Cowden to de Wilde, George James

1845-1854

Two handwritten letters from Charles Cowden Clarke to the poet and journalist George James de Wilde, asking after de Wilde's health and thanking him for his promotion of their Shakespeare scholarship ...

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Gigliucci, Giovanni to Haines, Frederick

1898

Two handwritten copies of letters from Giovanni Gigliucci to Frederick Haines, informing Haines of the death of his aunt Mary Cowden Clarke and requesting, on behalf of his aunt (Mary) Sabilla Novello...

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Haines, Frederick to Gigliucci, Giovanni

1898

Three handwritten letters from Frederick Haines to Giovanni Gigliucci, the first two written on mourning paper to mark the death of Mary Cowden Clarke. Haines sends his sympathies, agrees to assist (M...

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