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Total number of records: 605

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive428
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection177
Brotherton Collection42

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing605
art education123
exhibitions90
publishing68
academies and institutes43
family41
health27
interest groups27
poetry25
art books24

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom605
Genoa, Italy21
Leeds, United Kingdom19
Nice, France10
Croagnes, France5
Rome, Italy5
Paris, France4
West Bretton, United Kingdom4
Bradford, United Kingdom3
Florence, Italy3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria15
Novello, Vincent12
Cowden Clarke, Charles11
Hunt, James Henry Leigh10
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred9
Haines, Frederick8
Novello, Joseph Alfred5
Gigliucci, Giovanni4
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla4
Novello, Mary Sabilla (Nee Hehl, Mrs Vincent Novello)4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17003
From 1800165
From 1900434
From 20003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17992
Up to 1899164
Up to 1999432
Up to latest7

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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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Archive Sub-series

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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Stationary

c. 1965

Blank headed notepaper from the Royal Academy of Arts.

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Correspondence

1948-1969

Correspondence relating to Maurice de Sausmarez's participation in the Royal Academy of Arts, including notices of meetings, social events and exhibitions. This sub-series also includes correspondence...

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BC MS NCC/20/024 Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, letter (1870), page 1
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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dickens, Charles

1848-1870

Twenty two handwritten draft letters and copies of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens, mentioning shared social occasions, participation in rehearsals and theatrical performances, offe...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Wills, William Henry

1867-1868

Two handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to William Henry Wills, the first dated 17 March 1867 thanks Wills for the cheque for five guineas and communicates that any further payments can ...

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Collier, John Payne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1843-1850

Eight letters from the literary editor and forger John Payne Collier to Mary Cowden Clarke. During this period Collier was working as a journalist for the Morning Chronicle and theatre critic for the ...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1856-1867

Two handwritten letters from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that they were to be invited to see a new play by the author of 'The Lighthouse' on Twe...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1814-1856

34 handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles Cowden Clarke, beginning with his imprisonment at Surrey Jail from 1813 to 1815 and going on to contain references to publications and events...

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

1852-1858

Five handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke dating from 9 December [1852?] to 4 February [1858]. The letter dated 9 December [1852?] is a copy in Mary Cowden Cl...

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

1840-1856

Fifteen handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Mary Cowden Clarke, dating from 20 February 1840 to 14 October [1856], with ten undated. The letter of 2 October 1856 is a copy in Mary Cowden C...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1854-1855

Twelve undated handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning Hunt's writings for Novello's Musical Times, apologising for delays to his articles as a result of il...

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