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Total number of records: 25

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection25
Brotherton Collection13

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing16
travel8
family7
health6
photographs4
drawing3
gift giving3
music3
painting3
poetry3

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Rome, Italy25
Genoa, Italy8
London, United Kingdom6
Florence, Italy4
Fermo, Italy1
France1
Madrid, Spain1
Messina, Sicily1
Milan, Italy1
Naples, Italy1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Haines, Frederick2
Novello, Clara Anastasia2
Severn, Joseph2
[Novello, Mary Sabilla]1
Bell, John1
Cowden-Clarke, Charles & Cowden-Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Cusins [William George?]1
Diaz De Soria, Jules1
Gifford, Edward1
Gigliucci, Porzia1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17001
From 180021
From 19003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189921
Up to 19994

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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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Bell, John to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

25 Feb 1867

Letter from the sculptor John Bell to Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke, in which John describes his surprise at finding himself in Italy, having sailed for ten days from France. He records the beauty of...

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Diaz de Soria, Jules to [Novello, (Mary) Sabilla]

23 Jan 1870

Handwritten letter from the musician Jules Diaz de Soria to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, written in French.

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Severn, Joseph to Novello, Mary Sabilla (née Hehl)

9 Nov 1833

Handwritten letter from the artist Joseph Severn to Mary Sabilla Novello, thanking her husband Vincent Novello for the gift of music and noting the long delays in receiving post in Rome. Severn congra...

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Severn, Joseph to Novello, Vincent

7 Jun 1830

Handwritten letter from the artist Joseph Severn to Vincent Novello. Severn notes his pleasure on learning that Novello is also in Italy and that it might be possible for them to meet in Rome. Severn ...

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Gifford, Edward to Novello, Clara Anastasia

9 May 1901

Typewritten letter from Edward Gifford to Clara Anastasia Novello, thanking Novello for the picture of Father Damien and noting that he was about to send drawings of Novello to Rome.

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Gigliucci, Porzia to Haines, Frederick

16 Jan 1892

Handwritten letter from Porzia Gigliucci to the bank manager Frederick Haines, written on behalf of her aunt. Gigliucci describes her concern for the health of both aunts, Mary Cowden Clarke and (Mary...

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Novello, Clara Anastasia to Cusins [William George?]

3 Mar 1882

Handwritten letter from Clara Anastasia Novello to [William George?] Cusins, introducing Cusins to an Italian musician and composer and requesting that he introduce him to his wider professional circl...

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Novello, Clara Anastasia to Haines, Frederick

16 May 1889

Handwritten letter from Clara Anastasia Novello to the Frederick Haines, offering a small token.

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Story, William Wetmore to Novello, Clara Anastasia

7 May 1892

Handwritten letter from the American sculptor William Wetmore Story to Clara Anastasia Novello, describing the source of a quotation from a poem he had given to her and including further quotations.

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Novello, Clara Anastasia to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

15 Mar 1875

Handwritten postcard from Clara Anastasia Novello to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, noting how many tickets she had purchased for a lace lottery.

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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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