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Total number of records: 7

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection7
Brotherton Collection5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
family7
letter writing6
health4
travel4
drawing2
painting2
animals1
childhood1
finance1
gambling1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Rome, Italy7
Genoa, Italy5
Florence, Italy3
London, United Kingdom3
Fermo, Italy1
France1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Gigliucci, Porzia1
Haines, Frederick1

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From 17001
From 18006

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Up to 18996
Up to 19991

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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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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Gigliucci, Porzia and Gigliucci, Valeria

30 Nov 1883

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Porzia and Valeria Gigliucci ('the lilies'), noting their present stay at Villa Novello in Genoa and hoping that Craik and her husband will travel to Italy...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

4 May 1880

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, recording Craik and her husband's new friendship with 'the lilies', referring to the daughters of Mary's sister Clara Anastasi...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Gigliucci, Porzia and Gigliucci, Valeria

18 Apr 1881

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Porzia and Valeria Gigliucci ('the lilies'), reflecting on the time she spent with them in Rome the previous year and expressing her wish to visit Italy ag...

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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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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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