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Total number of records: 18

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection16
Brotherton Collection4
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing18
travel8
family6
health6
postcards3
art education2
gift giving2
music2
poetry2
awards1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Rome, Italy18
Genoa, Italy8
London, United Kingdom5
Florence, Italy3
Fermo, Italy1
Limuru, Kenya1
Nairobi, Kenya1

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 180014
From 19003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189914
Up to 19994

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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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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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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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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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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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Elizabeth Amati-Airy to Maurice de Sausmarez

1965-1968

Handwritten letter and handwritten postcard from Elizabeth Amati-Airy to Maurice de Sausmarez, the letter thanking him for writing to her with the news of her National Diploma in Design [NDD] and for ...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

12 Mar 1884

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, apologising that she would have written sooner but had been unwell since the first day of their travels. She writes that her husban...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

20 Mar 1884

Handwritten postcard from Dinah Maria Craik to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, noting that she had not been able to travel until now and remains weak. She records her travels plans to Genoa and Rome and reque...

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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 Haines, Frederick

16 May 1889

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

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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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