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Total number of records: 30

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection25
Brotherton Collection13
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing18
travel10
family7
health6
painting5
art education4
photographs4
drawing3
gift giving3
music3

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Rome, Italy30
Genoa, Italy8
Florence, Italy6
London, United Kingdom6
Siena, Italy2
Venice, Italy2
Boulogne, France1
Calais, France1
Dover, United Kingdom1
Fermo, 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 19008

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189921
Up to 19999

Archive Collection

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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Travel

1959-1960

Pamphlets, timetables, reservations and photographs associated with the painting trip Bridget Riley took across Italy with Maurice de Sausmarez in the summer of 1960, during which they travelled to Ro...

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Examples of Clara Anastasia Novello's signature

c. 1875

Five examples of Clara Anastasia Novello's signature mounted on two sheets of paper. In three of the examples she has used her married name, Clara Gigliucci.

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Contracts to sing in Italy, France and Spain

1849-1852

6 contracts for Clara Anastasia Novello to sing in Rome, Florence, Milan, Paris and Madrid between 1849 and 1852, written in Italian.

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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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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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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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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 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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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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Reservations from Dover to Calais

26 Jul 1960-13 Sep 1960

Typed letter from J. Lindsay of the Automobile Association to Maurice de Sausmarez, confirming reservations to travel between Dover and Calais on 26 July 1960 and returning from Boulogne to Dover on 1...

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