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Brotherton Collection8
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection7
English Literature1

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leisure9
photography5
theatre4
design3
architecture2
childhood2
photographs2
railway transport2
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Florence, Italy2
Genoa, Italy2
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Bucke, Charles (1781-1846)1
Earnshaw, Samuel, 1805-18881
Wardlow, Charles1

Archive Series

GIGLIUCCI, Valeria

1852-1893

Poems transcribed by Valeria Gigliucci for her future sister-in-law Edith Margaret Mozley and her aunt Mary Cowden Clarke. Photographic portraits of Valeria Gigliucci as a child and later as an adult ...

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NOVELLO, (Joseph) Alfred

1824-1896

Financial documents relating to Novello & Co. and (Joseph) Alfred Novello's investments in shipping and railways, business contracts, designs for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat, sketches and desi...

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Portraits of

1852-1873

Portraits of Valeria Gigliucci. One photographic reproduction of her portrait as a child and one carte de visite dressed in the role of 'Mirth' from a theatrical production at Villa Novello in Genoa, ...

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Photographs

1866-1880

Photographs and cartes de visite of (Joseph) Alfred Novello, including formal portraits and portraits in the costumes of theatrical performances and balls in Genoa and London, all taken after he had m...

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Designs

1862-1883

Designs for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat alongside a number of sketches and designs for a 24 hour clock face by (Joseph) Alfred Novello dating from around 1883. He argued that the increase in r...

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Photographs of (Joseph) Alfred Novello as a Greek philosopher

c. 1880

Two photographs of (Joseph) Alfred Novello dressed as a Greek philosopher for a costume ball at Westwood House. Mounted on black card with a gold edge and the embossed logo of the photographic studio ...

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Plans for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat

c. 1874

Undated plans for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat with views of the side, top and cross section, with notes on scale and dimensions on the bottom right hand side.

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Vain amusements evil in their tendency, and opposed to the spirit of New Testament injunction and example : being a lecture delivered in the Council Hall, Sheffield

Wardlow, Charles

[1860]

"Published by request, expressed by unanimous vote of the audience. W. Sissons, Esq. in the chair".

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Amusements in retirement : or, The influence of science, literature, and the liberal arts on the manners and happiness of private life

Bucke, Charles (1781-1846)

1816

Bibliographical references included in "Notes", pp. 309-24.

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