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Brotherton Collection74
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection74

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NOVELLO, Emma Aloysia

1814-1902

Drawings, paintings and prints by the artist Emma Aloysia Novello, alongside material related to her family, financial and medical histories.

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Albums

c. 1831

Autograph album belonging to Emma Aloysia Novello, with contributions from her mother Mary Sabilla Novello, Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke and others.

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Drawings

1831-1853

Pencil drawings and sketches by Emma Aloysia Novello, the majority of which are after the antique and most likely copied from plaster casts as part of her artistic training. It is possible that they d...

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Medical

1882-1902

Copy of the Notice of Admission to Otto House Lunatic Asylum for Emma Aloysia Novello in 1882 and the undertaker's account from her death in 1902.

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Paintings

c. 1830

Two undated oil paintings, one portrait of Emma Aloysia Novello by (John) Henry Sass and one untitled portrait after James Northcote by Emma Aloysia Novello.

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Prints

1851

Engravings after a portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke after a drawing by her sister Emma Aloysia Novello.

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Shares

1873-1878

Five certificates with details of bank stock, annuities and shares held by Emma Aloysia Novello and her maternal aunt Catherine Collins (née Hehl), for whom she had caring responsibility. Her brother...

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Watercolours

c. 1850

Watercolours and some drawings on paper by Emma Aloysia Novello, the majority of which are untitled and undated. They include portraits, landscapes, street and rural scenes, architectural studies, bib...

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Autograph album

c. 1831

Autograph album belonging to Emma Aloysia Novello, with contributions from her mother Mary Sabilla Novello, Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke and others. The album was presented to her on the occasion of...

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BC MS NCC/10/3/1 Copy of Notice of Admission 1
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Copy of Notice of Admission

28 Jul 1882

Copy of Notice of Admission to Otto House Lunatic Asylum. Emma Aloysia Novello was said to have suffered from ‘melancholic mania’ thought to have been caused by prolonged caring responsibilities f...

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Bank of England stock certificate

23 Apr 1873

Bank of England stock certificate in the names of Emma Aloysia Novello and her maternal aunt Catherine Collins, dated 23 April 1873.

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BC MS NCC/10/4/1 untitled oil sketch [portrait of Emma Aloysia Novello by Henry Sass]
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untitled oil sketch [portrait of Emma Aloysia Novello by Henry Sass]

c. 1830

Undated portrait of Emma Aloysia Novello by (John) Henry Sass. An inscription on the reverse reads: 'Oil sketch of Emma Aloysia Novello Painted by Mr. Sass when she was a pupil at his Academy of Desig...

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