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Total number of records: 18

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection18
Brotherton Collection14

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letter writing8
family4
music publishing3
print media3
stained glass3
business management2
legal procedure2
portraits2
postal services2
publishing2

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London, United Kingdom17
Genoa, Italy3
Berlin (Germany)1
Nice, France1

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred1
Novello, Emma Aloysia1
Wills, William Henry1

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Andrews, Samuel to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

5 Aug 1859

Handwritten letter on mourning paper from Samuel Andrews to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, informing him about a tenant for premises in Dean Street, Soho, and noting the benefits for Novello.

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Fragment with (Joseph) Alfred Novello's name and address

c. 1835

Fragment of brown paper with (Joseph) Alfred Novello's name and address, given as 69 Dean Street, Soho in London. Novello and Co. operated from this address between 1834 and 1840.

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Notes

1835-1887

Examples of (Joseph) Alfred Novello's address at 69 Dean Street, Soho, a sketch of Bruges, notes on his sister Clara Anastasia Novello and Antoine Cason and a drawing of a maze or puzzle.

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Novello, (Joseph) Alfred to Trench, Richard Chenevix

c. 1862

Draft handwritten letter from (Joseph) Alfred Novello to Richard Chenevix Trench in his role as Dean of Westminster, requesting permission to erect a memorial stained glass window dedicated to his fat...

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'Some account of the Methods of Musick Printing'

1847

Two copies of a printed circular by (Joseph) Alfred Novello titled 'Some account of the Methods of Musick Printing, With Specimens of the various sizes of Moveable Types; And of other Matters', advert...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

7 Jul 1848

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, noting the date of a performance at ‘Miss Kelly’s Temple of Mirth’ [Miss Kelley’s Theatre] at 73 Dean Street, Soho, London, at 7p...

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Fragment with (Joseph) Alfred Novello's name and address

c. 1835

Fragment of brown paper with (Joseph) Alfred Novello's name and address, given as 69 Dean Street, Soho in London. Novello and Co operated from this address between 1834 and 1840. Also inscribed with t...

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BC MS NCC/12/7/2 Proof print of Clara Anastasia Novello engraved by William Humphreys
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Proof print of Clara Anastasia Novello engraved by William Humphreys

1840

Proof print of Clara Anastasia Novello engraved by William Humphreys after an oil painting by Edward Magnus of Berlin. It was published in November 1840 by Messrs. Ackerman & Co. of the Strand and her...

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Duplicate indenture dissolving the partnership between (Joseph) Alfred Novello and Henry Littleton

17 Sep 1866

Duplicate indenture dissolving the partnership between (Joseph) Alfred Novello and Henry Littleton, dated 17 September 1866. From this point onwards Henry Littleton continued the Novello & Co business...

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Trench, Richard Chenevix to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

Jul 1862

Handwritten letter from Richard Chenevix Trench, Dean of Westminster Abbey, to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning the proposed memorial window to his father Vincent Novello. Trench notes that the des...

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Lavers, Nathaniel Wood and Barraud, Francis Philip to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

1862

Two handwritten letter from the stained glass makers Nathaniel Wood Lavers and Francis Philip Barraud to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, providing information about their fees and noting that the Dean of Wes...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

25 Jan 1851

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, expressing his reluctance to decline a paper to publish, likely in his journal All the Year Round, and explains his reasoning. He asks he...

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