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Total number of records: 68

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives67
Objects1

Count of Collection group

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection68
Brotherton Collection32

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing40
poetry10
portraits10
gift giving9
print media8
music publishing7
publishing7
european literature4
family4
music4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom31
Genoa, Italy5
Berlin (Germany)2
Rome, Italy2
Bakewell, United Kingdom1
Battle, United Kingdom1
Colchester, United Kingdom1
Devon, United Kingdom1
Edinburgh, United Kingdom1
Fermo, Italy1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria11
Cowden Clarke, Charles5
Jerrold, Douglas William5
Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire2
Holsworth, G.2
Morris, William2
[Cowden Clarke, Mary]1
Canning, Stratford, 1st Viscount Stratford De Radcliffe1
Cavendish, William , 7th Duke of Devonshire1
Cavendish, William, 6th Duke of Devonshire1

Count of Earliest date

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From 17001
From 180066
From 19001

Count of Latest date

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Up to 189966
Up to 19992

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Poem by William Morris

c. 1870

Poem by William Morris transcribed by an unknown hand, titled 'Two Red Roses Across the Moon', illustrated with ink drawings.

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Engraving of William Shakespeare

c. 1860

An undated glazed and framed engraving of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare. The quote 'A rarer spirit never did steer humanity' from Shakespeare's 'Anthony and Cleopatra' is inscribed in in...

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Etty, William to Sass, Henry

1825

Handwritten letter from the artist William Etty to the artist Henry Sass, inserted into the book 'The Life and Labours of Vincent Novello' by his daugher Mary Cowden Clarke.

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Photograph of William Cullen Bryant

c. 1878

Photograph of the American poet, journalist and editor William Cullen Bryant, inscribed on the reverse to (Mary) Sabilla Novello.

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Morris, William

Aug 1868

Handwritten draft of a letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to the designer, poet and artist William Morris, praising Morris's poems 'The Life and Death of Jason' and 'The Earthly Paradise' and mentionin...

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Fox, William Johnson to Novello, Vincent

7 Dec 1846

Handwritten letter from William Johnson Fox to Vincent Novello, which mentions Novello's daughter Mary Cowden Clarke's campaign to erect a monument to Shakespeare, praises her scholarship on the write...

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Frost, Wlliam Edward to Humphrys, William

13 Oct 1863

Handwritten letter from the painter William Edward Frost to the engraver William Humphrys, in which Frost presents a pencil sketch of Edward Petre Novello to Humphrys, drawn by the artist Thomas Sewel...

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Memorandum for copyright payment to William Horsley

4 Aug 1832

Printed and handwritten memorandum for the sum of fifty copies from (Joseph) Alfred Novello to the composer William Horsley for the copyright of a piece of vocal music titled 'Let thy merciful ears'.

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Pencil portrait of William Victor Fryer

c. 1850

Undated mounted pencil portrait of Reverend William Victor Fryer, Principal Chaplain to Portuguese Chapel in London, friend of Vincent Novello and godfather to Mary Cowden Clarke, by Thomas Charles Wa...

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Morris, William to Cowden Clarke, Charles

Aug 1858

Handwritten letter from the designer, poet and artist William Morris to Charles Cowden Clarke, thanking Cowden Clarke for his letter and sympathy for his work, noting Cowden Clarke's connection to Kea...

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Glasier, William Nicholas to Haines, Frederick

12 May 1852

Handwritten letter from William Nicholas Glasier to the Novello family solicitor Frederick Haines.

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H[?], William to Raw, High J.

15 Apr 1856

Handwritten letter from William H[?] to J. High Raw about the publication of a glee he had written.

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