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Total number of records: 146

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection116
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive29
Brotherton Collection13
English Literature1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
family146
letter writing146
health16
travel12
death11
publishing11
poetry10
finance9
music6
art education4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy64
London, United Kingdom41
Beckenham, United Kingdom22
Rome, Italy6
Florence, Italy5
Fermo, Italy4
Nice, France4
Birmingham, United Kingdom2
Leeds, United Kingdom2
Worthing, United Kingdom2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred9
Novello, Clara Anastasia7
Haines, Frederick6
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla6
Novello, Emma Aloysia5
Novello, Vincent5
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden4
Cowden Clarke, Charles4
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria4
Hunt, James Henry Leigh4

Count of Earliest date

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From 17001
From 1800108
From 190037

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1899107
Up to 199939

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Serle, Mary Sabilla

27 Jan 1842

Handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to his niece Mary Sabilla Serle, noting that he cannot visit but has not forgotten about her and looks forward to warmer days when she can visit them in B...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gigliucci, Porzia

18 Jan 1884

Handwritten letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to her niece Porzia Gigliucci, describing how she was thinking of her after she had left, through the arrangement of flowers and foliage they had ar...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, Clara Anastasia

1877-1893

Five letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister Clara Anastasia Novello, beginning with the immediate aftermath of the death of Mary's husband, Charles Cowden Clarke. The letters contain discussion...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, Clara Anastasia

22 May 1877

Letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister Clara Anastasia Novello, written on mourning paper following the death of her husband Charles Cowden Clarke on 13 March 1877. Mary accepts the invitation t...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, Clara Anastasia

24 Jun 1879

Letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister Clara Anastasia Novello, describing her pleasure at the 'loan' of Clara's daughters Porzia and Valeria Gigliucci, presumably to assist her with a piece of ...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, Clara Anastasia

25 Apr 1881

Letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister Clara Anastasia Novello, which mentions Joseph Severn's final portrait of the poet John Keats, which Mary thinks she saw in 1878 and admired, even if she t...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

1873-1875

Letters between Mary Cowden Clarke and her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, dating from 26 August 1873 to 10 August 1875, while Mary was living at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy, with her husband Charles...

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Explanatory note by Nerina Medici Gigliucci

1953

Explanatory handwritten note by Nerina Medici Gigliucci, titled 'Notes on places & people mentioned in these letters of 1873-74-75 of Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to her sister [Mary] Sabilla Novello'....

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

26 Aug 1873

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, thanking her for her letter and for attached letters and photographs of other family members. She notes that her husban...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

30 Aug 1873

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, which describes an improvement to her husband Charles' health and an incident of noises caused by a fire nearby, which ...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

31 Aug 1873

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, which describes her joy at hearing her sister is happy and the family are well. She apologises for a brief letter as he...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

17 Jul 1874

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, reflecting on observing her packing to leave Villa Novello. She describes hearing thunder and that she was glad that Sa...

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