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Total number of records: 10

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection9
Brotherton Collection2
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1

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letter writing10
theatre10
art education1
books1
childhood1
drama1
drawing1
family1
finance1
health1

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PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom6
Fermo, Italy1
Florence, Italy1
Genoa, Italy1
Plymouth, United Kingdom1
Rome, Italy1
Sheffield, United Kingdom1

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria2
Hunt, James Henry Leigh1
Novello, Vincent1
Trevelyan, Sir John1
Wightwick, George1

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From 17001
From 18008
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Up to 19992

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

1857-1858

Three handwritten drafts of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt, congratulating Hunt on his new play and expressing regret at not being able to attend a performance. Cowden Clarke r...

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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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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1 Jul 1848

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, enclosing the part he spoke of and requesting that she meet the rest of the cast of the play.

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

14 Apr 1848

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, noting their recent conversation and her consideration of a play and mentioning the Shakespearean character Sir John Falstaff. He suggest...

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Wightwick, George to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1845-1848

Four handwritten letters from George Wightwick to Mary Cowden Clarke, mentioning the reception and content of his play 'Richard the First' and providing an ink sketch self-portrait presenting himself ...

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Transcript of Act V of Hunt's 'A Legend of Florence' by Mary Cowden Clarke

c. 1840

Transcript of Act V of Leigh Hunt's 'A Legend of Florence' by Mary Cowden Clarke. A note on the front reads: 'Copied, by Leigh Hunt's kind permission. Mary Cowden Clarke'. A letter from Leigh Hunt to ...

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Novello, Vincent to Trevelyan, Sir John

1841-1843

Two photocopied handwritten letters from Vincent Novello to Sir John Trevelyan, noting the success of his daughter Clara Anastasia Novello's debut in Padua on 27 July, that she is engaged at four thea...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

29 Mar 1851

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, recalling previous dinners and suppers and the idea that the world was a stage. Dickens describes other memories and what has triggered t...

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Letter from Sarah Morton to Maurice de Sausmarez

6 Jun 1966

Handwritten letter from former student Sarah Morton to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking him for the invitation but declining as she cannot get away from the Playhouse in Sheffield. She notes that she wo...

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Novello Cowden Clarke

1739-1966

The Novello Cowden Clarkes were a well known Anglo-Italian family of musicians, writers, artists, singers and actors, with a wide and influential literary and artistic circle. Based in London and lat...

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