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Total number of records: 1479

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1472
Books and printed items6
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive927
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection544
Brotherton Collection117
English Literature1
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman1
Ripon Cathedral1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing1479
art education286
family146
exhibitions130
publishing117
postcards107
health77
gift giving62
academies and institutes59
poetry50

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom605
Genoa, Italy132
Leeds, United Kingdom67
Beckenham, United Kingdom23
Nice, France18
Rome, Italy18
Croagnes, France14
Paris, France14
Horsham, United Kingdom13
Manchester, United Kingdom13

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria58
Cowden Clarke, Charles30
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred29
Novello, Vincent25
Novello, Clara Anastasia20
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla19
Haines, Frederick17
Hunt, James Henry Leigh16
Novello, Joseph Alfred14
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden13

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From 17007
From 1800515
From 1900952
From 20003

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Up to 1899509
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Balmanno, Robert to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1850-1861

Four handwritten letters from the author and collector Robert Balmanno to Mary Cowden Clarke, informing her of her election to the Shakespeare Society of New York and introducing her to Mrs Waterston....

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Christie, Alexander to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1848-1851

Handwritten letters and ink sketches from Alexander Christie to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke.

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

1832-1851

Copies of two letters from Charles Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt. The letter dated 14 November 1832 thanks Hunt for a poem and articulates this thoughts on it, inserted into Shelley's 'Masque o...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dickens, Charles

30 Oct 1867

Handwritten draft of a letter from Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand, noting Dickens' forthcoming visit to America and sending their best wishes for his tr...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

1832-1856

Three handwritten letters from Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt, one in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The letter thanks Hunt for the gift of books and fondly recalls the circumstance...

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BC MS NCC/20/024 Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, letter (1870), page 1
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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dickens, Charles

1848-1870

Twenty two handwritten draft letters and copies of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens, mentioning shared social occasions, participation in rehearsals and theatrical performances, offe...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

1882-1885

Four handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the writer Anne Gilchrist.

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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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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, (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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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

1853-1886

Twelve rough drafts of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the writer Edmund Ollier.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Wills, William Henry

1867-1868

Two handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to William Henry Wills, the first dated 17 March 1867 thanks Wills for the cheque for five guineas and communicates that any further payments can ...

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