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Total number of records: 56

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Archives53
Art items2
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection56
Brotherton Collection28

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing32
family11
poetry10
music7
publishing7
portraits6
death5
health5
investment4
literature4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom18
Genoa, Italy7
Florence, Italy2
London (England)2
Nice, France2
Worthing, United Kingdom2
Dinan, France1
Harrogate, United Kingdom1
Hastings, United Kingdom1
Manchester, United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hunt, James Henry Leigh16
Cowden Clarke, Charles3
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria3
Haines, Frederick3
Clarke, Charles Cowden2
Lacaita, Sir James2
Lacaita, Sir James Philip2
Acton, Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg1
Brown, Charles Armitage1
Cavendish, William , 7th Duke of Devonshire1

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From 17001
From 180055

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Up to 189955
Up to 19991

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SERLE, Thomas James

1843-1877

Two poems by Thomas James Serle, the husband of Cecilia Novello.

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Verse by James Robinson Planché

Nov 1863

Handwritten verse by the dramatist James Robinson Planché, titled 'A Literary Squabble "In re" Lord Houghton'.

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Press cuttings on James Russell Lowell

c. 1850

Twenty press cuttings relating to the American poet, critic, editor and diplomat James Russell Lowell.

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Clarke, Charles Cowden to Cowper, James

20 May 1871

Handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to James Cowper, providing details on a note written by the poet John Keats on 31 October 1816, which mentioned the artist Benjamin Robert Haydon, whom Co...

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Serle, Thomas James to Haines, Frederick

1844-1878

Three handwritten letters from the dramatist Thomas James Serle to the solicitor Frederick Haines, making various arrangements connected with the Novello family. With one newspaper cutting of a poem t...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Hunt, John

6 Jan 1824

Unpublished handwritten letter from Leigh Hunt to his brother John Hunt, requesting that John Hunt show this letter to Shelley and Vincent Novello. He expresses both points of disagreement and agreeme...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Vincent

1816-1847

Forty eight handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Vincent Novello, containing references to Hunt's health and living arrangements, music, travel by sea to Italy via an extended stay in Plymo...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Robertson, Henry

21 Dec 1840

Handwritten letter from the poet Leigh Hunt to Henry Robertson, apologising for not being able to meet as a result of ill health, leaving him struggling to leave the house during the winter. Hunt requ...

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BC MS NCC/19/11/43 Carte de visite of Thomas James Serle
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Carte de visite of Thomas James Serle

Nov 1881

Carte de visite portrait of the actor, dramatist and journalist Thomas James Serle in his later years, who was also the husband of Cecilia Novello. Inscriptions in various hands on the reverse note th...

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Ely, Jane to Lacaita, Sir James Philip

c. 1850

Undated handwritten letter from Jane Ely [pssibly Jane Loftus, Marchioness of Ely, née Hope-Vere] to Sir James Philip Lacaita, apologising that she cannot see him today and asking if she can see him ...

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Senior, Nassau William to Lacaita, Sir James

3 Jul 1863

Handwritten letter from the lawyer and economist Nassau William Senior to the politician and writer Sir James Lacaita, requesting a lunch meeting.

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Loder, Edward James to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1850

Undated handwritten letter from the composer James Edward Loder to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, asking if Novello had thought about his anthem.

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