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BC MS NCC/9/7/7 Miniature portrait of Cecilia Serle (née Novello)
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Miniature portrait of Cecilia Serle (née Novello)

c. 1835

Miniature glazed watercolour portrait of Cecilia Serle (née Novello) by her brother Edward Petre Novello, in an oval metal mount with a paper label on the reverse which records the artist and sitter ...

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Copies of baptism certificates for Emma Clara Serle and Lydia Mary Serle

1 May 1857

Copies baptism certificates for Emma Clara Serle and Lydia Mary Serle, both dated 1 May 1857. Emma was born on 6 January 1846 and Lydia was born on 17 December 1847, to Thomas James and Cecilia Serle ...

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Oil sketches

c. 1830

Undated oil sketches on woodpulp board and canvas by Edward Petre Novello. They are likely to have been painted in around 1830, following his studies at the Royal Academy of Arts and before his early ...

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Sketchbooks

1822-1835

Ten sketchbooks belonging to Edward Petre Novello, dating from his time as a student at Sass's Academy in Bloomsbury and the Royal Academy of Arts and the period afterwards, including travels to Franc...

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Watercolours

c. 1830

Watercolours on paper by Edward Petre Novello, representing biblical, literary and mythological narratives, in addition to family portraits of his mother Mary Sabilla Novello, sister Clara Anastasia N...

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Sketchbook with green watered silk cover and slipcase

1835

A sketchbook with green watered silk cover and slipcase belonging to Edward Petre Novello, with the number '2' embossed in gold on the spine. An inscription on the inside cover records that it was giv...

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