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NOVELLO, Clara Anastasia
1838-1910
Material related to the soprano singer Clara Anastasia Novello, including a gift presented to her; notes, manuscripts and partial typescripts for 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' published in 1910; hon...
Gifts
1838
Imitation inlaid stone panel, painted on wood possibly over gesso, painted for Clara Novello by Rev. Pigno of the Spanish Place Chapel, London.
Stucco decoration in the music room at Villa Novello
c. 1865
Thirteen photographs of stucco decoration in the music room at Villa Novello in Genoa. An inscription in a later hand on the original enclosure notes that the decoration was in place when (Joseph) Alf...
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...
Imitation inlaid stone panel
1837
Imitation inlaid stone panel, painted on wood possibly over gesso. The reverse is inscribed with the names of the stones and that it was painted for Clara Novello by Rev. Pigno of the Spanish Place Ch...
Silver star intended for a testimonial chair
c. 1851
A silver star with an inscription that reads: 'originally intended for The American Chair, to surround the Ivory Shakespeare Head'. This refers to a chair presented to Mary Cowden Clarke, about which ...
Brooch portrait of Catherine Collins née Hehl
c. 1800
Painted portrait of Catherine Collins née Hehl in the form of a glazed brooch. Collins was the sister of Mary Sabilla Novello née Hehl and in later life, was cared for by her niece Emma Aloysia Nove...