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Total number of records: 98

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives95
Objects2
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection98
Brotherton Collection43

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing60
gift giving30
poetry16
publishing16
books15
family12
death6
drawing6
music6
legal procedure5

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom28
Genoa, Italy22
Nice, France6
Manchester, United Kingdom4
Florence, Italy2
Beckenham, United Kingdom1
Bristol, United Kingdom1
Edinburgh, United Kingdom1
Evesham, United Kingdom1
Exeter, United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria15
Cowden Clarke, Charles10
Haines, Frederick5
Hunt, James Henry Leigh5
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden4
Gigliucci, Giovanni3
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla3
Novello, Joseph Alfred3
Unwin, Thomas Fisher3
A.C. Armstrong and Son1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17005
From 180091
From 19002

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17991
Up to 189988
Up to 19999

Archive Item

Commonplace book

1810

Commonplace book belonging to Charles Cowden Clarke and dated 1810. 185 pages with an index at the back. It is bound in brown leather with decorative embossed borders. Inserts are in a separate envelo...

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Literary pocket book

1821-1823

One literary pocket book with a red leather cover inscribed 'To Vincent Novello from his affectionate friend Leigh Hunt'. Containing ‘The two Lysanders’, various writings in Novello’s hand and e...

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Fragment of a book with dedications

1840-1888

Fragment of the cover of an unidentified book bound in marbled paper and brown leather, with two inscriptions on the pastedown: one from Vincent Novello to his wife Mary Sabilla Novello dated 3 April ...

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A Companion to Every Hymn Book

c. 1860

Volume of printed music titled 'A Companion to Every Hymn Book', which appears to be a proof copy annotated by (Joseph) Alfred Novello before publication. The volume contains two inserted letters from...

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Villa Novello visitors' book

1863-1903

Visitors’ book for the home of the Novello Cowden Clarke family in Genoa. Inscribed 'Visitors brought to Villa Novello'. Begins in 1863 and ends in 1903. The names of visitors have not been signed i...

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Autograph book of Mary Sabilla Serle

1860-1861

Green leather autograph book belonging to Mary Sabilla Serle, daughter of Thomas James and Cecilia Serle (née Novello), including entries from her relatives Vincent Novello, (Joseph) Alfred Novello, ...

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Poetry book of Ann Isabella Stott

6 May 1783

Poetry book of Ann Isabella Stott containing handwritten verses. Inscribed by the author on 6 May 1783 and later by her daughter Isabella Jane Towers on 9 October 1842. Towers was the sister of Charle...

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Commonplace book including copies of Wills

c. 1833-1852

A commonplace book belonging to Mary Sabilla Novello, including a copy of her Will dated 20 September 1852 with a note from her husband Vincent Novello and a loose memorandum of her son (Joseph) Alfre...

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Letter book relating to Music Publishing affairs

Novello, J Alfred (1810-1896); Novello and Company

25 Feb 1853 - 24 Sept 1853

Volume of letters (include both transcripts and attached correspondence) written by and addressed to (Joseph) Alfred Novello relating to Novello & Co. The volume includes correspondence, notes, partia...

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Commonplace book with verse by Mary Cowden Clarke and others

c. 1883

Commonplace book with verse by Mary Cowden Clarke and transcriptions of poetry by other authors, including William Cullen Bryant.

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'Doggrel [sic] rhymes on Mrs. Mozley's blotting book' by (Mary) Sabilla Novello

1871

'Doggrel [sic] rhymes on Mrs. Mozley's blotting book' by (Mary) Sabilla Novello, likely to have been written for either Charlotte Sophia Mozley or her sister Edith Margaret Mozley, who were married he...

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Major, John to Novello, Vincent

9 Oct 1844

Handwritten letter from the publisher and bookseller John Major to Vincent Novello, hoping that Novello enjoys the enclosed book. Inserted into Walton and Cotton's book 'The Complete Angler' edited by...

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