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Total number of records: 12

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection8
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive4

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing12
family3
flowers3
gift giving3
art education1
awards1
health1
music1
painting1
poetry1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom5
Genoa, Italy2
Beckenham, United Kingdom1
Nottingham, United Kingdom1
Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom1
Worthing, United Kingdom1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria2
Novello, Vincent2
Adams, Sarah Fuller Flower1
Flower, C.1
Flower, Eliza1
Gigliucci, Porzia, Contessa1
Haines, Frederick1
Serle, Thomas James1

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From 17001
From 18007
From 19004

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18997
Up to 19995

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Flower, Eliza to Novello, Vincent

27 Dec 1844

Two handwritten letters from the musician and composer Eliza Flower to Vincent Novello, one undated. The letter headed Thursday describes her return to the country and her thanks for Novello's carols,...

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Adams, Sarah Fuller Flower to Novello, Vincent

c. 1841

Handwritten letter from the poet Sarah Fuller Flower Adams to Vincent Novello, discussing lectures that Novello might be interested in attending. Insered into Sarah Adams, 'Vivia perpetua' (1841) [NCC...

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Flower, Charles Edward to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

6 Jan [no year]

Handwritten letter from Charles Edward Flower to Mary Cowden Clarke, in which he apologises for not writing sooner as a result of his travels and ill health. The letter is written on blue mourning pap...

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Louise Rads to Maurice de Sausmarez

9 Mar 1940

Handwritten postcard from Louise Rads to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking de Sausmarez for the flowers.

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

3 Mar 1852

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking her for the beautiful flowers and expressing his delight at the gift.

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

14 Nov 1853

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, recalling the flowers she had sent him on the day of publication and sending her a book in return.

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Roger, Carol and Colin to Maurice de Sausmarez

1969

Undated handwritten note from Roger, Carol and Colin to Maurice de Sausmarez, with printed care instructions for flowers, sent during de Sausmarez's final illness.

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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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Jane Lidderdale to Jane de Sausmarez

20 Nov 1969

Handwritten letter from Jane Lidderdale to Jane de Sausmarez, advising her to keep the letters from (John) James Byam Shaw and notes the forthcoming process to appoint a new Principal for Byam Shaw Sc...

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Mary Partington to Maurice de Sausmarez

30 Apr 1964

Handwritten letter from Mary Partington to Maurice de Sausmarez, congratulating him on his election as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts. Partington notes that she had found the address by Sir...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

10 Aug 1874

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, noting that she had not received a letter from her today and was trying not to worry. She writes about recent visitors ...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gigliucci, Porzia

18 Jan 1884

Handwritten letter from Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke to her niece Porzia Gigliucci, describing how she was thinking of her after she had left, through the arrangement of flowers and foliage they had ar...

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