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Total number of records: 117

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Archives115
Art items2

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Brotherton Collection103
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection103
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive14

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illustration117
drawing95
family9
literature9
gift giving7
publishing7
letter writing5
poetry4
print media4
art education3

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London, United Kingdom9
Genoa, Italy4
Leeds, United Kingdom3
Battle, United Kingdom1
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Hastings, United Kingdom1
Italy1
New York (N.Y.)1

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From 180099
From 190018

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Up to 199921

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NOVELLO, (Mary) Sabilla

1838-1904

Financial, artistic, legal and literary material related to (Mary) Sabilla Novello and her short singing career. Includes portraits of her, albums of greetings cards and her illustrations to her siste...

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Album with illustrations, greetings cards and prints

1879-1897

Album containing (Mary) Sabilla Novello’s illustrations to her sister Mary Cowden Clarke’s ‘The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines' dated to 1879 and 1884. Also including Christmas, New Year a...

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Sketchbooks

1838-1903

Two volumes of pencil illustrations for Mary Cowden Clarke's 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines' by her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, first published in 1851.

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Illustrations for 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines' by (Mary) Sabilla Novello

1884

Illustrations for Mary Cowden Clarke's 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines' by her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, contained in a sketchbook with dark blue leather covers with gilt geometic details...

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Illustrations for 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines' by (Mary) Sabilla Novello

1903

Illustrations for Mary Cowden Clarke's 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines' by her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, contained in a sketchbook with a brown leather spine and paper labels on the front...

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Sketchbook belonging to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, 1838

1838

A sketchbook belonging to (Mary) Sabilla Novello containing pencil sketches of furniture, faces, characters, flowers and landscapes, many of which are dated 1838. The sketchbook has a green leather sp...

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Sketchbook belonging to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, 1841

1841

A sketchbook belonging to (Mary) Sabilla Novello contained pencil sketches of portraits, characters, flowers and landscapes, some of which are dated 1841. The sketchbook has a maroon leather spine wit...

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Illustrations for ‘The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines’ by Isabel Scott and (Mary) Sabilla Novello

1838-1903

Fifteen drawings illustrating Mary Cowden Clarke’s ‘The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines’, with drawings by Isabel Scott and 3 sketches by (Mary) Sabilla Novello designed to illustrate the s...

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Drawings

1840-1877

Eight sketches of costume of various periods. A collection of 119 drawings and tracings, including sets of illustrations for her books ‘Bluebeard’s Widow’ and ‘Hoho Haha’.

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9 illustrations in pencil and ink for Bluebeard's Widow

c. 1876

Nine illustrations in pencil and ink for the publication 'Bluebeard's Widow and her Sister Anne. Their History evolved from Mendacious Chronicles'.

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10 designs for a contents page for Bluebeard's Widow

c. 1876

Ten designs for a contents page for 'Bluebeard's Widow and her Sister Anne. Their History evolved from Mendacious Chronicles' in pencil and blue and black ink, on plain paper, graph paper and Villa No...

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Preparatory sketch of two figures in a basket for Bluebeard's Widow

c. 1876

Preparatory sketch of two figures in a basket, drawn on graph paper, with the left hand corner torn away, for 'Bluebeard's Widow and her Sister Anne. Their History evolved from Mendacious Chronicles'.

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