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Total number of records: 47

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive35
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection12
Brotherton Collection3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
social participation47
letter writing18
artists11
academies and institutes10
music8
food7
exhibitions4
family4
health4
interest groups4

Count of Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom30
Leeds, United Kingdom8
Bakewell, United Kingdom1
Belgium, Brussels1
Bradford, United Kingdom1
Genoa, Italy1
London, United Kindom1
Newick, United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden2
Cowden Clarke, Charles2
Novello, Clara2
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh (Nee Smith)1
Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire1
Frewin, Mary C.1
Gilchrist, Anne1
Hunt, James Henry Leigh1
Keats, John1
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180012
From 190035

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189911
Up to 199936

Archive Series

Royal Academy of Arts

1964-1969

Material related to Maurice de Sausmarez's involvement in the Royal Academy of Arts, to which he was elected as an Associate in 1964 (having first been nominated in 1951). The series includes document...

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Social events

1964-1969

Printed pamphlets for the Royal Academy of Arts Annual Dinner attended by Maurice de Sausmarez from 1964 to 1969 and handwritten notes for an after dinner speech by de Sausmarez.

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Maurice de Sausmarez and his circle

c. 1930-1969

Black and white photographs and photographic negatives of Maurice de Sausmarez and his circle of family, friends and collaborators. One album with 54 photographs and 18 loose photographs.The album dat...

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Keats, John to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1816

Two handwritten letters from the poet John Keats to Charles Cowden Clarke, copied in his wife Mary Cowden Clarke's hand. The first, dated 9 October 1816, notes that Keat's now has time to make a visit...

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Societies and social events

1950-1959

Material related to Maurice de Sausmarez's participation in societies and social events during his time at the University of Leeds, including the Leeds University Union Art Society and external learne...

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Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire to Novello, Clara

1842-1857

Three handwritten letters from William George Spencer Cavendish to Clara Novello, with separate invitation to dine for Count and Countess Gigliucci and an entrance pass for Chatsworth.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Tagart, [Helen]

1847-1853

Two handwritten letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Helen Tagart, accepting an invitation and noting that Cowden Clarke and her sister Emma Aloysia Novello had spent time with Tagart's daughter. In the...

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Maurice Bradshaw to Maurice de Sausmarez

15 Aug 1961

Three typewritten letters from Maurice Bradshaw, Secretary of the New English Art Club, to Maurice de Sausmarez, wishing him a quick recovery, informing Members of the deaths of Sydney Causer and Anth...

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Rosamund Henriques to Jane and Maurice de Sausmarez

1963-1967

Two letters from Rosamund Henriques to Jane and Maurice de Sausmarez, the handwritten letter expresses regret at not being able to accept an invitation to visit them in London and hoping to meet them ...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Ollier, Charles

28 Oct 1812

Handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to Charles Ollier, composed of Latin quoations and their English translations, requested by Ollier. Cowden Clarke submits another translation of his for O...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

29 Mar 1851

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, recalling previous dinners and suppers and the idea that the world was a stage. Dickens describes other memories and what has triggered t...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Robertson, Henry

21 Dec 1840

Handwritten letter from the poet Leigh Hunt to Henry Robertson, apologising for not being able to meet as a result of ill health, leaving him struggling to leave the house during the winter. Hunt requ...

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