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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Gigliucci, Porzia and Gigliucci, Valeria
30 Nov 1883
Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Porzia and Valeria Gigliucci ('the lilies'), noting their present stay at Villa Novello in Genoa and hoping that Craik and her husband will travel to Italy...
Collins, Catherine (née Hehl) to Novello, Emma Aloysia
c. 1860
Undated handwritten letter from Catherine Collins (née Hehl) to her niece, Emma Aloysia Novello, who cared for her following a carriage accident. Collins mentions Novello's return to Rome and discuss...
Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria
4 May 1880
Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, recording Craik and her husband's new friendship with 'the lilies', referring to the daughters of Mary's sister Clara Anastasi...
Gigliucci, Porzia to Haines, Frederick
16 Jan 1892
Handwritten letter from Porzia Gigliucci to the bank manager Frederick Haines, written on behalf of her aunt. Gigliucci describes her concern for the health of both aunts, Mary Cowden Clarke and (Mary...
Novello, Emma Aloysia to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred
1857-1880
Thirty three handwritten letters from Emma Aloysia Novello to her brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning family financial arrangements, her aspiration to make a career as an artist, portraits she...
Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Gigliucci, Porzia and Gigliucci, Valeria
18 Apr 1881
Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Porzia and Valeria Gigliucci ('the lilies'), reflecting on the time she spent with them in Rome the previous year and expressing her wish to visit Italy ag...
Novello Cowden Clarke
1739-1966
The Novello Cowden Clarkes were a well known Anglo-Italian family of musicians, writers, artists, singers and actors, with a wide and influential literary and artistic circle. Based in London and lat...
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred to Novello, Emma Aloysia
1866-1882
Five handwritten draft replies from (Joseph) Alfred Novello to his sister Emma Aloysia Novello. In the letter dated 26 July 1866 he writes that he did not see a resemblance to Richard Cobden in her po...
Novello, Clara Anastasia to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla
15 Mar 1875
Handwritten postcard from Clara Anastasia Novello to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, noting how many tickets she had purchased for a lace lottery.
Sketchbooks
1822-1835
Ten sketchbooks belonging to Edward Petre Novello, dating from his time as a student at Sass's Academy in Bloomsbury and the Royal Academy of Arts and the period afterwards, including travels to Franc...