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Archives39
Art items2
Objects1

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection42
Brotherton Collection39

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art education32
drawing24
sculpture15
painting8
family5
letter writing5
music education4
works of art4
education3
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London, United Kingdom5
Enfield, Middlesex2
Rome, Italy2
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Deal, United Kingdom1
Dover, United Kingdom1
Genoa, Italy1
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom1
Paris, France1

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Gigliucci, Count Giovanni Battista1
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred1
Novello, Vincent1
Severn, Joseph1

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Archive Item

Numerical puzzle

c. 1850

Undated handwritten numerical puzzle in original envelope.

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Drawings

1831-1853

Pencil drawings and sketches by Emma Aloysia Novello, the majority of which are after the antique and most likely copied from plaster casts as part of her artistic training. It is possible that they d...

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BC MS NCC/10/7/18 Drawing titled 'La curiosité'
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Drawing titled 'La curiosité'

c. 1850

Undated mounted pencil on paper drawing titled 'La curiosité', with a figure revealing a canvas on an easel and a copy of the Venus de Milo on the right, by Emma Aloysia Novello. The drawing appears ...

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John Collett Ryland's honorary MA degree certificate

6 Dec 1769

The degree parchment issued by Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, conferring upon John Collett Ryland the honorary degree of MA.

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Small sketchbook with maroon cover

c. 1825

Small undated sketchbook belonging to Edward Petre Novello, with maroon leather covers and a metal clasp. It contains character studies, portraits of friends, studies after existing paintings and scul...

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Medals

1803

Silver engraved medal for industry awarded to Charles Cowden Clarke during his time as a teacher at Enfield School, also known as Clarke's Academy, in June 1803.

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Silver medal for industry from Enfield School awarded to Charles Cowden Clarke

Jun 1803

Silver engraved medal for industry awarded to Charles Cowden Clarke during his time as a teacher at Enfield School, also known as Clarke's Academy, in June 1803. The obverse is inscribed with a Latin ...

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Sketch after the antique [face in profile]

c. 1832

Undated pencil sketch after an antique sculpture, likely copied from a plaster cast as part of Emma Aloysia Novello's artistic training. The drawing is a detail of the face in profile, possibly from t...

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BC MS NCC/10/2/2 Sketch after the antique
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Sketch after the antique [feet of the Venus de' Medici]

15 Mar 1837

Pencil sketch after an antique sculpture, likely copied from a plaster cast as part of Emma Aloysia Novello's artistic training. The drawing is a detail of the feet of the Venus de' Medici, the origin...

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BC MS NCC/10/2/3 Sketches after the antique
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Sketches after the antique [Paris, Niobe and Grecian Head]

c. 1832

Undated pencil sketch after an antique sculpture, likely copied from plaster casts as part of Emma Aloysia Novello's artistic training. The bust at the top left is labelled 'Paris'; the head of the le...

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Sketches after the antique [studies of mouth and eyes]

c. 1832

Undated pencil sketches after an antique sculpture, likely copied from a plaster cast as part of Emma Aloysia Novello's artistic training. The sheet contains a line drawing of the profile of a face, a...

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Sketches after the antique [Minerva, Paris and Sappho]

c. 1832

Undated pencil and wash sketches after antique sculptures, likely copied from plaster casts as part of Emma Aloysia Novello's artistic training. Three busts are depictied, which are labelled: 'Minerva...

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