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Portrait of Henry Nyren by Edward Petre Novello
1831
A pencil portrait of Henry Nyren by Edward Petre Novello, mounted on cardboard with red wax and dated 1831. Both were members of 'The Tortoise Club' founded in 1831. As part of the club, Henry was kno...
Sketchbook with brown and green cover
c. 1830
A undated sketchbook with brown carboard covers and green leather spine and corners and a metal clasp belonging to Edward Petre Novello. It contains pencil sketches of animals, character studies, copi...
Sketchbook with green cover
c. 1830
A undated sketchbook with green carboard covers and green leather spine and corners and a metal clasp belonging to Edward Petre Novello. It contains pencil and watercolour sketches of existing paintin...
The Tortoise Club
1831-1833
A bound volume relating to 'The Tortoise Club' formed by Edward Petre Novello and his brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello and three of their friends. The volume contains mock regularions for the unofficia...
K.A. Robertson sketches
c. 1937-1958
Undated pencil, ink and watercolour sketches on paper and tracing paper by K.A. Robertson, including studies of African children and adults, animals, biblical scenes, human and animal anatomy, vehicle...
George Metcalf to Maurice de Sausmarez
1963-1964
Two handwritten letters from the doctor George Metcalf to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking de Sausmarez for looking at his sketches and providing an update on the health of his mother Jessie. The second...
Societies
1831-1840
One bound volume and one portrait associated with 'The Tortoise Club', formed by Edward Petre Novello and his brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello in 1831. Along with their friends, they went on excusions ...
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...