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Total number of records: 13

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection11
Brotherton Collection4
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1
South Bank Show Production Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
poetry13
letter writing9
travel5
health4
music4
family3
literature2
painting2
art education1
biography as topic1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy5
London, United Kingdom4
Karlsruhe, Germany2
Berlin, Germany1
Dresden, Germany1
Fermo, Italy1
Florence, Italy1
Leeds, United Kingdom1
Leipzig, Germany1
Richmond, United Kingdom1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Charles2
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden1
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Dalby, John Watson1
Hunt, James Henry Leigh1
Lamb, Charles1
Novello, Vincent1
Ollier, Edmund1
Smith, Miss Leigh1

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From 17002
From 18009
From 19002

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Up to 17991
Up to 18999
Up to 19993

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Tony Harrison and Prometheus

1999

Video 1: Melvyn Bragg interviews Tony Harrison (no audio, camera on Bragg). Video 2: Melvyn Bragg interviews Tony Harrison (no audio, camera on Bragg); shots of Harrison's notebooks, Prometheus statue...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Smith, Miss Leigh

24 Dec 1885

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Miss Leigh Smith, thanking her for the Christmas calendar and card and the news of their travels, going on to discuss the weather and falling stars and de...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

11 Nov 1883

Handwritten draft letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Anne Gilchrist, apologising for the delay in her acknowledgement of the gift of Gilchrist's book on Mary Lamb as a result of her travels. She praise...

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Eric Craven Gregory to Maurice de Sausmarez

28 Oct 1955

Typewritten letter from Eric Craven Gregory to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking de Sausmarez for his letter and noting the letter he had received from the painter Terry Frost with his responses to Leeds...

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Lamb, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1821-1834

Ten letters from Charles Lamb to Charles Cowden Clarke. All except the letter of 15 May 1829 are copies in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand, with a memorandum detailing to whom the original letters had been ...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Vincent

1816-1847

Forty eight handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Vincent Novello, containing references to Hunt's health and living arrangements, music, travel by sea to Italy via an extended stay in Plymo...

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Dalby, John Watson to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1870-1872

Two handwritten letters from the poet and editor John Watson Dalby to Charles Cowden Clarke, dated 27 August 1870 and 19 February 1872. The former describes the ill health of Ralph (likely the husband...

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Ollier, Edmund to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1871-1881

Handwritten letters from the journalist and writer Edmund Ollier to Mary Cowden Clarke, concerning his work and travels, her happiness about his notices of her work on Chaucer in the Daily News, her g...

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'Carlsruhe II' by Mary Cowden Clarke

4 Oct 1883

Poem titled 'Carlsruhe II' by Mary Cowden Clarke, which may have been written in Karlsruhe in Germany. Dated 4 October 1883.

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'Sonnet on Carlsruhe' by Mary Cowden Clarke

16 Sep 1883

Poem titled 'Sonnet on Carlsruhe' by Mary Cowden Clarke, which may have been written in Karlsruhe in Germany. Dated 16 September 1883.

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Poems by Sir Warwick Hele Tonkin

1739

Three handwritten poems on German themes by Sir Warwick Hele Tonkin. The first is titled ‘Song on leaving Berlin’ and dated November 1739.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

15 Aug 1881

Draft handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Edmund Ollier, recording her imminent return to Italy from London and her gratitude to Ollier for his letter about Percy and Mary Shelley.

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