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Total number of records: 203

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives201
Objects2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection203
Brotherton Collection168

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
poetry203
family49
letter writing45
gift giving41
transcription35
writing30
emotions18
music14
drawing11
literature11

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy79
London, United Kingdom29
Baden-Baden, Germany4
Florence, Italy4
Nice, France4
Rome, Italy3
Cannes, France2
Enfield, Middlesex2
Karlsruhe, Germany2
Richmond, United Kingdom2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria9
Cowden Clarke, Charles8
Hunt, James Henry Leigh5
Dalby, John Watson2
Holsworth, G.2
Lamb, Charles2
Novello, Vincent2
Ollier, Edmund2
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden1
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Clarke, Mary Victoria1

Count of Earliest date

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From 17007
From 1800193
From 19003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17993
Up to 1899189
Up to 199911

Archive Collection

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...

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NOVELLO, Clara Anastasia

1838-1910

Material related to the soprano singer Clara Anastasia Novello, including a gift presented to her; notes, manuscripts and partial typescripts for 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' published in 1910; hon...

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NOVELLO, (Mary) Sabilla

1838-1904

Financial, artistic, legal and literary material related to (Mary) Sabilla Novello and her short singing career. Includes portraits of her, albums of greetings cards and her illustrations to her siste...

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GIGLIUCCI, Giovanni

1852-1866

Sonnet titled ‘Sonnifero!’ by Giovanni Gigliucci and a photographic reproduction of a portrait of him as a child.

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GIGLIUCCI, Porzia

1852-1873

A poem transcribed by Porzia Gigliucci and photographic portraits of her as a child and later as an adult, dressed as Thalia from a theatrical production at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy.

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GIGLIUCCI, Valeria

1852-1893

Poems transcribed by Valeria Gigliucci for her future sister-in-law Edith Margaret Mozley and her aunt Mary Cowden Clarke. Photographic portraits of Valeria Gigliucci as a child and later as an adult ...

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NOVELLO COWDEN CLARKE, Family

1739-1950

Material relating to the Novello, Cowden Clarke and Gigliucci families which is not attributable to a single member of the family. Includes financial and legal records, creative collaborations between...

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COWDEN CLARKE, Mary Victoria (née NOVELLO)

1825-1898

Two silk carte de visite albums, drawings of plants from Villa Novello in Genoa, gifts of glazed prints and seaweeds, two brooches, Mary Cowden Clarke's Will and Probate details, notes and memoranda, ...

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COWDEN CLARKE, Charles

1803-1879

Papers and ephemera relating to the writer and lecturer Charles Cowden Clarke (1787-1877), including examples of his jewellery and stationary, the notes he made for public lectures, painted and photog...

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SERLE, Thomas James

1843-1877

Two poems by Thomas James Serle, the husband of Cecilia Novello.

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Notes

1850-1900

Examples of Clara Anastasia Novello's signature and various notes, verses and memos in Clara's hand and in the hands of her family and friends. Includes a selection of complimentary verses and letters...

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Poetry

1739-1882

Handwritten and printed poetry by writers associated with the Novello, Cowden Clarke and Gigliucci families, with some examples of poetry written by both Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cow...

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