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A Collection of Dances
1815
One volume of manuscript music bound in brown leather, titled 'A Collection of Dances, Composed for his Children by V. Novello'. Sold by Cabusac & Sons, 196 Strand, London. Presented to Porzia Gigliuc...
Novello, Vincent to [unidentified]
c. 1825
Draft undated handwritten letter from Vincent Novello to an unidentified sender, discussing a visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge to see their collection of manuscript music and the publicati...
Press cuttings
c. 1850
Press cuttings collected by and relating to the Novello Cowden Clarke family and their wider literary circle.
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...
Draft cover design for Bluebeard's Widow
c. 1876
Draft cover design for 'Bluebeard's Widow and her Sister Anne. Their History: collected from Mendacious Chronicles' written in pencil on graph paper, with a sketches of a hand holding a set of cards a...
Photograph of a portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke by Emily Macirone
c. 1864
Black and white photograph of a watercolour portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke by Emily Macirone. She is depicted wearing a brooch that is also in the collection. The original portrait is in the collectio...
Carte de visite portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke by Emily Macirone
1867
Black and white carte de visite by Lodovico Tuminello of Turin, of a watercolour portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke by Emily 'Minnie' Macirone. She is depicted wearing a brooch that is also in the collect...
Drawings and watercolours
c. 1800-1900
Drawings and watercolours in the Novello family collection, by members of the family and their wider social circle. Includes portraits, landscapes, streetscapes, figures and preparatory studies.
Carte de visite portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke by Emily Macirone
1864
Black and white carte de visite by Lodovico Tuminello of Turin, of a watercolour portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke by Emily 'Minnie' Macirone. She is depicted wearing a brooch that is also in the collect...
Drawings
1840-1877
Eight sketches of costume of various periods. A collection of 119 drawings and tracings, including sets of illustrations for her books ‘Bluebeard’s Widow’ and ‘Hoho Haha’.
Ex libris plates
c. 1850
Two examples of Charles Cowden Clarke's ex libris plates pasted on paper and likely separated from books in his collection. It uses an oak and acorn motif and the Latin motto 'Placidam sub Libertate q...
Translated transcription
Oct 1954
Handwritten transcribed extracts from two of Giuseppe 'Joseph' Novello's notebooks by Donna Nerina Medici di Marignano Gigliucci, one of the donors of the collection, translated into English.