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Total number of records: 25

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection19
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive6
Brotherton Collection4

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing25
family9
travel9
health8
art education5
postcards3
finance2
gift giving2
music2
painting2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Rome, Italy18
Genoa, Italy9
London, United Kingdom8
Florence, Italy3
Fermo, Italy1
Fowey, United Kingdom1
Limuru, Kenya1
Nairobi, Kenya1
Nice, France1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Novello, Emma Aloysia3
Haines, Frederick2
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred2
Novello, Clara Anastasia2
Severn, Joseph2
[Novello, Mary Sabilla]1
Bell, John1
Collins, Catherine (Nee Hehl)1
Cowden-Clarke, Charles & Cowden-Clarke, Mary Victoria1
Cusins [William George?]1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17001
From 180017
From 19007

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189917
Up to 19998

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Severn, Joseph to Novello, Vincent

7 Jun 1830

Handwritten letter from the artist Joseph Severn to Vincent Novello. Severn notes his pleasure on learning that Novello is also in Italy and that it might be possible for them to meet in Rome. Severn ...

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Severn, Joseph to Novello, Mary Sabilla (née Hehl)

9 Nov 1833

Handwritten letter from the artist Joseph Severn to Mary Sabilla Novello, thanking her husband Vincent Novello for the gift of music and noting the long delays in receiving post in Rome. Severn congra...

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Gifford, Edward to Novello, Clara Anastasia

9 May 1901

Typewritten letter from Edward Gifford to Clara Anastasia Novello, thanking Novello for the picture of Father Damien and noting that he was about to send drawings of Novello to Rome.

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

20 Mar 1884

Handwritten postcard from Dinah Maria Craik to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, noting that she had not been able to travel until now and remains weak. She records her travels plans to Genoa and Rome and reque...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Gigliucci, Porzia and Gigliucci, Valeria

30 Nov 1883

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Porzia and Valeria Gigliucci ('the lilies'), noting their present stay at Villa Novello in Genoa and hoping that Craik and her husband will travel to Italy...

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Collins, Catherine (née Hehl) to Novello, Emma Aloysia

c. 1860

Undated handwritten letter from Catherine Collins (née Hehl) to her niece, Emma Aloysia Novello, who cared for her following a carriage accident. Collins mentions Novello's return to Rome and discuss...

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Bell, John to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

25 Feb 1867

Letter from the sculptor John Bell to Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke, in which John describes his surprise at finding himself in Italy, having sailed for ten days from France. He records the beauty of...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

12 Mar 1884

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, apologising that she would have written sooner but had been unwell since the first day of their travels. She writes that her husban...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

4 May 1880

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, recording Craik and her husband's new friendship with 'the lilies', referring to the daughters of Mary's sister Clara Anastasi...

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Gigliucci, Porzia to Haines, Frederick

16 Jan 1892

Handwritten letter from Porzia Gigliucci to the bank manager Frederick Haines, written on behalf of her aunt. Gigliucci describes her concern for the health of both aunts, Mary Cowden Clarke and (Mary...

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BC MS NCC/20/297 Emma Novello to (Joseph) Alfred Novello 8 July 1866 1
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Novello, Emma Aloysia to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

1857-1880

Thirty three handwritten letters from Emma Aloysia Novello to her brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning family financial arrangements, her aspiration to make a career as an artist, portraits she...

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Carel Victor Morlais Weight to Maurice de Sausmarez

1958-1969

Typewritten and handwritten letters from the artist Carel Victor Morlais Weight, Professor of Painting at the Royal College of Art, to Maurice de Sausmarez, supporting de Sausmarez's application to Ho...

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