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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...
Travel
1959-1960
Pamphlets, timetables, reservations and photographs associated with the painting trip Bridget Riley took across Italy with Maurice de Sausmarez in the summer of 1960, during which they travelled to Ro...
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...
Campervan pamphlets
1959-1960
Eleven printed pamphlets and price lists for different makes and models of campervans, collected by Maurice de Sausmarez in preparation for the painting trip Bridget Riley took across Italy with de Sa...
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...
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...
Photographs of Bridget Riley in Italy
1960
Copies of two black and white photographs, one showing Bridget Riley next to a table in a rural landscape and one showing the back of campervan and some washing on a line hung between two trees. Datin...
Automobile Association reservation advice
10 May 1960
Printed and handwritten reservation advice/statement of account form from the Automobile Association to Maurice de Sausmarez, recording the reservation from Dover to Calais on 26 July 1960 and from Bo...
Reservations from Dover to Calais
26 Jul 1960-13 Sep 1960
Typed letter from J. Lindsay of the Automobile Association to Maurice de Sausmarez, confirming reservations to travel between Dover and Calais on 26 July 1960 and returning from Boulogne to Dover on 1...
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...