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Total number of records: 349

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives196
Books and printed items151
Objects2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection208
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection192
English Literature48
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Herbert Read Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
poetry349
family45
letter writing42
gift giving37
transcription33
writing23
literature21
emotions18
music16
painting16

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy76
London, United Kingdom25
Nice, France4
Baden-Baden, Germany3
Florence, Italy3
Richmond, United Kingdom2
Cannes, France2
Karlsruhe, Germany2
Enfield, Middlesex2
Worthing, United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Aristotle47
Horace45
Metastasio, Pietro (1698-1782)40
Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE)25
Juvenal16
Dubos, Jean Baptiste (1670-1742)11
Bouterwek, Friedrich (1766-1828)11
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria9
Cowden Clarke, Charles8
Virgil7

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From 1800237

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Up to 1899241

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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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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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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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BC MS NCC/20/024 Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, letter (1870), page 1
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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Dickens, Charles

1848-1870

Twenty two handwritten draft letters and copies of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens, mentioning shared social occasions, participation in rehearsals and theatrical performances, offe...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Wills, William Henry

1867-1868

Two handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to William Henry Wills, the first dated 17 March 1867 thanks Wills for the cheque for five guineas and communicates that any further payments can ...

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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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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles

1814-1856

34 handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles Cowden Clarke, beginning with his imprisonment at Surrey Jail from 1813 to 1815 and going on to contain references to publications and events...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1852-1858

Five handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke dating from 9 December [1852?] to 4 February [1858]. The letter dated 9 December [1852?] is a copy in Mary Cowden Cl...

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