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Total number of records: 341

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items197
Archives93
Art items49
Objects2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection197
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection144
English Literature29
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society3
Herbert Read Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
painting341
works of art48
drawing43
landscape42
sculpture40
family32
painters29
portraits28
art22
poetry16

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Vatican City8
Devon, United Kingdom8
London, United Kingdom7
Genoa, Italy4
Hastings, United Kingdom4
Nice, France3
Ramsgate, United Kingdom2
England2
Rome, Italy2
Seville (Spain)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Filhol, Antoine Michel (1759-1812)20
Lavallee, Joseph (1747-1816)20
Lavallee, Joseph20
Filhol, Antoine Michel20
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)16
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)15
Walpole, Horace (1717-1797)14
Vertue, George (1684-1756)13
Dubos, Jean Baptiste (1670-1742)11
Caraffe, Armand Charles10

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From 16007
From 170065
From 1800268

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Up to 179961
Up to 1899272

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NOVELLO, Edward Petre

1822-1835

Drawings, oil sketches, watercolours, prints and sketchbooks by the artist Edward Petre Novello.

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Drawings

c. 1830

Pencil, ink and watercolour sketches by Edward Petre Novello, including portraits of members of the Novello family, illustrations for his sister Mary Cowden Clarke's publications, copies after existin...

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Paintings

c. 1830

Two undated oil paintings, one portrait of Emma Aloysia Novello by (John) Henry Sass and one untitled portrait after James Northcote by Emma Aloysia Novello.

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Watercolours

c. 1850

Watercolours and some drawings on paper by Emma Aloysia Novello, the majority of which are untitled and undated. They include portraits, landscapes, street and rural scenes, architectural studies, bib...

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Scrapbooks

1846-1897

The cover of a scrapbook gifted to (Mary) Sabilla Novello from her father Vincent Novello in 1846, an album of portraits, sketches, poems and acrostics dating from the early period of her life at Vill...

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Oil sketches

c. 1830

Undated oil sketches on woodpulp board and canvas by Edward Petre Novello. They are likely to have been painted in around 1830, following his studies at the Royal Academy of Arts and before his early ...

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Photographs

c. 1850

Photographic reproductions of portraits of Novello family members by Edward Petre Novello, including a self portrait, a portrait of his father Vincent Novello, his sister Clara Anastasia Novello and a...

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Sketchbooks

1822-1835

Ten sketchbooks belonging to Edward Petre Novello, dating from his time as a student at Sass's Academy in Bloomsbury and the Royal Academy of Arts and the period afterwards, including travels to Franc...

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Societies

1831-1840

One bound volume and one portrait associated with 'The Tortoise Club', formed by Edward Petre Novello and his brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello in 1831. Along with their friends, they went on excusions ...

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Practical essays on various branches of the fine arts : To which is added, a critical inquiry into the principles and practice of the late Sir David Wilkie

Burnet, John (1784-1868)

1848

Contents: Historical painting in England.--Portrait painting in England, with the comparative merits of Vandyke, Reynolds, Lawrence.--The treatment of pictures of fancy subjects, and familiar life.--T...

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The picture gallery of Charles I

Phillips, Sir Claude (1848-1924)

1896

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The picture gallery of Charles I

Phillips, Sir Claude (1848-1924)

1896

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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