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Total number of records: 339

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection274
Brotherton Collection171
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive57
Leeds Animation Workshop8

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
family339
letter writing145
drawing52
poetry49
gift giving45
portraits41
painting30
death26
health22
photographs20

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy110
London, United Kingdom72
Beckenham, United Kingdom22
Nice, France8
Rome, Italy7
Leeds, United Kingdom5
Florence, Italy5
Fermo, Italy4
Guernsey4
Germany4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred9
Novello, Clara Anastasia7
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla6
Haines, Frederick6
Novello, Vincent5
Novello, Emma Aloysia5
Novello, Mary Sabilla (Nee Hehl, Mrs Vincent Novello)4
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria4
Hunt, James Henry Leigh4
Cowden Clarke, Charles4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17005
From 1800256
From 190073
From 20005

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1899245
Up to 199984
Up to latest10

Archive Collection

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...

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Personalia

1923-2015

Material documenting the life of Maurice de Sausmarez, including his family history and education, personal effects and biography, financial records and posthumous recognition.

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GIGLIUCCI, Giovanni Battista

1854-1891

Typescript of the autobiography of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and a photograph of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and his wife Clara Anastasia Gigliucci (née Novello).

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NOVELLO, (Mary) Sabilla

1838-1904

Financial, artistic, legal and literary material related to (Mary) Sabilla Novello and her short singing career. Includes portraits of her, albums of greetings cards and her illustrations to her siste...

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NOVELLO COWDEN CLARKE, Family

1739-1950

Material relating to the Novello, Cowden Clarke and Gigliucci families which is not attributable to a single member of the family. Includes financial and legal records, creative collaborations between...

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SERLE, Cecilia (née NOVELLO)

1857-1890

Copies of the baptism certificates for two of Cecilia Serle's daughters, an income tax certificate and copies of Cecilia Serle's Will and Probate.

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Accounts

1843-1898

Various financial records for members of the Novello family and their wider relatives, associated with both their domestic and professional lives. Includes documents related to loans, investments and ...

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Maurice de Sausmarez and his circle

c. 1930-1969

Black and white photographs and photographic negatives of Maurice de Sausmarez and his circle of family, friends and collaborators. One album with 54 photographs and 18 loose photographs.The album dat...

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Prints

1851

Engravings after a portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke after a drawing by her sister Emma Aloysia Novello.

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Portraits of

1847-1904

Portraits of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as an adult, in print, photography and watercolour. The majority of the material is in the form of photographs and cartes de visite of her in the costumes of charac...

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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.

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Events

1868-1877

Printed materials related to musical and theatrical events held by the Novello Cowden Clarke family at their home, Villa Novello, in Genoa, Italy.

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