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Total number of records: 280

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives274
Art items3
Objects3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection279
Brotherton Collection150
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing166
family47
music41
music publishing35
gift giving26
poetry25
publishing24
print media20
vocal music18
finance17

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom280
Genoa, Italy30
Nice, France11
Vienna, Austria5
Rome, Italy4
Berlin (Germany)3
Hastings, United Kingdom2
Paris, France2
Manchester, United Kingdom2
Munich, Germany1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria15
Novello, Vincent12
Cowden Clarke, Charles11
Hunt, James Henry Leigh10
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred9
Haines, Frederick8
Novello, Joseph Alfred5
Gigliucci, Giovanni4
Novello, Mary Sabilla (Nee Hehl, Mrs Vincent Novello)4
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17003
From 1800277

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17993
Up to 1899277

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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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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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Collier, John Payne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1843-1850

Eight letters from the literary editor and forger John Payne Collier to Mary Cowden Clarke. During this period Collier was working as a journalist for the Morning Chronicle and theatre critic for the ...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Charles and Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1856-1867

Two handwritten letters from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband Charles Cowden Clarke, noting that they were to be invited to see a new play by the author of 'The Lighthouse' on Twe...

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

1840-1856

Fifteen handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Mary Cowden Clarke, dating from 20 February 1840 to 14 October [1856], with ten undated. The letter of 2 October 1856 is a copy in Mary Cowden C...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1854-1855

Twelve undated handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning Hunt's writings for Novello's Musical Times, apologising for delays to his articles as a result of il...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Mary Sabilla (née Hehl)

1822-1835

Nine handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Mary Sabilla Novello, dated 2 March 1822 to [21 Nov 1835] with four undated. The letters contain social arrangements, dicuss his poetry and ill hea...

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Hunt, (James Henry) Leigh to Novello, Vincent and Novello, Mary Sabilla

1821-1823

Five handwritten letters from the poet Leigh Hunt to Vincent Novello and his wife Mary Sabilla Novello, dating from 24 December 1821 to 25 July 1823 and containing references to Hunt's health, comic v...

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Jerrold, Douglas William to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1845-1851

Eleven handwritten letters from the dramatist and writer Douglas William Jerrold to Mary Cowden Clarke, discussing their shared literary and cultural interests.The letter of 6 Dec [1836 or 7] is a cop...

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