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Total number of records: 467

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives293
Books and printed items169
Art items5

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection325
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection260
Herbert Read Collection51
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive38
English Literature4
Leeds Russian Archive2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
drawing467
illustration95
painting80
family56
portraits42
art education36
sculpture25
gift giving22
letter writing20
dessin15

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom25
Genoa, Italy12
England10
Paris, France5
Europe5
Hastings, United Kingdom4
Nice, France4
Bruges, Belgium4
Harrogate, United Kingdom3
Italy3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)28
Christie, Manson & Woods16
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-185115
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)14
Chiswick Press13
Fine Art Society13
Kingsley, W9
Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-19539
Bone, Sir Muirhead (1876-1953)9
P. & D. Colnaghi & Obach7

Count of Earliest date

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From 16001
From 170010
From 1800291
From 1900160
From 20005

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Up to 16991
Up to 17998
Up to 1899283
Up to 1999168
Up to latest7

Archive Collection

Maurice de Sausmarez Archive

De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)

c.1900-2015

Archive of artist, educator and writer Maurice de Sausmarez (1915-69). The archive comprises an extensive collection of manuscripts of his numerous lectures, articles and publications, incoming corres...

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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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NOVELLO, Emma Aloysia

1814-1902

Drawings, paintings and prints by the artist Emma Aloysia Novello, alongside material related to her family, financial and medical histories.

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Work by others

c. 1930-1960

Material created by others held within the Maurice de Sausmarez Archive, including manuscripts by the sociologist and art historian Arnold Hauser, musical scores by the composer Kenneth Leighton and s...

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NOVELLO, Clara Anastasia

1838-1910

Material related to the soprano singer Clara Anastasia Novello, including a gift presented to her; notes, manuscripts and partial typescripts for 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' published in 1910; hon...

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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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SERLE, Emma Clara

1860-1861

Two pencil on paper portraits drawn by Emma Clara Serle, who was the eldest surviving daughter of Cecilia Serle (née Novello) and Thomas James Serle and the granddaughter of Vincent Novello. She was ...

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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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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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NOVELLO, Edward Petre

1822-1835

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

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Students and student work

c. 1947-1968

36 black and white and colour photographs and 8 negatives featuring art students and their work, including a photograph of two students paintings at Leeds College of Art, undated examples of Basic Des...

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K.A. Robertson sketches

c. 1937-1958

Undated pencil, ink and watercolour sketches on paper and tracing paper by K.A. Robertson, including studies of African children and adults, animals, biblical scenes, human and animal anatomy, vehicle...

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