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Total number of records: 37

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives30
Art items5
Objects2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection37
Brotherton Collection33

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
portraits16
family12
painting11
photographs9
drawing7
photography7
letter writing5
travel4
art education4
works of art4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy9
London, United Kingdom9
Nice, France4
Florence, Italy3
Paris, France2
Shanghai, China1
Vienna, Austria1
Worthing, United Kingdom1
Salzburg, Austria1
Rome, Italy1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Novello, Emma Aloysia2
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred2
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla1
Dickens, Charles1
Chapman, Mrs1
Cowden Clarke, Charles & Clarke, Mary Victoria1

Count of Earliest date

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From 17002
From 180033
From 19002

Count of Latest date

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Up to 189934
Up to 19993

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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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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BC MS NCC/16/2/2 Carte de visite of Porzia Gigliucci as 'Thalia'
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Cartes de visite of Porzia Gigliucci as 'Thalia'

15 Nov 1873

Two cartes de visite of Porzia Gigliucci in the same pose, dressed as 'Thalia' from an 'allegorical prologue' as part of 'private theatricals' at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy. The photographs were ta...

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BC MS NCC/18/2/2 Carte de visite of Valeria Gigliucci as 'Mirth'
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Cartes de visite of Valeria Gigliucci as 'Mirth'

15 Nov 1873

Two cartes de visite of Valeria Gigliucci as 'Mirth' from an 'allegorical prologue' as part of 'private theatricals' at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy. The photographs were taken by G.B. Sciutto and Co...

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BC MS NCC/20/297 Emma Novello to (Joseph) Alfred Novello 8 July 1866 1
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Novello, Emma Aloysia to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

1857-1880

Thirty three handwritten letters from Emma Aloysia Novello to her brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning family financial arrangements, her aspiration to make a career as an artist, portraits she...

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BC MS NCC/20/306 (Joseph) Alfred Novello to Emma Novello 26 July 1866 1
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Novello, (Joseph) Alfred to Novello, Emma Aloysia

1866-1882

Five handwritten draft replies from (Joseph) Alfred Novello to his sister Emma Aloysia Novello. In the letter dated 26 July 1866 he writes that he did not see a resemblance to Richard Cobden in her po...

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BC MS NCC/4/8/3 Engraved portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke
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Engraved portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke

c. 1846

Two copies of an engraved portrait of Mary Cowden Clarke in profile, signed Lossing-Barritt. The original drawing on which the print was based was by her sister Emma Aloysia Novello. Benson J. Lossing...

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BC MS NCC/1/3/1 Portrait of Giuseppe 'Joseph' Novello
Archive Art Item

miniature portrait

c. 1800

Miniature portrait of Giuseppe 'Joseph' Novello in the form of a glazed pendant. The portrait appears to be in tempera, with a woven hair panel on the reverse, obscured by two paper labels adhered to ...

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BC MS NCC/2/8/1 Lock of Mozart's hair
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Lock of Mozart's hair

1829

A lock of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's hair, tied with red string. Vincent and Mary Novello visited Mozart's widow Constanze in Salzburg, Vienna, as part of their travels across Europe in 18...

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BC MS NCC/11/2/1 Photograph of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and Clara Anastasia Gigliucci (née Novello)
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Photograph of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and Clara Anastasia Gigliucci (née Novello)

1854

Photograph of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and his wife Clara Anastasia Gigliucci née Novello, mounted on cardboard. The reverse is inscribed with the following: 'Portrait of Mother & Father an enlarg...

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BC MS NCC/15/2/1 Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Giovanni Gigliucci
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Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Giovanni Gigliucci

c. 1852

Undated photographic reproduction of a portrait of Giovanni Gigliucci as a child. The photograph is stamped on the reverse 'Gabinetto Fotografico della Soprintendenza alle Gallerie Piazzale degli Uffi...

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BC MS NCC/17/1/1 Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Mario Gigliucci
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Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Mario Gigliucci

c. 1852

Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Mario Gigliucci as a child. The photograph is stamped on the reverse 'Gabinetto Fotografico della Soprintendenza alle Gallerie Piazzale degli Uffizi - Firenz...

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