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Total number of records: 202

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives171
Books and printed items14
Art items9
Objects8

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection202
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection188
Herbert Read Collection3
English Literature2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
family202
drawing56
portraits54
poetry41
gift giving38
painting36
photographs19
photography17
death16
writing15

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy50
London, United Kingdom30
Rome, Italy5
Nice, France5
Florence, Italy4
Germany3
Milan, Italy3
New York, Usa2
Fermo, Italy2
Worthing, Uk2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Pearse, Innes Hope2
Pearse, Innes Hope (1889-)2
Pioneer Health Centre (Peckham)2
Wells, H G (1866-1946)2
Halley Stewart Trust2
Knight, Samuel (1759-1827)2
Crocker, Lucy H2
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1
Bradley, Richard1
Trades Union Congress1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 16001
From 170011
From 1800177
From 190013

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 16991
Up to 17992
Up to 1899168
Up to 199931

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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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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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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Letters

1835-1890

Letters to (Joseph) Alfred Novello related to the operation of the business Novello & Co, his investment in the Cavour Canal and arrangements for his aunt Adelaide Novello's residence in Italy and not...

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Legal

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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