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Archive Collection:
MS 2270

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...

Archive Collection:
BC MS NCC

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...

Archive Series:
BC MS NCC/10

1814-1902

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

Archive Series:
BC MS NCC/19

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...

Archive Series:
BC MS NCC/9

1822-1835

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

Archive Sub-series:
MS 2270/5/1

1952-1969

Copies of printed catalogues for exhibitions of work by the artist Ben Nicholson, including presentations of early and recent paintings and drawings in private and public art galleries in Edinburgh, L...

Archive Sub-series:
MS 2270/11/4

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...

Archive Sub-series:
MS 2270/11/5

c. 1940-1969

Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of architecture and landscapes in France, Italy, East Africa and the United Kingdom, taken by Maurice de Sausmarez. Includes enlarged photographs o...

Archive Sub-series:
MS 2270/6/4

1967-1969

Edited typewritten transcripts of conversations between Bridget Riley and Maurice de Sausmarez in January 1967 and January 1969.

Archive Sub-series:
MS 2270/6/6

c. 1966

Photographic reproduction of the painting 'Breathe' by Bridget Riley (1966).

Archive Sub-series:
MS 2270/6/8

1959-1960

Pamphlets, timetables, reservations and photographs associated with the painting trip Bridget Riley took across Italy with Maurice de Sausmarez in the summer of 1960, during which they travelled to Ro...

Archive File:
BC MS NCC/9/1

c. 1830

Pencil, ink and watercolour sketches by Edward Petre Novello, including portraits of members of the Novello family, illustrations for his sister Mary Cowden Clarke's publications, copies after existin...