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Cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as 'Minerva'
c. 1870
Six undated cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello dressed as 'Minerva' from an 'Allegorical Prologue'. Two of the cartes include a seated 'Owlet' played by Charles Wilson. The photographs are by ...
Watercolours
c. 1830
Watercolours on paper by Edward Petre Novello, representing biblical, literary and mythological narratives, in addition to family portraits of his mother Mary Sabilla Novello, sister Clara Anastasia N...
Mythological tracings
c. 1850
Two sheets of undated pencil tracings of statues of Flora and Fortuna and 'Love with the tamed lion' and 'Love and Psyche' by an unidentified artist, possibly a member of the Novello family.
untitled watercolour [portrait of a mythological figure]
c. 1830
Undated watercolour of a mythological figure, likely to be Bacchus, by Edward Petre Novello. The figure holds a metal vessel in their proper left hand and wears a wreath of ivy on their head. There is...
untitled watercolour [mythological group]
c. 1830
Undated watercolour with two adult figures and three children by Edward Petre Novello. It is likely to illustrate a mythological narrative. The child on the right holds a bow and the child to their le...
untitled watercolour [Leander]
c. 1830
Undated watercolour sketch of the mythological figure of Leander by Edward Petre Novello, with Leander in a body of water under a dark sky, with a cupid to the left.
'Leander Swimming' mounted in a brooch
c. 1830
A watercolour of 'Leander Swimming' mounted in an oval glazed metal brooch. The figure of Leander, from the Greek myth Hero and Leander, looks to the left and their head and shoulders are visible abov...