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Total number of records: 9

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Brotherton Collection9
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection9

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clothing and dress9
drawing8
fashion1

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Watercolour sketch of historical costume

c. 1860

One watercolour sketch of a person in historical costume, with a red and white dress, gold and blue sash at the waist and green veil.

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Sketch and tracing of historical costume

c. 1860

2 drawings, 1 sketch and 1 tracing, of historical costume on a folded sheet of paper. The sketched side depicts a person wearing a crown, necklace and dress with castle motifs, labelled 'Dona Maria de...

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Sketch of historical costume

c. 1860

1 pencil drawing on paper of a person in historical costume, including a neacklace, long sleeved dress and item held in the hands, which are crossed over the front of the body. There are notes written...

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Sketch of four figures in historical costume

c. 1860

Pencil on paper sketches of four figures in historical costume, with two full figures and two heads and notes on the materials and colours of the clothes.

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Ink drawing of a figure in historical costume

c. 1860

Ink drawing of a figure in historical costume with pencil underdrawing. The figure wears a head dress from which two long plaits emerge. Their dress is tied at the waist and their feet are bare. It ap...

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Ink sketch of historical costume with notes

c. 1860

Ink sketch of historical costume with notes in Italian that detail the colours of the clothes, which correspond to numbered labels on the figure. The figure wears a crown and long draped dress, indica...

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Ink sketch of Spanish costume

c. 1860

Ink and pencil sketch of Spanish costume on brown paper, with notes on the colour and material of the clothes. An unfinished sketch on the reverse.

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Ink sketch portrait

c. 1860

Ink sketch portrait of a person from the chest up, wearing historical costume. The person is looking downwards and their face is framed by ringlets in their hair. The sketch is drawn on a printed card...

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Scrapbook with historical costumes

1846

A scrapbook given to Mary Sabilla Novello by her husband Vincent Novello on 16 April 1846. It contains notes, sketches and pasted lithographic prints of historical costumes.

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