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Total number of records: 1721

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1622
Art items60
Objects39

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1721
Brotherton Collection1257

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing544
family291
drawing260
poetry203
portraits184
painting149
photographs138
music138
gift giving130
illustration103

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom304
Genoa, Italy295
Nice, France33
Rome, Italy25
Florence, Italy23
Beckenham, United Kingdom22
Vienna, Austria22
Paris, France21
Manchester, United Kingdom12
Salzburg, Austria11

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria68
Cowden Clarke, Charles34
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred29
Novello, Vincent27
Novello, Clara Anastasia20
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla19
Haines, Frederick18
Hunt, James Henry Leigh16
Novello, Joseph Alfred16
Novello, Mary Sabilla14

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 170051
From 18001602
From 190062
From 20006

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 179910
Up to 18991591
Up to 1999120

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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NOVELLO, Giuseppe ‘Joseph’

1744-1954

One box containing a birth certificate and residence permit for Giuseppe 'Joseph' Novello, two of his notebooks with transcriptions in Italian and English and a miniature portrait.

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NOVELLO, Emma Aloysia

1814-1902

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

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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, Clara Anastasia

1838-1910

Material related to the soprano singer Clara Anastasia Novello, including a gift presented to her; notes, manuscripts and partial typescripts for 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' published in 1910; hon...

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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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SERLE, Emma Clara

1860-1861

Two pencil on paper portraits drawn by Emma Clara Serle, who was the eldest surviving daughter of Cecilia Serle (née Novello) and Thomas James Serle and the granddaughter of Vincent Novello. She was ...

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GIGLIUCCI, Giovanni

1852-1866

Sonnet titled ‘Sonnifero!’ by Giovanni Gigliucci and a photographic reproduction of a portrait of him as a child.

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GIGLIUCCI, Porzia

1852-1873

A poem transcribed by Porzia Gigliucci and photographic portraits of her as a child and later as an adult, dressed as Thalia from a theatrical production at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy.

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GIGLIUCCI, Mario

1852

Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Mario Gigliucci as a child.

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GIGLIUCCI, Valeria

1852-1893

Poems transcribed by Valeria Gigliucci for her future sister-in-law Edith Margaret Mozley and her aunt Mary Cowden Clarke. Photographic portraits of Valeria Gigliucci as a child and later as an adult ...

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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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