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Total number of records: 73

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Archives70
Objects2
Books and printed items1

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Brotherton Collection73
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection72

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photography73
photographs57
portraits39
theatre21
family12
childhood11
works of art9
drama7
drawing6
poetry6

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Genoa, Italy30
Florence, Italy11
London, United Kingdom8
Milan, Italy3
Turin, Italy2
Rome1
New York, Usa1
England1
Dublin (Ireland)1

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Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society1
Chadburn, Alfred1

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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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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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COWDEN CLARKE, Mary Victoria (née NOVELLO)

1825-1898

Two silk carte de visite albums, drawings of plants from Villa Novello in Genoa, gifts of glazed prints and seaweeds, two brooches, Mary Cowden Clarke's Will and Probate details, notes and memoranda, ...

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COWDEN CLARKE, Charles

1803-1879

Papers and ephemera relating to the writer and lecturer Charles Cowden Clarke (1787-1877), including examples of his jewellery and stationary, the notes he made for public lectures, painted and photog...

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NOVELLO, (Joseph) Alfred

1824-1896

Financial documents relating to Novello & Co. and (Joseph) Alfred Novello's investments in shipping and railways, business contracts, designs for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat, sketches and desi...

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Portraits of

1852-1873

Portraits of Porzia Gigliucci. One photographic reproduction of her portrait as a child and two cartes de visite dressed in the role of 'Thalia' from a theatrical production at Villa Novello in Genoa,...

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Portraits of

1852-1873

Portraits of Valeria Gigliucci. One photographic reproduction of her portrait as a child and one carte de visite dressed in the role of 'Mirth' from a theatrical production at Villa Novello in Genoa, ...

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Portraits of

1846-1892

Printed and photographic portraits of Mary Cowden Clarke in the second half of her life.

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Photographs

1866-1880

Photographs and cartes de visite of (Joseph) Alfred Novello, including formal portraits and portraits in the costumes of theatrical performances and balls in Genoa and London, all taken after he had m...

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Cartes de visite

c. 1860-1880

Two silk carte de visite albums belonging to Mary Cowden Clarke, containing 36 cartes de visite of portraits and places from various different photographic studios in the United Kingdom and Europe. On...

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