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Archive File:
BC MS NCC/20/024

1848-1870

Twenty two handwritten draft letters and copies of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Charles Dickens, mentioning shared social occasions, participation in rehearsals and theatrical performances, offe...

Archive File:
BC MS NCC/20/297

1857-1880

Thirty three handwritten letters from Emma Aloysia Novello to her brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello, concerning family financial arrangements, her aspiration to make a career as an artist, portraits she...

Archive Item:
BC MS NCC/11/2/1

1854

Photograph of Giovanni Battista Gigliucci and his wife Clara Anastasia Gigliucci née Novello, mounted on cardboard. The reverse is inscribed with the following: 'Portrait of Mother & Father an enlarg...

Archive Item:
BC MS NCC/10/3/1

28 Jul 1882

Copy of Notice of Admission to Otto House Lunatic Asylum. Emma Aloysia Novello was said to have suffered from ‘melancholic mania’ thought to have been caused by prolonged caring responsibilities f...

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BC MS NCC/9/4/1

c. 1840

Proof engraving on paper of a portrait of Vincent Novello, engraved by the Irish artist William Humphrys after an original painting by Edward Petre Novello, now in the collection of the National Portr...

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BC MS NCC/12/5/5

10 Jun 1854

Photograph of the opening of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham on 10 June 1854. The building had housed the Great Exhibition in 1851 and was transported from Hyde Park to Sydenham and rebuilt, including ...

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BC MS NCC/12/7/2

1840

Proof print of Clara Anastasia Novello engraved by William Humphreys after an oil painting by Edward Magnus of Berlin. It was published in November 1840 by Messrs. Ackerman & Co. of the Strand and her...