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Brotherton Collection8
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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...

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Sketch of 'The Good Shepherd'

c. 1830

An undated pencil sketch of 'The Good Shepherd' by Edward Petre Novello, mounted in a cardboard frame. The shepherd holds a staff in their proper left hand and a sheep in their right. The under eye is...

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[Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France]
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[Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France]

[ca. 1461-1483]

Decoration: 64 miniatures within roundels with toothed edges, 58-83 mm in diameter. 7-line incipit initial 'C' in blue on decorated gold ground. 4-line initials in gold, on pink and blue grounds patte...

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untitled watercolour [two figures next to a cliff]

c. 1830

Undated watercolour of two figures next to a cliff by Edward Petre Novello, mounted on cardboard. The figure on the right is likely to be Jesus Christ. There is a town or city in the background on the...

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untitled watercolour [two figures in an interior]

c. 1830

Undated watercolour of two figures in an interior by Edward Petre Novello, mounted on cardboard with a metal fixing on the reverse. The figure on the right in seated and the figure on the left is stan...

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untitled watercolour [mother nursing child]

c. 1830

Undated watercolour of a mother nursing a child by Edward Petre Novello, with a poem by his sister Mary Cowden Clarke adhered to the reverse, titled 'Sick-Bed Reflection' and dated 1873. Given the blu...

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untitled watercolour [crucifixion of Jesus, Gestas and Dismas]

c. 1830

Undated watercolour of the crucifixion of Jesus, Gestas and Dismas by Edward Petre Novello, at the moment where the body of Christ was pierced by the Lance of Longinus as the final of the five holy wo...

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Hebrew synagogue Megillah scroll
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Hebrew synagogue Megillah scroll

ca. 1201-1300

Held in an open-ended cardboard tube 430 mm long and covered with black cloth on which there is some blindtooling and a label on which is typed, 'Bible/ Book of Esther/ Hebrew synagogue roll/ MS. 400'...

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