Clara Novello
(1818-1908), SopranoSitter in 4 portraits
Soprano; daughter of Vincent Novello; praised by Mendelssohn and Schumann, she was the original soprano soloist in Rossini's Stabat Mater; married Count Gigliucci in 1848, but continued her career until 1860.
The Novello Family and Friends
by Edward Petre Novello
oil on canvas, circa 1830
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5686
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Henry Hering, and Mayer Brothers, and Richard Burton & Co, and Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and probably William Edward Kilburn, and Southwell Brothers, and John Burton, and Clarkington & Co (Charles Clarkington), and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x197566
by William Sharp, printed by Day & Haghe, published by Joseph Dickinson, and published by Joseph Alfred Novello, after Firmin Salabert
lithograph, published April 1836
NPG D39333
Related People
- Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke (née Novello) (sister)
- Edward Petre Novello (brother)
- Emma Novello (sister)
- Joseph Alfred Novello (brother)
- Mary Sabilla Novello (mother)
- Sabilla Novello (sister)
- Vincent Novello (father)
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