H1863: A slate 21 cm. x 16 cm., of white porcelain framed in black leather, with a sheath for a pencil

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Title: H1863: A slate 21 cm. x 16 cm., of white porcelain framed in black leather, with a sheath for a pencil
Creator: From the Collection: Gimbel, Richard
Contributor: From the Collection: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
From the Collection: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Published / Created: before 1870
Description: A slate 21 cm. x 16 cm., of white porcelain framed in black leather, with a sheath for a pencil. The following is written in pencil on the slate: "This memorandum slate was the one used by Charles Dickens and was on his writing desk at his death. It is shown in the drawing I made of 'The Empty Chair' and was given to me, together with one of the quill pens and a sheet of paper that lay on the desk, by Miss Hogarth at Gad's Hill in June 1870. Luke Fildes." See the following two items (the quill pen and the manuscript paper).
Provenance: Gift of Richard Gimbel, circa 1920-1969.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French
Italian

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

GEN MSS 1998

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Container / Volume

Box 119

Access: Public
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Citation: Manuscripts in the Richard Gimbel Collection of Charles Dickens. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.