Lock and Whitfield, London, Photographers. A photograph of Frederick Dickens, taken circa 1867. He is seated with his legs crossed, reading from a book that sits on a pedestal. This carte-de-visite bears the photographers’ imprint.
After George Cruikshank. “Dickens Beside Himself (from Sketches by Boz, Illustrated by George Cruikshank).” An etched portrait of Dickens based by Pailthorpe on a drawing in pencil made by Cruikshank in 1838, which is now in the Gimbel collection (see...
Fildes, S[amuel] Luke. "The Empty Chair, Gad's Hill--Ninth of June 1870." This large wood-engraving, which is printed on a sheet of plate paper 44 cm. x 62 cm., depicts Dickens's study at Gad's Hill on the day of his death. It is hand colored. Richard...
Autograph letter, signed, of 24 November 1869, containing approximately 40 words. Gad's Hill Place. Dickens wishes that the whole of The Mystery of Edwin Drood could be set in type before serial publication begins, but he will be satisfied if half is ...
To Mr. and Mrs. Beecher Stowe. Autograph letter of 3 May 1853, containing approximately 25 words. London. This invitation to dinner on 14 May, from “Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens” to the Stowes, is written entirely in the hand of Catherine Dickens.
To Albert Schloss. Autograph quotation, signed, of 22 January 1844, containing approximately 15 words. London. On this leaf, one of two from the visitors’ album of Schloss, Dickens writes: “And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us Every One!” These ...
Autograph letter, signed, of 7 September 1853, containing approximately 90 words. London. In this "postscript" written on the inside of an envelope, Dickens thanks Macready for his "delightful note on the completion of B. H.--not the least of the joys...
