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Creator:: From the Collection: Gimbel, Richard
Published / Created:: before 1870
Call Number:: GEN MSS 1998
Container / Volume:: Box 119
Image Count:: 3
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).
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Manuscripts in the Richard Gimbel Collection of Charles Dickens (GEN MSS 1998) > Series III: <title>Dickensiana</title> > Relics & Association Items > H1863: A slate 21 cm. x 16 cm., of white porcelain framed in black leather, with a sheath for a pencil