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 leaves, which are summarized in Pilgrim II, in the fourth note on page 386, were inscribed at various times by twelve other men; John Leech’s drawing of “Old Scrooge” stands out on the page where Dickens’s quotation appears.
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.
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 ready by then.
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 Gimbel owned Fildes's original sketch of the scene; see entry H1797. -- A second copy: Another impression. The typefae in the title is altered. This copy is not colored.
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 entry H1732).
Also present: Another issue, without the remarque-title and studies, but bearing the title, “Faithfully Yours Always, Charles Dickens”--being an etched facsimile of Dickens’s signature. Issue on India paper, mounted.
