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 ...
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...
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...
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.
Mayall, John, London, Photographer. A photograph of Catherine Hogarth Dickens, who is shown standing, with her blackgloved right hand resting on the back of a chair. The date of the photograph is unknowm; circa 1860 is suggested. This carte-de-visite ...
Watkins, Herbert, London, Photographer. An oval photograph of Alfred Lamert Dickens, taken in 1860. This carte-de-visite bears the imprint of the photographer.
