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Discover Dickens through his work, his home and the things that mattered to him most
A Flattering Caricature
Object in focus: print of Dickens being received by the Edinburgh literati
The Amazing Conjuring of Characters
Object in focus: ‘Dickens the Great Magician’ by Kyd (Joseph Clayton Clarke)
The All-Important Prop
Object in focus: Ivory paper knife owned by Dickens
The Difficulty of Capturing Dickens
Object in focus: Manuscript letter from William Powell Frith
Drawn by new technologies
Object in focus: Drawing of Dickens by Mr Maskelyne's Automaton ZOE
What shall we have for dinner?
Object in focus: What shall we have for dinner?
Carte de visite
Object in focus: Carte de visite
Candlesticks
Object in focus: Candlesticks
Bentley’s Miscellany
Object in focus: Bentley's Miscellany
First edition of 'A Christmas Carol'
Object in focus: First edition of A Christmas Carol
Portrait of Charles Dickens
Object in focus: Portrait of Charles Dickens
Letter from Charles Dickens to Frederick Ouvry
Object in focus: Letter from Charles Dickens to Frederick Ouvry
Marriage License
Object in focus: Marriage license
Nicholas Nickleby Manuscript
Object in focus: Nicholas Nickleby manuscript
Nickleby Illustrations
Object in focus: Nickleby illustrations
Photograph of Dickens’s Gad’s Hill Servants
Object in focus: Photograph of Dickens’s Gad’s Hill servants
Portraits of Catherine and Charles Dickens by Samuel Laurence
Object in focus: Portraits of Catherine and Charles Dickens by Samuel Laurence
Portraits of Charles Dickens
Object in focus: Portraits of Charles Dickens by Alfred D'Orsay
Print block for ‘Fezziwig’s Ball’
Object in focus: Print block for ‘Fezziwig’s Ball’
Bust of Charles Dickens by Thomas Woolner
Object in focus: Bust of Charles Dickens by Thomas Woolner