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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