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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

Wardrobe

Object in focus: Wardrobe

What shall we have for dinner?

Object in focus: What shall we have for dinner?

Bell System

Object in focus: Bell system

Blacking Bottle

Object in focus: Blacking bottle

Account Book

Object in focus: Account book

Carte de visite

Object in focus: Carte de visite

Candlesticks

Object in focus: Candlesticks

Dickens's Desk

Object in focus: Dickens's desk

Armchair

Object in focus: Armchair

Court Suit

Object in focus: Court suit

Charles Dickens's Will

Object in focus: Charles Dickens's will

Copper

Object in focus: Copper

Hall Clock

Object in focus: Hall clock

The Children by Daniel Maclise

Object in focus: The Children by Daniel Maclise

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

Ivory theatre pass

Object in focus: Ivory theatre pass

Letter from Charles Dickens to Frederick Ouvry

Object in focus: Letter from Charles Dickens to Frederick Ouvry

Mantel Pelmet

Object in focus: Mantel Pelmet

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’

Pickwick Club Punch Ladles

Object in focus: Pickwick club punch ladles

Set of Razors

Object in focus: Set of razors

Reading Desk

Object in focus: Reading desk

Robinson Crusoe

Object in focus: Robinson Crusoe

Sideboard

Object in focus: Sideboard

Bust of Charles Dickens by Thomas Woolner

Object in focus: Bust of Charles Dickens by Thomas Woolner
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