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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