Margaret Gillies painted this extraordinary portrait of Charles Dickens in 1843, while he was writing A Christmas Carol.

The watercolour and gouache on ivory miniature was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844, but by the 1880s Gillies had lost sight of it. In 2017 the original miniature was discovered in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Cheese flavoured Oat Biscuits with Sea Salt created exclusively for the Charles Dickens Museum London.

Ingredients: Rice, Flour, Wheat Flour (Wheat, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rolled Oats, Butter (Milk), West Country Cheddar Cheese (9%) (Milk), Cheese Flavouring (6%) (Milk) (Cheese Powder (Milk), Whey Powder (Milk), Yeast Extract Powder, Onion Powder, Lactose (Milk), Salt, Natural Flavourings, Sugar, Natural Colour: Paprika) Sugar, Cake Margarine (Palm and Rapeseed Oils and Fats, Water, Salt, Lemon Juice Concentrate), Cornish Sea Salt (1%), Raising Agent [Ammonium Bicarbonate], Black Pepper.

Allergy advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in Bold. May also contain nuts.

Net weight 170g

Drum size: height 16mm, base diameter 80mm

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