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A pencil sketch on paper of a large end of terrace Victorian townhouse. A woman in Victorian costume is approaching the porticoed door. The left foreground features a clump of small trees on grass. To the right of the townhouse similar homes imply an adjacent street. In the left bottom corner is written ‘Tavistock House’ along with the date and artist’s signature.
A pencil sketch by F. G. Kitton of Tavistock House and immediate surroundings

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A card with rounded edges. In the left margin sideways print reads 'Photographed and Published by J. Gurney & Son, 5th Ave. Cor. 16th St. New York'. On the card a photograph of an ageing man in duplicate side-by-side. He stands, his left hand on his hip and right on the back of a chair. He is dressed in a wide sleeved robe, a waistcoat embellished with a watch and chain, a collared shirt, necktie and trousers. The photograph shows him to the thigh. He gazes to the left of the camera with neutral expression. He is balding with greying wiry hair curling at his temples, a moustache, and beard with clean shaven sideburns.
A stereoscopic photograph of Charles Dickens in later life published by J. Gurney and Son

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A side profile black and white image of a middle-aged man in an oval mount. His dark hair is swept forwards curling at the temples and a thick dark moustache curves down towards his jawline. A collar, voluminous neckties and collared jacket cover his throat and neck.
A side profile daguerreotype image of Charles Dickens

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A painted miniature in the oval aperture of a decorative frame. The head and shoulders of a fresh faced young man with dark curly hair neatly side parted. His left shoulder is turned away. His head is angled to present his full face. He is dressed in dark clothes to the chin excepting a golden buttoned waistcoat showing between the lapels of his overcoat.
A painted miniature of Charles Dickens aged eighteen

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A print of a drawing of an empty wooden chair in the centre of a room. The chair stands behind a large desk with a writing slope, ink-well, letter rack, papers and pen. The desk is set in a bay window to the left. To the right stands another table laden with books and a lamp. The back of the drawing shows library-style shelves, a ladder and a low comfortable chair. In the right hand bottom corner of the drawing is written, in decorative handwriting, the title and date. The reproduction artist's signature is in the bottom left with credit to the original artist. Printed below is the title, artist name, and a quote which reads 'He whom we mourn was the friend of mankind, a philanthropist in the true sense'- Sermon on Dickens by Prof. Jowett in Westminster Abbey.
A sketch based on Luke Fildes's watercolour The Empty Chair by F. G. Kitton

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An oval black and white photograph on a plain background of the head and shoulders of a young man. He gazes straight at the camera. His wavy hair is neatly brushed up and away from his face. He is dressed in a white shirt, dark tie and dark blazer with a floral decoration in his left lapel.
A carte-de-visite of Henry Fielding Dickens

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On the right-hand half of a folded sheet of paper is a letter neatly written in black ink on white paper, thin enough to see the words written overleaf. The joined up handwriting is neatly spaced in straight lines and easily decipherable. On the left-hand side, eight lines of Brachygraphy shorthand annotation are written about the stamp and address. Parts of the wax seal remain on the top left corner and bottom left edge.
A letter addressed to Charles Dickens from author William M. Thackeray with Dickens's reply noted in Brachygraphy shorthand

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A black and white photograph of a young woman's head and shoulders. Her head is turned in side profile. Her gaze is soft and her expression is neutral. Her curled hair is loosely swept back and neatly coiled and pinned at the back of her head. She is wearing earrings with a drop of three circular shapes getting larger in size with the largest at the bottom. She wears pale clothing with dark narrow vertical lines and a subtle ruffled trim at the shoulders. A row of dark buttons runs down the front and a slim white collar is decorated with a circular brooch similar in design to her earrings.
A studio photograph of Ellen Ternan

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A brown sheet of tracing paper with holes punched down the left side. The outline of a smaller page torn from a notebook, also with holes punched down the left side, can be seen through the tracing paper. Written in black at the top is 'Dickens's Shorthand' and the date. 11 lines of shorthand characters in black ink are visible through the tracing paper. On top, written on the tracing paper layer, are potential transcriptions.
A tracing of a shorthand letter partially transcribed

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A sheet of paper headed 'Royal Museum & Public Library, Canterbury' with the organisation crest. A typewritten letter with date, address, recipient and twenty-five lines of writing arranged in three paragraphs. In the first paragraph, four Brachygraphy shorthand symbols are added by hand in black ink. The last paragraph continues onto the next page.
The first page of a typed letter to Carlton from Higenbottam concerning their attempts to transcribe Dickens's shorthand

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