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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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Eighteen lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill the page of a notebook with 'Anecdote' written in longhand at the top. In the top right corner is the number ten, indicating the page number.
The first part of a ghost story written in shorthand about a student prank gone wrong, featuring a ghost in green

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Ten lines of Brachygraphy shorthand characters written in pencil fill half of a notebook page. Underneath the tenth line is a long horizontal line, indicating the end of the exercise. Underneath this are a few scattered shorthand characters, some repeated. In the top right corner is the number eight, indicating the page number.
The second and final part of a ghost story written in shorthand about a student prank gone wrong, featuring a ghost in green

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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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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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The street view of a terraced house. The ground floor of the house has been painted white. To the left is a dark blue door with a brass letterbox and a sunburst window above. To the right is a tall rectangular window. The rest of the house is bare brown brick. There are two further floors above, indicated by two rows of pairs of large sash windows. A fourth floor is indicated by two smaller sash windows that meet the white roof line. A blue circular plaque is affixed to the wall centrally above the door and window of the ground floor. The edges of neighboring terraced homes and some street furniture are visible.
A modern photograph of the facade of Dickens's home in Norfolk Street, London

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A black and white graphic map with two coloured route lines. A thick line indicates the River Thames curving across the right hand corner. Black images of ravens mark Norfolk Street in the top left and the Houses of Parliament in the bottom centre next to the Thames. In the top right of the map, ravens mark Furnival's Inn, the Old Bailey, Bell Yard and Doctors' Commons. A red dotted line marks a route from Norfolk Street to the Old Bailey and Doctors Commons. A blue dotted line marks a route from Furnival's Inn to the Houses of Parliament.
A map of Dickens's routes from his residences in Norfolk Street and Furnival's Inn to the places associated with his early shorthand career

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