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Collection of photographs depicting scenes and places associated with Charles Dickens's The Pickwick papers

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Description: A collection of 190 photographs depicting scenes and locations throughout England featured in The Pickwick papers, by Charles Dickens, as they appeared in approximately 1890 to approximately 1910. Many photographs show lively street scenes. Exterior and interior views are depicted and some unexpected views such as Stonehenge are included. Approximately 30 images are reproductions of illustrations or maps, including a photograph of a "Map of the six Pickwickian tours" (no. 186). Miscellaneous items include: William Glyde Wilkins's "Pickwickian" bookplate (no. 193); Charles van Noorden, "the well-known Dickens student and writer in his sanctum in Lincoln Inn Fields" (no. 194); and a hand-drawn map in pencil and ink (no. 195). Photographs numbered 1-148 are captioned in ink on the recto and reference the chapter in which the scene appeared; photographs numbered 149-192 are captioned variously on the back in pencil and usually reference a chapter in The Pickwick papers.
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Production date: approximately 1890-approximately 1910
Call number: photCL 35

Collection of photographs illustrating places mentioned in the works of Charles Dickens

Visual Materials

A collection of 127 photographs depicting places throughout England featured in the writings of Charles Dickens as they appeared in approximately 1890 to approximately 1910. Most of the photographs feature the exteriors of buildings in London, Rochester, Canterbury, Dover, Kent, and Portsmouth. The buildings include shops, residences, rooming houses, inns and hotels, cathedrals, churches, abbeys, and a castle. There are multiple photographs of Rochester Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, and Gray's Inn. The majority of the photographs depict locations in Dickens's novels. Handwritten captions on the verso reference the work's title and occasionally the chapter in which the place appears.The novels represented are Bleak House (no. 1-11); David Copperfield (no. 12-23); Great expectations (no. 24-25); Little Dorrit (no. 26-30); Martin Chuzzlewit (no. 31-44); The mystery of Edwin Drood (no. 45-64); Nicholas Nickleby (no. 66-67); Oliver Twist (no. 68-74); and Pickwick papers (no. 76-78). There is also a group of photographs depicting locations in the "Tramps" chapter of Dickens's The uncommercial traveler (no. 79-84), as well as locations where Dickens himself stayed during his writing and travels (no. 86-121).

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Collection of photographic portraits of Charles Dickens, Dickens's family and friends, and his residences

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A collection of 201 photographs consisting primarily of photographic portraits of Charles Dickens and photographs of family members and residences associated with him and his works. The portraits (no. 1-95) are arranged chronologically and most are later reproductions. The group includes a signed portrait by Herbert Watkins (no. 15), as well as several portraits with the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. stamp (no. 30-33). Items 96 through 111 are photographic reproductions of painted, sketched, and lithographed portraits of Dickens. Photographs of Dickens and his family and friends include his children Kate Perugini, Mamie Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jr., Walter Savage Landor Dickens, Alfred Tennyson Dickens, Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens, Henry Fielding Dickens, and Edward Bulmer Lytton Dickens (known as "Plorn"). There are several photographs of Georgina Hogarth. Items 141 through 201 are photographs of residences that Dickens occupied, sometimes very briefly, throughout his lifetime. There is also a London Stereoscopic Company photograph of Dickens's stuffed raven "Grip," which that firm purchased at auction in 1870. Some of the photographers include Henri Claudet, C. Watkins, Herbert Watkins, J. & C. Watkins, John Watkins, Octavius Watkins, Alphonse Maze-Sencier, Mason & Co., and J. Gurney & Son.

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Portraits of Charles Dickens

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A collection of drawings, etchings, prints, and watercolors originally part of a bound volume; the material is related to Charles Dickens, his life, and some of the characters from his books, including "Nicholas Nickleby," "The Old Curiosity Shop," "Oliver Twist," and "The Pickwick Papers." Also included are drawings of Dickens and his wife, Catherine Dickens, and their visit to America in 1842. The material was created by various artists including Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), George Cattermole, George Cruikshank, Daniel Maclise, Joseph Kenny Meadows, Pierre Morand, Frederick Sem, and Sir Leslie Ward ("Spy"). Also included is the original separated binding.

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Hablot Knight Browne "Studies of Dickens' characters, including The Grandfather, Little Nell, and Pickwick:" pencil portrait sketches

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HM 39987 (8)

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Daniel Maclise "Charles Dickens:" pencil sketch

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HM 39987 (10)

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Hablot Knight Browne "Charles Dickens:" printed etching

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HM 39987 (5)

Collection of photographs depicting scenes and places associated with Charles Dickens's The Pickwick papers

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