Old Curiosity ShopTHE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP A view of the original shop on Portsmouth Street, London, immortalised by Charles Dickens in his novel of the same name
Dickens / Empty ChairHIS HOME AT GADSHILL His desk and empty chair after his death, dated 9 June 1870
In the Days of Dickens by Cecil AldinA coach and horses laden with jovial travellers looking very much like the Pickwick Club drive into a village to stop by a handsome looking coaching inn
Oliver Twist meeting the Artful dodger in the streets Date: First published: 1836-37
Bill Sykes (Barnard)Bill Sykes sits at a table with a bottle of booze while his dog Bullseye cowers against the wall, afraid of being hit
Dickens & his CreationsCharles Dickens Writer
Charles Dickens / Bibby sCharles Dickens Writer
Oliver Twist / Title PageTitle page
Scrooge Sees Marley FaceScrooge is startled to see Marleys face on his door, instead of the knocker
Scrooge and Marley GhostScrooge receives a visit from the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former business partner
Dickensian PartyMrs Fezziwigs Ball - shown to Scrooge by the Ghost of Christmas Past
Bob Cratchit & Tiny TimHappy at the prospect of a hearty Christmas dinner, due to the generosity of the reformed Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit carries his son Tiny Tim on his shoulder!
Charles DickensCHARLES DICKENS English writer, at his writing desk, circa 1860
Charles Dickens in his study at Gadshill. Charles Dickens, full-length portrait, seated at desk, facing left, in his study at Gads Hill Place. Date c1875
Mr Micawber makes Punch - David Copperfield, Charles Dickens Date: circa 1910s
Cover design, The Pickwick Papers by Charles DickensCover design for the first instalment of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by Charles Dickens. 1836
Mr Bumble with OliverStern Mr. Bumble holds the hand of apprehensive young Oliver Twist, as they walk away from the workhouse
Astleys AmphitheatrePhilip Astleys amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road, London : loved by Dickens, this was also the scene of clowns such as Grimaldi, and popular melodrama
Pip & Miss HavishamPip and Miss Havisham
Poster advertising David Copperfield, French editionPoster advertising a French translation of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. David is depicted in Mr Brownlows garden
Captain Collins of Brighton, with his familyCaptain Fred Collins of Brighton, who ran three pleasure boats called the Skylark and was a familiar figure on Brighton Beach for sixty years
Charles Dickens, by Andre Gill, 1868Engraved caricature of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the English writer, produced by the French artist, Andre Gill, first published in 1868
Scrooge at his DeskOld Scrooge sat busy in his counting house
Scrooge Sees GraveThe Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come shows Scrooge his gravestone
Bleak House, Broadstairs, Kent, England. This building has great literary associations, for it was here that Charles Dickens lived and wrote " David Copperfield" etc
Dickens / Christmas CarolMr Fezziwig invites Mrs Fezziwig to dance Date: First published: 1843-44
Bayham Street, Camden, London (Dickens)16 (now 161) Bayham Street, Camden, London - home to John Dickens and his family, who moved here from Chatham in 1823. Also the residence of Mr Micawber
Dickens / D. CopperfieldDavid arrives at the home of his aunt, Betsy Trotwood
Mr Pickwick AddressesMr Pickwick addresses the Club
Gads Hill HouseThe fine red brick house at Gads Hill, near Rochester, Kent. It was here that Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, while writing his novel " Edwin Drood"
Dickens / Haunted / FpTHE HAUNTED MAN the unhappy haunted man of the title gazes into the fire, while his own ghost lurks behind him
The Morning Lady Dedlock is found dead by the gates of the cemetery in which Captain Hawdon lies buried
David Copperfield / PhizDavid Copperfield frontispiece
Dickens Cartoon 1867CHARLES DICKENS " Au Revoir" - Dickens is bidden farewell to by some of the characters from his novels
Pickwick / Samuel WellerThe first appearance of Mr Samuel Weller
Mr Pickwick Raises ToastMr Pickwick raises a toast
OUR MUTUAL FRIENDMr. Venus surrounded by the trophies of his art
Dickens / M. ChuzzlewitThe Life & Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Sarah (Sairey) Gamp, midwife, nurse and layer out of the dead, wearing an apron and a bonnet
Cartoon, Queen Victorias Christmas, A Vision (based on Dickens story, A Christmas Carol). Gladstone as Scrooge sleeps while Disraeli (who had died five years earlier)
Dombey & Son - Carles Dickens - Mr Toots and the ChickenCharles Dickens - Dombey & Son. Mr Toots - a student at Dr Blimbers school (who loves Florence but marries Susan) - pictured with his prizefighter companion, the Chicken. Date: circa 1902
Mr Peggotty and Little Emily - David Copperfield, DickensMr Peggotty and Little Emily - David Copperfield, Charles Dickens. Date: circa 1910s
The Old Curiosity Shop, Dick Swiveller and SophyThe Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841
Mr Pickwick, Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Mr Pickwick, Pickwick Papers. 1912
Wrapper design, Oliver Twist by Charles DickensWrapper design, first monthly instalment of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, dated January 1846. 1846
Eight Bells, HatfieldThe Eight Bells inn at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, referred to in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Bill Sykes met the pedlar here. Date: 1950s
Manchester Union Schools, SwintonThe Manchester Union Industrial School at Swinton. The school, where 800 pauper children were housed and educated away from the workhouse, was established in 1843, one of the earliest of its type
The Grave of Charles Dickens, Westminster Abbey, 1870Engraving showing a large group of Victorian visitors to Westminster Abbey crowding round the grave of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), to pay their last respects to the English writer
LITTLE DORRITFloras tour of inspection
