A "Prologue" to Wilkie Collins's play The Lighthouse. Autograph manuscript of 1 leaf; on 2 pages; containing approximately 190 words. Dickens wrote this piece for Collins's melodrama when it was first staged at Tavistock House in June 1856.
Fragments of the manuscript of the play, O'Thello. Autograph manuscript of 2 leaves; on 4 pages; containing approximately 495 words. The first leaf, from an unknown part of the play, is headed on both sides by the following handwritten testimony: "This manuscript is in the handwriting of Mr. Charles Dickens forming a leaf of the manuscript of a burlesque on Othello, written by him for performance in his own family in the year 1833," signed "John Dickens, Alphington, 17 July 1842." The second leaf is a fragment of Act I, Scene 3. The play was not printed.
Fragments of the manuscript of the play, O'Thello. Autograph manuscript of 2 leaves; on 4 pages; containing approximately 495 words. The first leaf, from an unknown part of the play, is headed on both sides by the following handwritten testimony: "This manuscript is in the handwriting of Mr. Charles Dickens forming a leaf of the manuscript of a burlesque on Othello, written by him for performance in his own family in the year 1833," signed "John Dickens, Alphington, 17 July 1842." The second leaf is a fragment of Act I, Scene 3. The play was not printed.
To Mr. and Mrs. Beecher Stowe. Autograph letter of 3 May 1853, containing approximately 25 words. London. This invitation to dinner on 14 May, from “Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens” to the Stowes, is written entirely in the hand of Catherine Dickens.
Mayall, John, London, Photographer. A photograph of Catherine Hogarth Dickens, who is shown standing, with her blackgloved right hand resting on the back of a chair. The date of the photograph is unknowm; circa 1860 is suggested. This carte-de-visite bears the photographer’s imprint.
Autograph letter, signed, of 28 June 1880 to Thomas Atkinson. Collins refers to an autobiographical sketch published in "the volume called men in This Time." The manuscript in question was owned by Richard Gimbel; see entry H1239. Collins also writes that "The Lighthouse is not published. As long as I kept this play in a manuscript, I keep it out of the reach of theatrical thieves.
Autograph letter, signed, of 6 May 1873 to Edward B. L. ("Plorn") Dickens. A long letter from mother to son, telling of the death of Charles Collins and touching on other family matters.