[Photograph of Charles Dickens pulling on wrist-cuff]

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Photograph of Charles Dickens, author, standing beside a desk and chair in a full suit and long jacket. One hand is tugging at the jacket-cuff of his other and on the table beside him is an upturned top hat. There is detailed wainscoting on the wall behind him.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 9.8 cm., on sheet 25.5 x 30.5 cm.

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Mason & Co London 1867.

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Photograph of Charles Dickens, author, standing beside a desk and chair in a full suit and long jacket. One hand is tugging at the jacket-cuff of his other and on the table beside him is an upturned top hat. There is detailed wainscoting on the wall behind him.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 9.8 cm., on sheet 25.5 x 30.5 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: Historical Photography Collection (AR0856), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • 1867

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Mason & Co London. [Photograph of Charles Dickens pulling on wrist-cuff], photograph, 1867; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc790693/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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