[The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, text and illustration]

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Photograph of an illustration in the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. The image, which is illustrated by Robert Seymour, depicts Samuel Pickwick standing on a chair to address the club members who are sitting around a dining table. A note beneath the image reads "Mr. Pickwick addresses the club. / London, Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand." The book is propped open on a book cradle and there is a white background and there is a clear strap holding down the left-hand pages. A portion of the cover is visible and is printed with orange, red, blue, grey, and white … continued below

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1 photograph : col. ; 7360 x 4912 px.

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Dickens, Charles & Seymour, Robert July 9, 2014.

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Photograph of an illustration in the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. The image, which is illustrated by Robert Seymour, depicts Samuel Pickwick standing on a chair to address the club members who are sitting around a dining table. A note beneath the image reads "Mr. Pickwick addresses the club. / London, Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand." The book is propped open on a book cradle and there is a white background and there is a clear strap holding down the left-hand pages. A portion of the cover is visible and is printed with orange, red, blue, grey, and white marbling with brown sections. There are water stains at the top of the page as well.

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1 photograph : col. ; 7360 x 4912 px.

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The item was part of the UNT Special Collections' Fall 2014 exhibit featuring items from the Vann Victorian Collection.

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  • Preferred Citation: University Photography Collection (U0458), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Dickens, Charles & Seymour, Robert. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, text and illustration], photograph, July 9, 2014; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1555913/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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