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Original manuscript of Sketches of young couples, by Charles Dickens

Manuscript
1840 (hand written)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

77.5 leaves
Bound into the beginning a List of Couples, and of Contents. At the end "an urgent remonstrance, &c. To the Gentlemen of England (being Bachelors or Widowers) The remonstrance of their faithful fellow-subject."
Half bound in red morocco over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Title on spine: M.S. sketches of young couples.

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TitleOriginal manuscript of Sketches of young couples, by Charles Dickens
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Manuscript, Sketches of young couples, by Charles Dickens, England, 1840.
Physical description
77.5 leaves
Bound into the beginning a List of Couples, and of Contents. At the end "an urgent remonstrance, &c. To the Gentlemen of England (being Bachelors or Widowers) The remonstrance of their faithful fellow-subject."
Half bound in red morocco over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Title on spine: M.S. sketches of young couples.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25cm
Production typeUnique
Object history
Bequeathed by John Forster to the museum in 1876.
Other numbers
  • Forster 48.B.9 - NAL Pressmark
  • 38041800839094 - NAL barcode
Collection
Library number
MSL/1876/Forster/154

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Record createdJuly 26, 2023
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