Can't help with the current location, I'm afraid. But this link may be of interest to some https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/johnson/jj-images/galleries/dickens
It illustrates publicity for a commemorative version of Dickins' sundial made by Francis Barker and which copies the original commissioned by the writer. Best wishes, Patrick Vyvyan On 21 July 2018 at 04:21, Ian Maddocks <ian_maddo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello Diallists > > > Whilst trawling Instagram #sundial i found this, asking for info about a > dial once belonging to Charles Dickens. Can anyone help them? > > There's a drawing and photo provided in the link below > > https://www.instagram.com/p/BldQFsbAixH/?tagged=sundial > > > Ian Maddocks > Chester, UK > 53°11'50"N 2°52'41"W > > > > > dickensmuseum <https://www.instagram.com/dickensmuseum/>The Missing > Sun-Dial > ** > The sun-dial stood 4ft 8in high, in the garden at Gad’s Hill (Dickens's > final home) in a most prominent position as it was considered one of > Dickens's most valuable treasures. > * > After Dickens’s death [in 1870], it was bought by Mr. Crighton, of > Rochester. Alice Morse Earle, in her 1902 book Sundials and Roses of > Yesterday, says that the dial was later sold in London for the sum of £50. > An article in the Pittsburg Press, 14 February 1899, gives more details > “There is offered for sale by a curiosity dealer in London the old sun-dial > and stone column formerly the property of Charles Dickens.’ In 1907 it was > exhibited in the ‘Pickwick exhibition’ in London, and had been lent by the > company Francis Barker sundial and barometer specialists, 12 Clerkenwell > Road, London. The company was also making replicas of the original to sell. > * > As we continue our search, let us know if you can shed any light on the > mysterious whereabouts of the sundial. > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > >
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