- Brief description
- Small Figurine of the 'Fat Boy', 1830s
- Label
- This figurine, possibly made from wax, depicts Joe the "wonderfully fat boy" from The Pickwick Papers, Dickens's first novel. It was made between 1837 and 1839 and is one of the oldest pieces of Dickensiana in the Charles Dickens Museum's collection, being made during or just after the completion of The Pickwick Papers, which finished November 1837. It was made by C. Bullock of London - a member of the celebrated family of wax-modellers and cabinet-makers.
- Collection
- Object
- Object number
- DH261
- Object type
- ornament
- Production person
- Bullock, C
- Production date
- 1837-1839
- Production place
- London
- Inscription content
- C. Bulloch
London Sept 1 1839 [or 1837] - Inscription description
- Along the top of the base at the back of the figurine. handwritten in black ink.
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