- Brief description
- Silver locket with agate stone containing a lock of Mary Hogarth's hair and an authentication card
- Label
- Mary Scott Hogarth was the youngest sister of Catherine, Dickens's wife. Mary lived with the Dickenses after their marriage in 1836, supporting and learning from Catherine about housekeeping and raising children. On 7 May 1837, at age 17, she suddenly collapsed and died soon after. The Dickenses were deeply shocked and saddened by her death. Dickens's mother-in-law, Georgina, gave Dickens this locket containing a lock of Mary's hair later that year.
- Collection
- Object
- Object number
- DH851
- Object type
- locket
document - Credit line
- Purchased with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund, the Friends of the National Library and the Dickens Fellowship.
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