Tokens of affection were exchanged with sister-in-law whose early death influenced the authorâs work
A heart-shaped locket owned by Mary Hogarth, containing a lock of her brother-in-law Charles Dickensâs hair, and a silver locket, with moss agate stone, containing a lock of Hogarthâs hair given to Dickens by his mother-in-law in 1837. Photograph: Charles Dickens Museum collection
A heart-shaped locket owned by Mary Hogarth, containing a lock of her brother-in-law Charles Dickensâs hair, and a silver locket, with moss agate stone, containing a lock of Hogarthâs hair given to Dickens by his mother-in-law in 1837. Photograph: Charles Dickens Museum collection