Rare items of Charles Dickens’ clothing to go on display in London

Charles Dickens in velvet jacket, by William P Frith. The Dickens museum’s director said Dickens was known to be ‘a real dandy’. Photograph: Charles Dickens Museum

Rare surviving items of Charles Dickens’ clothing, including the linen shirt collar worn by the writer when he suffered his fatal stroke in 1870, are to go on display.

Other items being exhibited include Dickens’ black silk stockings – part of his only surviving suit – as well as personal effects and items related to his personal grooming, including a set of six silver razors used for his daily shave, a perfume bottle, silver candle snuffers and a gold locket, containing photos and locks of hair from Dickens and his son, Henry.