Credits and acknowledgements

We acknowledge Brian Cleary’s discovery of Gibbet Hill in the National Library of Ireland, and the work of Dacre Stoker and Elizabeth Miller in bringing The Lost Journal to readers. Institutional collections, including the University of Leeds and the Rosenbach, preserve material essential to Bram Stoker research. See Archives for collection links.

Family-supplied documents and photographs are identified as “Source: Estate archives.” Specific sources, dates and references appear with each item where known. Independently held material retains its own institutional or publication attribution.

Each image carries its source beside it. Event images are supplied or collected from organiser material and retain their separate credits. A credit marked “under review” or “to confirm” is unresolved and does not grant permission for reuse. Please contact the Estate about missing attribution or a correction.

The Estate gratefully acknowledges research assistance and contributions from Paul Murray, Dr Elizabeth Miller, Douglas Appleyard, John Moore and Brian J. Showers. Their work helped assemble genealogical and historical information about Bram and the Stoker family.

Bram Stoker, seated three-quarter portrait (b/w)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, 1897 first edition, yellow cloth cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

A display in La Galerie Dior, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Dior designs and displays.

Family visit to 30 Montaigne, Paris, June 2026.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The staircase at 30 Montaigne, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Dior designs and displays.

Atelier display in La Galerie Dior, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Dior designs and displays.

Embroidery in the Dior atelier.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Dior designs and displays.

The colour gallery at La Galerie Dior, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Dior designs and displays.

Another view of the colour gallery at La Galerie Dior, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Dior designs and displays.

Floral dress displayed at La Galerie Dior, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Dior designs and displays.

Family visit to La Galerie Dior, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Another photograph from the family visit to La Galerie Dior, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dior’s Dracula Book Tote on display.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Dior designs and displays.

Dior’s Dracula Book Tote with delphiniums.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Dior designs and displays.

Family visit to the Dior boutique, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Outside 30 Montaigne, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

At the entrance to 30 Montaigne, Paris.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Montblanc Writers Edition pens, Homage to Bram Stoker.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Two pens from Montblanc’s Homage to Bram Stoker collection.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Presentation box from Montblanc’s Homage to Bram Stoker collection.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Castle motif in the Montblanc presentation display.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Notebook from Montblanc’s Homage to Bram Stoker collection.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Montblanc presentation box.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Montblanc presentation box, open.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Montblanc presentation set.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Another view of the open Montblanc presentation box.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Montblanc presentation folder.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Folder from the Montblanc presentation set.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Drawing in the Montblanc presentation folder.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Red and black pens in a presentation tray.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Signature detail on a Montblanc pen.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Montblanc pens with their caps removed.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Engraved nib details.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Two of Bram’s descendants meeting Montblanc in Hamburg.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Signing during the family’s Montblanc visit, Hamburg, April 2026.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Montblanc’s headquarters in Hamburg.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate. Montblanc designs and displays.

Bram Stoker, photographic portrait.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker at St Ann’s Church

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker at his desk

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Stoker family crest

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker, sepia portrait.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Trinity News clipping on Bram Stoker, 20 November 1958

Publication credit under review.

Freeman’s Journal, 1 June 1866: walking match

Publication credit under review.

Bram Stoker follows Henry Irving into a cab outside the Lyceum

Publication credit under review.

Sketches attributed to Bram Stoker

Publication credit under review.

The Life, 1883: Leaves from the Diary (James Whitcomb Riley)

Publication credit under review.

Letter to Bram Stoker from Mark Twain

Publication credit under review.

Escaped lion, The Graphic, 5 October 1889

Publication credit under review.

The Times obituary of Bram Stoker, 22 April 1912, page 15.

The Times, 22 April 1912, p. 15. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf (birthplace)

Publication credit under review.

Parlour at 15 Marino Crescent

Publication credit under review.

Artane Lodge (sketch)

Publication credit under review.

The Four Courts, Dublin, 1846

Publication credit under review.

The Long Room, Trinity College Library

Publication credit under review.

The Shelbourne Hotel, St Stephen’s Green

Publication credit under review.

St Stephen’s Green, c.1890

Publication credit under review.

7 St Stephen’s Green, where Bram lodged in 1877

Publication credit under review.

Sackville Street and O’Connell Bridge

Publication credit under review.

Sackville Street, 1878

Publication credit under review.

Irish folklore illustration (“Irish vampire”)

Publication credit under review.

College Green, 1890s

Publication credit under review.

Horse-drawn bathing box, Clontarf

Publication credit under review.

King and Queen’s College of Physicians, Kildare Street

Publication credit under review.

Leinster House, c.1890

Publication credit under review.

Gate to Marsh’s Library

Publication credit under review.

Dame Genevieve Ward

Publication credit under review.

Sir Henry Irving

Publication credit under review.

Ellen Terry, aged 16 (Julia Margaret Cameron)

Publication credit under review.

Winston Churchill

Publication credit under review.

Mark Twain

Publication credit under review.

Baroness Burdett-Coutts

Publication credit under review.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Publication credit under review.

Buffalo Bill Cody

Publication credit under review.

W. S. Gilbert

Publication credit under review.

Arthur Sullivan

Publication credit under review.

Cora Brown-Potter

Publication credit under review.

Baroness de Bazus

Publication credit under review.

James McNeill Whistler

Publication credit under review.

Theodore Roosevelt

Publication credit under review.

Sir Philip Burne-Jones

Publication credit under review.

George du Maurier

Publication credit under review.

Franz Liszt

Publication credit under review.

“The Vampire”, Philip Burne-Jones, 1897

Publication credit under review.

Dracula first edition cover, 1897

Publication credit under review.

Dracula, first paperback edition, 1901

Publication credit under review.

Dracula article (1897 press)

Publication credit under review.

Dracula review (1897 press)

Publication credit under review.

Dracula advertisement, The New Book List

Publication credit under review.

“Books of the Day”, Manchester Guardian, 15 June 1897

Publication credit under review.

Dracula article (press)

Publication credit under review.

Lyceum programme, 1897 (Dracula copyright reading)

Publication credit under review.

Little Theatre Dracula, The Times, 1927

Publication credit under review.

Bram Stoker, photographic portrait.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Lyceum Theatre

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Souvenir of King Henry VIII, Lyceum, 1892

Publication credit under review.

Souvenir of King Lear, Lyceum, 1892

Publication credit under review.

Sir Henry Irving

Publication credit under review.

Ellen Terry and Edith Craig

Publication credit under review.

Theatre Royal Dublin fire, 9 February 1880

Publication credit under review.

The fourth Theatre Royal, Dublin

Publication credit under review.

The Watter’s Mou’ (1895) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

The Shoulder of Shasta (1895) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Miss Betty (1898) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

The Mystery of the Sea (1902) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

The Man (1905) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Lady Athlyne (1908) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

The Lady of the Shroud (1909) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

The Lair of the White Worm (1911) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Under the Sunset (1881) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Dracula’s Guest (1914) cover

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker (book)

Publication credit under review.

The Lost Journal in the window at Hodges Figgis

Publication credit under review.

Garrick Theatre programme for Hamilton Deane’s Dracula (1927)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s working notes for Dracula: cast list page

The Rosenbach, EL3 .S874d MS; reproduction supplied in the Estate image folder.

Bram’s working notes for Dracula: “Vampire” page

The Rosenbach, EL3 .S874d MS. Reproduction from the Estate image collection.

Bram’s working notes: transcription from “Transylvanian Superstitions” (Gerard, 1885)

The Rosenbach, EL3 .S874d MS; reproduction supplied in the Estate image folder.

Bram’s working notes for Dracula: research page

The Rosenbach, EL3 .S874d MS. Reproduction from the Estate image collection.

Bat motif from an early Dracula cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s working notes for Dracula: second “Vampire” page

The Rosenbach, EL3 .S874d MS. Reproduction from the Estate image collection.

Bram’s working notes: medical notes on a head injury (Renfield)

The Rosenbach, EL3 .S874d MS. Reproduction from the Estate image collection.

Bram’s working notes: sketch of a depressed skull fracture (Renfield)

The Rosenbach, EL3 .S874d MS; reproduction supplied in the Estate image folder.

Bram’s working notes: medical notes, continued

The Rosenbach, EL3 .S874d MS. Reproduction from the Estate image collection.

Bram Stoker signature (trade mark artwork)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Famous Impostors (1910) cover, small

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Lair of the White Worm (1911) cover, small

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Lady of the Shroud (1909) cover, small

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Shoulder of Shasta (1895) cover, small

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

18 St Leonard’s Terrace, Chelsea, with blue plaque

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s letter to David Bispham on 4 Durham Place notepaper, page 1

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s letter to David Bispham, page 2

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s letter to David Bispham, page 3

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s letter to David Bispham, signature page

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

A Glimpse of America (1886) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Abraham Stoker, Bram’s father

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Charles Boner’s map of Transylvania (1865)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker, signed portrait, 1906

W. & D. Downey, 1906. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Irish centenary stamps, 2012 (pair)

An Post. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Irish centenary stamp, 2012

An Post. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

“Mr Bram Stoker’s gallant act”: the 1882 Thames rescue, from an illustrated paper

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s Bible, inscribed “Abraham Stoker on his birth day 8th November 1858”

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Family inscriptions in Bram’s own copy of Dracula

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s letter to David Bispham, photographed page; overlaps the right-hand page in BSE-195.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s letter to David Bispham, adjoining pages; original page numbering to confirm.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s watch fob and seal

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s signature: “Abraham Stoker, 1 August 1871”

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s Dublin University trophy tankard

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Title page of Boner’s Transylvania: Its Products and Its People (1865)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Charlotte Stoker, Bram’s mother

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

“Mr Winston Churchill talks of his hopes...”: Bram’s interview, New York World, 1907

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Marsh’s Library, Dublin: the reading cages

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Office of Public Works plaque to Bram Stoker, Dublin

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula’s Guest, Prince of Wales Theatre souvenir edition for the 250th London performance of Dracula (1927)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Sir Thornley Stoker, Bram’s elder brother, at his desk

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula’s Guest, early dust jacket

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, second Italian edition (Bocca, 1953)

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Collage of Dracula covers from around the world

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, eighth edition (Constable, 1904)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, first Italian edition (Bocca, 1945)

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Dracula, first Japanese edition (1950)

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Dracula, first Romanian edition (Univers, 1990)

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Drácula, first Spanish edition (La Novela Aventura, 1935)

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Wilkinson’s footnote: “Dracula in the Wallachian language means Devil”

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula 125th anniversary pin (2022)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, horror paperback cover

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Universal’s Dracula (1931) film poster, Style F

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (1879) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Famous Impostors (1910) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Lyceum Theatre poster: Henry Irving in Faust

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, first Hebrew edition (Israel, 1985)

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Dracula, first Malaysian edition (1976)

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Florence Stoker with her son Noel

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Whitby at sunset (photo: Gary Cheesman)

Gary Cheesman.

Lost Journal page: “Night fishing”, Greystones

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, early German edition

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, l’homme de la nuit, first French edition (1920)

Cover illustration by Pierre Falké, 1920. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Drakula, early Hungarian edition (Budapest)

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Dracula, abridged sixpenny paperback (Constable, 1901)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Miss Betty (1898): title page with frontispiece portrait

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s source: Mayo, On the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions (title page)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s source: Mayo, On the Truths (contents page)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s source: Baedeker’s Southern Germany and Austria, including Hungary and Transylvania

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Family inscriptions in Bram’s own copy of Dracula (second view)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s source: Lee, The Other World (1875), title page

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s source: Mayo, On the Truths, title page (second copy)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s source: Samuelson, Roumania Past and Present (1882)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s source: Emily Gerard, The Land Beyond the Forest (1888)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s source: Lee, The Other World (second view)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s source: Baedeker’s Southern Germany and Austria (second view)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, Romanian edition (Univers), second photograph

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Handwritten note by Bram, 1902

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bronze bust of Bram Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s sources: Magyarland, The Land Beyond the Forest and Arminius Vámbéry

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Early Dracula editions in the Estate collection

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, Modern Library edition

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, early red cloth edition

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

“Mr Bram Stoker’s gallant act”, The Penny Illustrated Paper, 4 November 1882, p. 296 (detail).

The Penny Illustrated Paper, 4 November 1882, p. 296.

Bram’s watch fob, seal and keys

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s carnelian seal, close-up

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s Royal Humane Society medal with a copy of Dracula

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s Trinity College Historical Society medal, reverse

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s Trinity College Historical Society medal, obverse

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Plaque on Mount Izvorul Călimanului, Romania

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker bobblehead figure

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Miss Betty (1898) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Lost Journal page: “Night fishing” (second scan)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Arms of Stoker of Dublin, painted

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bran Castle, “Castle of Terzburg”, illustration in Charles Boner’s Transylvania (1865), p. 278

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula in Irish, first edition (Éire, 1933)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Lady Athlyne (1908) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Lyceum Theatre, London, coloured engraving

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Marsh’s Library sign, Dublin

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Lost Journal page: “Dreamland”

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker, portrait from the Occult Review

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Engraved plate with the Stoker arms

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Silver coins from the family collection

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s trophy tankard (second view)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (1906) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Text of the Mount Izvorul plaque

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Charlotte Stoker’s letter to Bram about Dracula, last page (“your loving old mother”)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Envelope addressed to Bram Stoker, 18 St Leonard’s Terrace, Chelsea

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula’s Guest, 250th performance souvenir edition, 1927 (cover)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Charlotte Stoker’s letter to Bram about Dracula, 1 June 1897, first page

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Collage of early Dracula covers

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Slains Castle, Cruden Bay, from the air

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

St Mary’s Church, Whitby

© Colin Hamilton.

Stoker arms, cleaned artwork

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Arms of Stoker of Dublin, original painting

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Stoker coat of arms, framed artwork

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Unidentified boy, Victorian portrait from the family collection.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Trinity College Historical Society medal, obverse (studio photograph)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Trinity College Historical Society medal, reverse (studio photograph)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Whitby Civic Society plaque: “Bram Stoker stayed here 1890–1896”

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Jewel of Seven Stars, first American edition (Harper & Brothers, 1904)

Harper & Brothers, 1904. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Lady of the Shroud (1909) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Man (1905) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Mystery of the Sea (1902) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Snake’s Pass (1890) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Watter’s Mou’ (1895) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Shoulder of Shasta (1895) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Mystery of the Sea (1902) cover, second copy

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Sir Thornley Stoker, portrait

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Under the Sunset (1881), first edition cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Under the Sunset (1881) cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Grant of arms with banner, Stoker family

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s source: Theory of Dreams, title page

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Handwritten letter by Bram, 1905

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Arms of Stoker of Dublin, with caption

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s carnelian seal intaglio, studio close-up

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s watch fob and keys, studio photograph

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Whitby Abbey and St Mary’s Church above the town

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

St Mary’s churchyard, Whitby, at dusk

© Colin Hamilton.

St Mary’s churchyard, Whitby, at sunset

© Colin Hamilton.

Whitby harbour at sunset

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Wilkinson, Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1820), title page

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker as a younger man

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Drácula, Spanish cloth edition

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

Dracula, abridged 1901 paperback (second copy)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, Grosset & Dunlap film tie-in edition (1931)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, Modern Library jacket

Publisher and illustrator, where shown on the cover. Photograph from the Estate image collection.

The Man (1905) cover, second copy

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions (1879) cover, second copy

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, early illustrated edition (“1/6 net”)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, 1901 abridged paperback cover (line image)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, early dark cloth edition

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, early illustrated green cloth edition

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Red wax seal impression of Bram’s seal

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram’s seal on the watch fob, close-up

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula, early green cloth edition (Rider)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Slains Castle, Cruden Bay, old postcard

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Whitby: 6 Royal Crescent, where Bram stayed, with Civic Society plaque

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Hall Caine, photographed by H. S. Mendelssohn.

H. S. Mendelssohn; Cassell’s Universal Portrait Gallery, via Wikimedia Commons.

Pamela Colman Smith in a theatrical setting, published in The Lamp, 1903.

The Lamp, volume 26 issue 5, June 1903, p.418; scan via Wikimedia Commons.

Gibbet Hill in the Daily Express supplement, 17 December 1890.

National Library of Ireland, Daily Express supplement, 17 December 1890; composite scan via Wikimedia Commons.

Walt Whitman, after a portrait by Alexander Gardner.

Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-58228; after Alexander Gardner.

Arthur Conan Doyle, 1913.

Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection, cph.3b44212; downloaded via Wikimedia Commons.

Lyceum programme for Much Ado About Nothing, 25 July 1891, front page.

Ellen Terry and Edith Craig Database, ET-D131a image 1; National Trust.

The programme names Bram Stoker as Acting Manager.

Ellen Terry and Edith Craig Database, ET-D131a image 3; National Trust.

Menu for a Lyceum supper following King Charles I, 28 June 1901.

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Bram Stoker Collection; collection owned by Royal Shakespeare Company.

Montblanc Writers Edition Homage to Bram Stoker fountain pen.

Montblanc, official collection photograph.

Studio photograph of Montblanc Homage to Bram Stoker pens.

Montblanc, official collection photograph.

Dior Dracula Book Tote, front view.

Dior, official product photograph.

Henry Irving and Ellen Terry as Benedick and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing.

Library of Congress LCCN 97514042, chromolithograph; downloaded via Wikimedia Commons.

Lady Jane Wilde, known as Speranza, by J. Morosini.

J. Morosini, reproduced in Oscar Wilde; downloaded via Wikimedia Commons.

Florence Stoker, drawing attributed to Edward Burne-Jones.

Attributed to Edward Burne-Jones. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Florence Stoker, sketch attributed to Oscar Wilde.

Attributed to Oscar Wilde. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Florence Stoker, portrait identified as by Walter Osborne.

Attributed to Walter Osborne. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in Dracula (1931). Universal publicity photograph.

Universal Studios publicity photograph, 1931; photographer unknown.

Christopher Lee as Dracula, with John Van Eyssen as Jonathan Harker, in Dracula (1958). Hammer lobby card.

Hammer Film Productions · lobby card via Wikimedia Commons.

Gary Oldman as Dracula in promotional artwork for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992). © 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

© 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Trinity College and College Green, Dublin, circa 1900. Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland. Later than Bram’s student years.

National Library of Ireland, Lawrence Collection.

William Ashford, A View of Dublin from Clontarf, circa 1795–1798. National Gallery of Ireland. An earlier view of the coast, not a scene from Bram’s lifetime.

National Gallery of Ireland, CC BY 4.0.

Edison Home Phonograph, circa 1898, National Museum of American History. A period example, not a machine owned by Bram.

Crawdad Blues, CC0; National Museum of American History.

NLI director Dr Audrey Whitty and Brian Cleary with material relating to Gibbet Hill.

National Library of Ireland; photographer unconfirmed.

The Kilmarnock Arms Hotel, Cruden Bay. Photograph by Martyn Gorman, 2008.

Martyn Gorman / Geograph, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Programme for Henry Irving’s 1900 revival of The Lyons Mail at the Lyceum Theatre.

Scan by Jack1956, from their collection, via Wikimedia Commons.

A hoisting cantilever frame, Harland and Wolff, Belfast, 1907

Publication credit under review.

The works from Abercorn Quay, Harland and Wolff, Belfast

Publication credit under review.

The “Oceanic” on the stocks, Harland and Wolff, Belfast

Publication credit under review.

Hamilton Graving Dock and works from Queen’s Road, Belfast

Publication credit under review.

A picturesque corner, Irish International Exhibition, 1907

Publication credit under review.

A general view of the Central Palace, Irish International Exhibition, 1907

Publication credit under review.

The Pavilion Restaurant, Irish International Exhibition, 1907

Publication credit under review.

The bridge and dome lit by electric light, Irish International Exhibition, 1907

Publication credit under review.

The Colonial Avenue, Irish International Exhibition, 1907

Publication credit under review.

Central Arch and Concert Hall, Irish International Exhibition, 1907

Publication credit under review.

A corner of the Art Gallery, Irish International Exhibition, 1907

Publication credit under review.

The Canadian Building, Irish International Exhibition, 1907

Publication credit under review.

Mr James Shanks

Publication credit under review.

Sir Henry Irving

Publication credit under review.

“The Shadow Builder”, Under the Sunset

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Henry Irving, by C. A. Buchel (Tuck’s card)

C. A. Buchel, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

The Lost Journal, French edition (J’ai Lu)

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Palace Theatre, Sydney, lit at night

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Queue for a Dracula film screening

Publication credit under review.

Dracula

Publication credit under review.

Dracula article, The Film Society

Publication credit under review.

Plaque referring to Vlad Dracul

Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Bram Stoker, portrait by Aidin Hickey

Publication credit under review.

Plaque: Bram Stoker lived here, Dublin

Publication credit under review.

Stoker family crest

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

The Stoker family, painting by Walter Osborne

Walter Osborne. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Sir William Wilde (1815–1876)

Publication credit under review.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

Publication credit under review.

Edward Dowden (1843–1913)

Publication credit under review.

Hester Dowden Travers Smith (1868–1949)

Publication credit under review.

Francis Frankfort Moore (1855–1931)

Publication credit under review.

Dame Madge Kendal and William Hunter Grimston

Publication credit under review.

Walter Frederick Osborne (1859–1903)

Publication credit under review.

Dr George Ferdinand Shaw (1821–1899)

Publication credit under review.

Frank Owen Stoker, shown in a historic tennis clipping

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Gravestone of Abraham Stoker, Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Abraham Stoker, Bram’s father

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Sackville Street, Dublin, in Abraham Stoker’s time

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dublin Castle, where Abraham Stoker worked for over fifty years

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Abraham Stoker memorial, Rathfarnham (image courtesy of D. Appleyard)

Courtesy of D. Appleyard.

Charlotte Stoker, Bram’s mother

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Sir William Thornley Stoker, Bart., MD

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Obituary of Sir Thornley Stoker, 1912

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

New York Times obituary of Sir Thornley Stoker, 1912

The New York Times. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Obituary of Sir Thornley Stoker, 1912 (continued)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bronze relief of Sir Thornley Stoker by J. S. M. Carré

J. S. M. Carré. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Sir Thornley Stoker and blood transfusion

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Plate painted by Matilda Stoker, 1870

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Celtic design by Matilda Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Thomas Stoker, BA, Bengal Civil Service

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

“The Pundit”: Tom Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Thomas Stoker, press cutting

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Egerton Crescent, London

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Thomas Stoker, press cutting (heading)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Medals awarded to Dr Richard Nugent Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Susan Harden Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Margaret Dalrymple Stoker (Lady Thomson), Bram’s younger sister

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Sir William Thomson, MD

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Medals awarded to Sir William Thomson

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dr George Stoker, Bram’s youngest brother

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dr George Stoker’s medals

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dr George Stoker with a Turkish field ambulance

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Breathing apparatus designed by Dr George Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Ellen Terry, drawn by Albert Sterner

Albert Sterner. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

“The Surgeon’s Knife”, The Ludgate, 1898

The Ludgate, 1898. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Whitefield, the McGillycuddy estate in County Kerry

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Anna Johnstone McGillycuddy

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, County Kerry

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Richard McGillycuddy (1790–1866)

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Commander Henry Hew Gordon Dacre Stoker, DSO, RN

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

H. H. G. Dacre Stoker: press cutting on the AE2

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

“Blackwood’s Magazine”, 1919: the AE2 story

Blackwood’s Magazine, 1919. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Negley Farson

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Enid Eveleen (Eve) Stoker Farson

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Gladys Thornley Thomson

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Murray Hornibrook’s Edward VII despatch box, exterior

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Murray Hornibrook’s Edward VII despatch box, open

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Douglas Thomson at Achera (Durham University Library)

Durham University Library. Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Captain Tom Thornley McGillycuddy Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Mary Hendrie Braithwaite Stoker with her sons

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

New York Times notice: Mary Drummond and Tom Stoker

The New York Times. Supplied from the Bram Stoker Estate records. Original image source not yet confirmed.

Pilot Officer Tom Thornley Braithwaite Stoker, RCAF

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Memorial to Pilot Officer Tom Thornley Braithwaite Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Daniel Farson

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Count von Count, a Sesame Street character since 1972. Official Sesame Workshop character portrait.

© Sesame Workshop; reproduction permission to confirm.

Abraham Stoker’s death certificate, certified 22 April 1912. Family-supplied photograph; reference visible on the mount: 11076/1/1.

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Globe: “Irving’s Boswell”, April 1912.

Globe, April 1912 · Trinity College Dublin. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Westminster Gazette: “The Late Mr. Bram Stoker”, April 1912.

Westminster Gazette, April 1912 · Trinity College Dublin. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker’s letter to the Royal Literary Fund, 25 February 1911 – page 1.

© Noel Dobbs 2023. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker’s letter to the Royal Literary Fund, 25 February 1911 – pages 2 and 3.

© Noel Dobbs 2023. Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

William Thornley Stoker, by Walter Osborne. Oil on canvas, undated. Catalogue description: Trinity College Dublin, reference 11076/3/131.

Walter Osborne · Trinity College Dublin, 11076/3/131.

Cauldon maker’s mark on an antique plate

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover design on an Estate shop accessory

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover textile design, detail

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracul (Trade-Paperback) by Dacre Stoker &

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Photograph of a historical design

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker Chiffon Scarf

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

St. Michael Conquers Evil – Match Holder

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Maker’s detail on an antique mastiff plate

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Tote bag with Dracula cover designs

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker bobblehead figure

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Detail of an antique plate, including damage to the rim

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Metal drinking cup, pictured in the Estate records

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Photograph of a historical design

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Antique stickpin, full view

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Photograph of a historical design

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover design on a belt

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Textile with early Dracula cover designs

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Photograph of a historical design

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Chiffon Scarf

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Stopper detail of a flask

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracul (2018) Dacre Stoker & JD Barker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Antique 18 K Gold French Stickpin

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker Necktie – Vintage Dracula Covers

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover textile, showing scale

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover tote bag in use

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Detail of a book-cover bag

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Base of a metal drinking cup

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula lapel pin

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Photograph of a historical design

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Photograph of a historical design

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker, cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula Hardback Boook

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Photograph of a historical design

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Irish Writers Playing Cards

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker Necktie – Vintage Dracula Covers

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover belt, rolled

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula the Un-Dead (2009) Trade Paperback

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Detail of a book-cover belt in use

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracul (Trade-Paperback) by Dacre Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Fabric with Dracula cover designs

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Stickpin shaft and hallmark detail

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Irish writers’ playing-card pack

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula Lapel Pin

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

St Michael and the dragon, match-holder detail

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Olive Green Suede Flask

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Sepia tone book cover with Dracula author Bram Stoker behind Dacre Stoker

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula the Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt, cover

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover scarf, detail

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Gold Pearl Claw Pin – From the Family Vault

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Slains Castles

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Tote bag with Dracula cover designs

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker bobblehead

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover belt, full view

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover textile displayed beside Dracula

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover necktie, detail

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Decorative claw and pearl pin, detail

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Antique Scottish Flask

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Gold stickpin, full view

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Antique Cauldon Plate – Mastiff

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover scarf, folded

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Gold pearl claw pin, side view

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover textile designs

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Reverse and fastenings of a Dracula lapel pin

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Antique 18 K Gold French Stickpin

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Underside mark on a photographed object

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Dracula lapel pins photographed together

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker bobblehead beside books

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker bobblehead

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Bram Stoker bobblehead beside Dracula

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

John Hinde Ltd. Playing Cards

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Book-cover belt, alternate view

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Gold Pearl Claw Pin – From the Family Vault

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.

Flask, reverse view

Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.