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Seymour was buried in 1836 at [[St Mary Magdalene Church, Holloway Road|St Mary Magdalene Church]] in Islington. Alterations to the church grounds led to Seymour's tombstone being removed from the grave site and considered "lost" until 2006 when it was discovered in the church's crypt by author Stephen Jarvis. The tombstone has since been acquired by the [[Charles Dickens Museum]] at 48 Doughty Street, London where it went on permanent public display from 27 July 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Found - tombstone of cartoonist Charles Dickens wrote out of history|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/found-tombstone-of-cartoonist-charles-dickens-wrote-out-of-history-6487574.html|accessdate=7 January 2018|work=Evening Standard|date=2 July 2010}}</ref>
 
==''Death and Mr Pickwick''==
In his 2014 novel ,<ref>Stephen Jarvis, ''Death and Mr Pickwick'', Jonathan Cape, London, 2014 ({{ISBN|9780224099660}})</ref>, which is part dramatised fictional biography of Seymour, part forensic analysis of the "authorial" controversy, part socio-literary history of the entire Pickwick phenomenon, Stephen Jarvis puts together a substantial case against Dickens's and Chapman's accepted version of events. This is plausibly based on inconsistencies in Dickens's various prefaces to the book and flaws in Chapman's supporting testimony, as well as a scrupulous examination of other evidential sources, including internal evidence from Seymour's own work on the project. In particular, the idea that he ever suggested a "Nimrod Club" publication, based on sporting illustrations, comes under strong scrutiny: Jarvis's narrator concludes that not only the idea, but also the name, physiognomy and character of Mr Pickwick originated in Seymour's imagination.
 
==Notes==