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Dolly Varden
Frith, William Powell RA, born 1819 - died 1909 - Enlarge image
Dolly Varden
- Object:
Oil painting
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (probably, painted)
- Date:
1842 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Frith, William Powell RA, born 1819 - died 1909 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by John Forster
- Museum number:
F.8
- Gallery location:
Paintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries, case EAST WALL
Dolly Varden appears in the novel Barnaby Rudge, by Charles Dickens. It was written in 1840 but set in the 1780s. Charles Dickens described Dolly as: 'The very pink and pattern of good looks, in a smart little cherry coloured mantle...a little straw hat…And she wore such a cruel little muff, and such a heart-rending pair of shoes'.