Charles Dickens
Portrait
late 1830s (made)
late 1830s (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Pencil drawing of the author Charles Dickens, with additional sketches in the margin
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Charles Dickens (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil |
| Brief description | Pencil sketch of Charles Dickens by George Cruikshank. |
| Physical description | Pencil drawing of the author Charles Dickens, with additional sketches in the margin |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | In April or May 1837 Dickens wrote excusing himself for not seeing a friend who called at Doughty Street because 'I was sitting for my portrait to George Cruikshank...and George being a ticklish subject could not leave him'. The sketch show him when he was beginning to be know as an elegant man-about-town. |
| Association | |
| Bibliographic reference | Charles Dickens: An exhibition to celebrate the centenary of his death London : HMSO, 1970
p.107 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 9995C |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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