| Portrait of Charles Dickens | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Daniel Maclise |
| Year | 1839 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 91.4 cm × 71.4 cm (36.0 in × 28.1 in) |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
Portrait of Charles Dickens is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise, from 1839. It is a depiction of the English novelist Charles Dickens, still in his youth.[1][2] Dickens's debut novel The Pickwick Papers had been a popular success, which he had followed up with Nicholas Nickleby. He was around twenty-seven when he sat for the painting, which is sometimes known as Young Dickens.
The painting depicts Dickens sitting at a writing table and was generally considered a "good likeness". It was used for the frontispiece of his third novel Nicholas Nickleby.[3] Today it is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, in London, having been transferred from the Tate Galleries in 2012.[4] An engraving based on the painting was produced by Edward Francis Finden.[5]
See also
- Charles Dickens in His Study, an 1859 portrait by William Powell Frith
References
- ↑ Weston p.119
- ↑ Murray p.120
- ↑ Schlicke p.366
- ↑ "Charles Dickens - National Portrait Gallery".
- ↑ "Charles Dickens, 1812 - 1870. Novelist by Edward Francis Finden | National Galleries of Scotland".
Bibliography
- Murray, Peter. Daniel Maclise, 1806-1870: Romancing the Past. Crawford Art Gallery, 2008.
- Schlicke, Paul (ed.) The Oxford Companion to Charles Dickens: Anniversary Edition. OUP Oxford, 2011.
- Weston, Nancy. Daniel Maclise: Irish Artist in Victorian London. Four Courts Press, 2001.
- Choe, Jian,“'Storms and Vicissitudes’: The Portraits of Charles Dickens", The Dickensian, No. 525. Vol. 121, Spring 2025.
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