Charles Dickens

Sitterback to top

• Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Novelist. Sitter associated with 94 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Daniel Maclise (1806-1870), History and portrait painter. Artist associated with 107 portraits, Sitter associated with 17 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Dickens and Maclise had become close friends the summer before this portrait was painted. Dickens recorded in a letter of 28 June 1839 that 'Maclise has made another face of me, which all people say is astonishing'.

Related worksback to top

• NPG D19292: Charles Dickens (source portrait)
• NPG D18833: Charles Dickens (source portrait)

Linked publicationsback to top

• Audio Guide
• Victorian Portraits Resource Pack, p. 9
• Cooper, John, Visitor's Guide, 2000, p. 76
• Cooper, John, A Guide to the National Portrait Gallery, 2009, p. 41
• Funnell, Peter, Victorian Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery Collection, 1996, p. 9
• Funnell, Peter (introduction); Marsh, Jan, A Guide to Victorian and Edwardian Portraits, 2011, p. 36
• Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 139
• Ribeiro, Aileen, The Gallery of Fashion, 2000, p. 171
• Saumarez Smith, Charles, The National Portrait Gallery: An Illustrated Guide, 2000, p. 122
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 178

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Books and libraries
• Carpets and textiles
• Chairs
• On display at the Gallery
• Reading
• Shadows
• Writers tour