Group including Clarkson Stanfield, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Augustus Leopold Egg
1 portrait of Charles Dickens
Group including Clarkson Stanfield, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Augustus Leopold Egg
after Unknown photographer
photogravure, (1857)
3 1/2 in. x 5 3/4 in. (90 mm x 146 mm) image size
Given by Alfred Jones, 1924
Photographs Collection
NPG x45067
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Francesco Berger (1834-1933), Pianist, composer and teacher of music. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Charles William Shirley Brooks (1816-1874), Journalist and playwright. Sitter associated with 7 portraits. Identify
- (William) Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), Novelist. Sitter in 25 portraits. Identify
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Novelist. Sitter in 95 portraits. Identify
- Charles Culliford Boz ('Charley') Dickens (1837-1896), Magazine editor and compiler of guidebooks; son of Charles Dickens. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Mary ('Mamie') Dickens (1838-1896), Author; daughter of Charles Dickens. Sitter associated with 9 portraits. Identify
- Augustus Leopold Egg (1816-1863), Genre and history painter. Sitter in 7 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait. Identify
- Frances Minto Elliot (née Dickinson) (1820-1898), 'Florentia'; journalist and writer; former wife of John Edward Geils and Gilbert Elliot; friend of Wilkie Collins. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Frederick Mullett Evans (1803-1870), Printer and publisher; co-founder of Bradbury and Evans; associate of Charles Dickens. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Mr Evans, Associate of Charles Dickens. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Miss Evans (active 1857), Associate of Charles Dickens. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Helen Isabella Hogarth (Mrs Roney) (1833-1890), Wife of R.C. Roney; sister-in-law of Charles Dickens. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Miss Hogarth, Possibly a relation of Charles Dickens. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- (Henry) Whitworth Jones (1817-1891), Opera singer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Mr Keith (active 1857), Associate of Charles Dickens. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Mark Lemon (1809-1870), Editor of 'Punch' and playwright. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
- Mark Lemon Jr (1840-1924), Son of Mark Lemon. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- John Dalbiac Luard (1830-1860), Painter and army officer. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Catherine ('Katey') Elizabeth Macready Perugini (née Dickens) (1839-1929), Painter; former wife of Charles Collins, and later wife of Charles (Carlo) Edward Perugini; daughter of Charles Dickens. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Edward Frederick Smyth Pigott (1824-1895), Journalist. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Albert Richard Smith (1816-1860), Writer, public lecturer and mountaineer. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
- Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793-1867), Marine and landscape painter. Sitter in 13 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait. Identify
- Marcus Clayton Stone (1840-1921), Genre painter and illustrator; son of Frank Stone. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
- William Telbin (1813-1873), Scene-painter. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
This portraitback to top
This convivial photograph reveals Dickens's network of friends, which included the artists Clarkson Stanfield, Marcus Stone and Augustus Egg, Punch's first editor, Mark Lemon, and the novelist, Wilkie Collins. Clearly the focal character, Dickens, known for his charismatic personality, sits centre stage, in front of the group that includes his daughters, Kate and Mamie, and his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. Dickens was also on friendly terms with many of his fellow authors, and was particularly influenced by Thomas Carlyle.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Albert Smith's garden, North End Lodge, Walham Green, London)
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Charles Dickens: Life and Legacy (24 October 2011 - 22 April 2012)
Events of 1857back to top
Current affairs
Palmerston passes the Matrimonial Causes Act in the face of parliamentary opposition. The act establishes divorce courts, although women, unlike men, are not allowed to sue for divorce on the grounds of adultery.The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition is held, a follow-up to the Great Exhibition of 1851, although highlighting Britain's private art collections rather than industry and technology. More than 1.3 million people visit the event.
Art and science
Elizabeth Gaskell publishes The Life of Charlotte Brontë, a year after the author's death. The controversial biography consolidates the myth of the Brontë sisters as isolated geniuses living in remote Yorkshire.Illustrator George Scharf becomes the first Secretary of the National Portrait Gallery, overseeing the collection's growth and its several moves around London before a permanent home is established in 1896, the year after Scharf's death.
International
The Indian Revolt was a significant rebellion against the rule of the East Indian Company and a culmination of decades of discontent about British rule. After a year of horrific violence on both sides, the revolt was suppressed. It led to a more involved role by the British government in India, taking over responsibility from the East India Company.Comments back to top
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