Charles Dickens
(1812-1870), NovelistEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 95 portraits
Charles Dickens is widely regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era whose writings are renowned for their vivid portrayal of the class system of the period, addressing social deprivation and injustice. He established his name with Pickwick Papers, 1836.
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, September 1863
NPG x14340
by John & Charles Watkins, published by Samuel E. Poulton
albumen carte-de-visite, September 1863
NPG x14344
by John & Charles Watkins, published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, September 1863
NPG x14345
by John & Charles Watkins, published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, September 1863
NPG x14346
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, September 1863
NPG Ax18228
by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason), or by G.L. Lea
albumen print, 1863
NPG Ax7293
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen print, September 1863
NPG Ax21885
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen print, September 1863
NPG Ax21886
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, September 1863
NPG Ax7508
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen print on card, September 1863
NPG x14339
by Robert White Thrupp, after John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s (September 1863)
NPG x135522
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
vintage print, 1865
NPG x4406
Charles Dickens; Mamie Dickens; Catherine ('Katey') Elizabeth Macready Perugini (née Dickens)
by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
photogravure, 1865, published 1880
NPG x24930
by Samuel E. Poulton
albumen carte-de-visite, 1866-1868
NPG Ax17820
by George Gardner Rockwood
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG x45466
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG x11863
by George Gardner Rockwood
albumen cabinet card, 1867
NPG x131113
by Gurney & Son
albumen cabinet card, 1867
NPG x45498
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card on paper mount, (1867)
NPG x11860
Related People
- Catherine Dickens (née Hogarth) (wife)
- Charles Culliford Boz ('Charley') Dickens (son)
- Sir Gerald Charles Dickens (grandson)
- Sir Henry Fielding Dickens (son)
- Mary ('Mamie') Dickens (daughter)
- Catherine ('Katey') Elizabeth Macready Perugini (née Dickens) (daughter)
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