Engraved portrait based on a photograph of English writer and social critic Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), 1863/1874. Photography by John & Charles Watkins.


Medium: engraving Publication: Evert A. Duyckinck, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men Ans Women of Europe and America, Johnson, Wilson and Company, New York, 1874 Notes: This photograph shows Dickens in a pensive mood, and was taken at a time when he had suffered two family deaths, losing his second son, Walter, who died in India, and also his mother.


Size: 2065px × 2787px
Photo credit: © Archive Farms. Inc / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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