Portrait of Charles Dickens (Scheffer)

Portrait of Charles Dickens
ArtistAry Scheffer
Year1855
TypeOil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions94.3 cm × 62.9 cm (37.1 in × 24.8 in)
Location

Portrait of Charles Dickens is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the Dutch-French artist Ary Scheffer, from 1855. It depicts the British author Charles Dickens.[1]

Dickens sat for the painting while visiting Paris. He is portrayed, seated, with hands crossed, looking sideways. The background of the paintings is brown and left undefined on purpose.[2]

The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 1856. Today the work is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, in London, which purchased it in 1870.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ormond p.138
  2. ↑ Bledsoe p.153
  3. ↑ "Charles Dickens – National Portrait Gallery".

Bibliography

  • Bledsoe, Robert Terrell Dickens, Journalism, Music: 'Household Words' and 'All The Year Round'. Continuum International Publishing, 2012.
  • Ormond, Richard. Early Victorian Portraits: Text. H.M. Stationery Office, 1974.
  • Choe, Jian,“'Storms and Vicissitudes’: The Portraits of Charles Dickens", The Dickensian, No. 525. Vol. 121, Spring 2025.
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