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1843 portrait of Charles Dickens by Margaret Gillies.

According to the Guardian newspaper, this portrait was lost for 174 years, and found in South Africa in 2017. (See Guardian newspaper: Lost portrait of Charles Dickens turns up at auction in South Africa, by Mark Brown 21 November 2018 The article says: "It was painted in late 1843 when Dickens, aged 31, was an emerging literary star and writing A Christmas Carol, and it was exhibited to acclaim at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1844.")
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Margaret Gillies  (1803–1887)  wikidata:Q16062780
 
Margaret Gillies
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margaret Gillies
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 7 August 1803 Edit this at Wikidata 20 July 1887 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Crockham Hill
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current16:24, 8 November 2020Thumbnail for version as of 16:24, 8 November 20206,204 × 3,720 (12.78 MB)Remitamine (talk | contribs)Higher resolution version
20:18, 21 November 2018Thumbnail for version as of 20:18, 21 November 2018396 × 460 (27 KB)Storye book (talk | contribs)Cropped to exclude parts of oval picture frame.
20:16, 21 November 2018Thumbnail for version as of 20:16, 21 November 2018508 × 636 (47 KB)Storye book (talk | contribs){{Information |Description= 1843 portrait of Charles Dickens by Margaret Gillies. According to the Guardian newspaper, this portrait was lost for 174 years, and found in South Africa in 2017. (See [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/21/lost-portrait-charles-dickens-turns-up-auction-south-africa-margaret-gillies Guardian newspaper: Lost portrait of Charles Dickens turns up at auction in South Africa, by Mark Brown 21 November 2018]) |Source=[https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8907c53256659...

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