MOUNTED SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPH Of DICKENS And Family, on the Steps of Gad's Hill Place.
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca mid-1880s. Verso blank. Image: 6-1/8" x 4-3/8". Mount: 12" x 10". Mount with penciled note in lower right corner: "Mason & Co. 1865" Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Photograph with silver prominent, overall, VG+. Mount shows modest edgewear [and lacking lower left corner], light soiling & age-toning, overall, Very Good. Item #52263
This well-known 1865 image shows Charles Dicken 's family and friends on the porch of Gad's Hill, where Dickens lived towards the end of his life. Gathered are, back left, Kate Dickens; centre, Mamie Dickens, his eldest daughter; right, Charles Dickens; front left, Henry Chorley, friend and author; centre, Charles Collins, the Pre-Raphaelite painter; right, Georgina Hogarth, Charles' sister in law.
Price: $375.00