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The face of Charles Dickens - portraits of the great author

Andrew Xavier · Gresham College

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About

Charles Dickens was drawn, painted and photographed more than most of his contemporaries. Great Victorian artist's such as William Powell Frith RA and even the famous US photographers Gurney & Son captured his famous features. This lecture tells you about these and many more and what Dickens thought about them all. Next lecture in the series was Curious eyes and steady hands - anatomists in Georgian London

The talk

  1. The face of Charles Dickens - portraits of the great author 2005-11-24 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Andrew Xavier
Year
2005
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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