Large 1840 portrait of a young Charles Dickens, oil on canvas by Daniel Maclise. Important early portrait of a young Charles Dickens sat on a chair portrayed at half length wearing a black suit with white waistcoat and cravat. Painted between the publications of Nicholas Nickleby and The Old Curiosity Shop. Presented in its original antique gilt frame with title.
Maclise painted several portraits of Dickens and his family, the most famous being the full-length oil of 1839 in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 1172), which was used as the frontispiece for Nicholas Nickleby when it was first published later that year. He and the author were great friends, and Maclise contributed illustrations for The Old Curiosity Shop and several of the Christmas books: The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, and The Battle of Life.
Provenance: Sothebys, London ref SS913
W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey
Measurements: 38" x 33" framed approx
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