Portrait of Charles Dickens

William Harry Warren Bicknell American

Sitter Charles Dickens British

1907

Not on view

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Title: Portrait of Charles Dickens
Artist: William Harry Warren Bicknell (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1860–1947 Winchester, Massachusetts)
Sitter: Charles Dickens (British, Portsmouth 1812–1870 Rochester)
Date: 1907
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 6 7/16 × 4 15/16 in. (16.4 × 12.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (27 × 21.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 41.71.12
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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