BIB_ID
307949
Accession number
MA 7793
Creator
Gurney, Jeremiah 1812-1895.
Published
[1867]
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Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2011.
Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (163 x 108 mm)
Notes
Dickens probably posed for this Imperial-size photograph by Jeremiah Gurney & Son on December 9 or 10, 1867, during his last reading tour of the United States. The precise number of poses is undetermined but most of the poses were published in cabinet or carte-de-visite size.
Dickens's name and the photographer's imprint on the original mount and on the verso.
Dickens's name and the photographer's imprint on the original mount and on the verso.
Summary
Full-length portrait of English novelist Charles Dickens, resting on a book on a Davenport desk.
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