- Brief description
- Marble bust of Charles Dickens by Angus Fletcher, 1839
- Label
- This is the first portrait bust of Charles Dickens ever created. It was made by Angus Fletcher in 1839 and exhibited at the Royal Academy the same year. Dickens acquired the bust in 1841 but confessed it was not a good representation of himself. In a letter dated 6 August 1839, Dickens commented: 'my friends, artists and otherwise, tell me that it is not like – especially about the head'. Charles Dickens was introduced to Angus Fletcher by John Macrone, who collected literary busts; Fletcher had produced sculptures of poets Felicia Hemans, Joanna Baillie and William Wordsworth.
- Collection
- object
- Object number
- DH250
- Object type
- bust
- Production person
- Fletcher, Angus
- Production date
- 1839
- Inscription content
- ANGUS FLETCHER 1839
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