- Brief description
- Graphite portrait of Charles Dickens by Alfred d'Orsay, 1842
- Label
- Alfred, Count d'Orsay, was a French artist who, like Dickens, was a 'dandy' - someone who dressed extravagantly and was concerned with appearance and fashion. The two were good friends and d'Orsay was co-godfather to Dickens's son Alfred alongside Alfred Tennyson. D'Orsay had drawn Dickens in 1841 but was dissatisfied with the result. This 1842 attempt was the last portrait d'Orsay produced (he died in 1852) and is regarded as one of his best.
- Collection
- object
- Object number
- DH349
- Object type
- drawing
- Production person
- d'Orsay, Alfred
- Production date
- 28.12.1842
- Inscription content
- ‘d’Orsay fecit 28 Dec 1842’
'Dickens: the best of the two'