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Portraiture in a Bleak House

It may seem an odd thing to do at one’s leisure on a beautiful tropical island, but I spent much of my midwinter break a few weeks ago re-reading Bleak House.

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Sunset in the drawing room at Chesney Wold by Hablot Knight Brown
Sunset in the drawing room at Chesney Wold by Hablot Knight Brown
Lady Dedlock in the wood by Hablot Knight Browne
Lady Dedlock in the wood by Hablot Knight Browne
London by Hablot Knight Browne
London by Hablot Knight Browne
The little old lady by Hablot Knight Browne
The little old lady by Hablot Knight Browne
Miss Jellyby by Hablot Knight Browne
Miss Jellyby by Hablot Knight Browne
Shadow by Hablot Knight Browne
Shadow by Hablot Knight Browne
The appointed times by Hablot Knight Browne
The appointed times by Hablot Knight Browne
Nurse and patient by Hablot Knight Browne
Nurse and patient by Hablot Knight Browne
Bleak House serial cover, 1852
Bleak House serial cover, 1852
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Dempsey's people

A folio of British street portraits 1824–1844

Previous exhibition, 2017

Dempsey’s people: a folio of British street portraits 1824–1844 is the first exhibition to showcase the compelling watercolour images of English street people made by the itinerant English painter John Dempsey throughout the first half of the nineteenth century.
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