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Wigs on the Green has dated this Antique Pencil Portrait to the 19th Century.
The portrait is professionally mounted within a later oval giltwood frame.
A label on the reverse names the artist as Frank Stone. The son of a Manchester cotton spinner, Stone was a self-taught artist. Having moved to London to pursue a career in art, he became a successful book illustrator with many of his works being engraved. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and was a close friend of Charles Dickens helping out with theatrical productions and indeed lived in the house in Tavistock Square that was later to become Dickens’ home. Upon his death in 1859, Dickens took Stone’s second son, Marcus, under his wing and was instrumental in securing him work with his publishers as an illustrator.
Framed Size: 277 x 230mm
Provenance: UK Private Collection
Wigs on the Green has dated this Antique Pencil Portrait to the 19th Century.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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Small Portrait Study by Frank Stone, Friend of Charles Dickens
