Portrait of Charles Dickens' wife discovered in an antique shop
A profile portrait of the wife of Charles Dickens , Catherine (1815-1879), by John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1810-1901), is to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, as part of the Photographs Sale on 17th May. The only daguerreotype portrait of Catherine known to exist, it has been estimated at £8,000 – 12,000. The portrait first came to light in 1996, discovered in an antique ...