Dickens' Artistic Daughter Katey

Author(s): Lucinda Hawksley

Biography

Katey Dickens was born into a house of turbulent celebrity and grew up surrounded by fascinating, famous, and infamous people. From a very young age, she knew her vocation was to be an artist.

Lucinda Hawksley charts the life of a celebrated portrait painter, who redefines our preconceptions about Victorian women. Living to be almost ninety, Katey survived an unconventional marriage, love affairs, heartbreak, depression, and the challenges of being a female artist in a male-dominated era.

Compelling and illuminating, Katey tells the story of a spirited woman who found fame at the centre of the first celebrity phenomenon; it also uncovers the reality of what it was like to be a child of Charles and Catherine Dickens. This biography of Katey, celebrating her artistic prestige - which saw her compared to Millais - is long overdue. The details of her fascinating life await rediscovery.

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General Fields

  • : 9781526712301
  • : Pen & Sword Books Limited
  • : Pen & Sword Books Limited
  • : January 2018
  • : --- length: - '9' width: - '6' units: - Inches
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lucinda Hawksley
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 224