Charles Dickens
Date1921
MediumWoodcut on paper
Dimensions15.2 x 11.5 cm
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Donated by W. G. Raffe (the Artist), 1923.
Object number638
DescriptionThis is a relief print (woodcut) on paper; it is a head and shoulders portrait of Charles Dickens in three quarter profile.British writer, lecturer, and designer, who took a special interest in the occult in relation to art and colour. He was educated at Halifax Technical College, Leeds College of Art, and the Royal College of Art, South Kensington, England. He was art director of the Northern Polytechnic, London (1919-21); principal, Lucknow School of Art, India (1921-23); and lecturer to the London County Council (1925), before a lengthy career as an independent writer and designer. He contributed to many periodicals dealing with arts, crafts, colour, psychology of art, and occultism.
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