Charles Dickens

Great Expectations, George Cooper Abbs and Cleadon House

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oil portrait Charles Dickens

Dates

Until 5 October 2019 (historic event)

About

The star of this exhibition is a portrait of the famous writer Charles Dickens on loan from the National Portrait Gallery.

A regular visitor to the North East, it is said that Dickens was inspired by a stay at Cleadon House in South Shields while writing Great Expectations.