Two daguerreotypes of Charles Dickens and his wife, Catherine, by the London photographer J. J. E. Mayall, are being offered at auction on 17 December 2020. Both are dated c.1853-55 and are estimated £50,000-70,000 and £10,000-20,000 respectively.
Dickens was regularly photographed by Mayall and he wrote about his experiences in his publication Household Words in 1853 (vol. vii, no. 156, 19 March 1853).
See: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26015/lot/40/?category=list
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26015/lot/41/?category=list
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Fond memories of Mister Cloney at Portobello Road! Who would ever have guessed?