Dickens's Artistic Daughter Katey: Her Life, Loves & Impact (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781526712301)

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.

Author: Lucinda Hawksley
ISBN-10: 152671230X
ISBN-13: 9781526712301
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Language: English
Published: 11/16/2018
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.20w x 0.90d