Charles Dickens museum buys lost portrait 130 years after it went missing

London museum raises £180k to buy Margaret Gillies’ portrait of young author that was found in South African auction

A portrait of Charles Dickens that was lost for more than 130 years is “coming home” after the success of a fundraising campaign.

The Charles Dickens Museum at 48 Doughty Street in London said the target of raising £180,000 had been reached to buy the painting by Margaret Gillies of the writer when he was 31.

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