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Gaskell sat for her portrait while in London to see the Great Exhibition of 1851. She believed it to be a good likeness, noting in a letter 'I think it is like me; I hope Papa will think so but I am almost doubtful.'
National Portrait Gallery, London
London
Title
Elizabeth Gaskell
Date
1851
Medium
chalk on paper
Measurements
H 61.6 x W 47.6 cm
Accession number
1720
Acquisition method
bequeathed by the sitter's daughter, Margaret Emily Gaskell, 1913
Work type
Drawing
National Portrait Gallery, London
St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England
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