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 auctionA 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. Continue reading...