Profile portrait of Charles Dickens, 1853-1855 — DICKENS (CHARLES) MAYALL (JOHN JABEZ EDWIN)

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Estimate: £50,000–£70,000 hammer ≈ $67,996–$95,194
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts & Historical Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 17 December 2020
Record ID: TB-2026-704052
Record: first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 9 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Dickens, Profile portrait of Charles Dickens, 1853-1855. Bonhams, 17 Dec 2020, lot 40. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-704052.

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Dickens, Profile portrait of Charles Dickens, 1853-1855. Bonhams, 17 Dec 2020, lot 40. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-704052.

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From the same sale Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts & Historical Photographs · Dec 2020

Lot	Artist	Estimate
[In Arabic:] Ta'rih-i Sami ve akir ve Subhi, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST…	Muteferrika Press Subhi	£500–£800
Ta'rih-i-Izzi, Istanbul, Vak'anüvis Ahmed Vasıf Efendi and Beylikçi R…	Muteferrika Press İzzî	£500–£800
Album of coloured pencil views, titled "Sketches [of Scotland] from t…	Scotland - Catharine Dowman	£600–£800
Apophthegmes, [Richard Grafton, 1542]	Erasmus	£2,500–£3,500
A Curtaine Lecture: As It Is Read by a Countrey Farmers Wife to Her G…	Heywood	£500–£700
The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox, 3 parts in one vol., …	Reynard The Fox	£1,500–£2,500

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