Figure 1.--Charles Dickens was reportedly influenced by a portrait as to how he portrayed the boy character Little Paul in his novel Dombey and Son. The portrait was "Painting of a Boy" by W.J. Orchardson RA. This is not an artist that I am familiar with. The portrait is of a boy named W.H. Keith. He was the son of James Keith who was an Edinburgh printseller. |
Charles Dickens was reportedly influenced by a portrait as to how he portrayed the boy character Little Paul in his novel Dombey and Son. The portrait was "Painting of a Boy" by W.J. Orchardson RA. This is not an artist that I am familiar with. The portrait is of a boy named W.H. Keith. He was the son of James Keith who was an Edinburgh printseller. It looks to have been painted in the mid-19th century, perhaps in the 1840s. The pensive boy has longish hair over his ears. He wears a blue outfit, pergaps a dress or tunic, it is difficult to tell, with a small white lace collar.
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