January 24, 2012

Charles Dickens’s world of interiors – in pictures

From his time at his first house, 48 Doughty Street,Charles Dickens was fascinated with interior decoration.

dickens interiors gallery: Bedroom Doughty Street — The bedroom of Mary Hogarth, Catherine Dickens's sister, at Doughty Street, London.
Photograph: Charles Dickens Museum Photograph: Action images

dickens interiors gallery: Dining room Bleak House — The dining room at Dickens' clifftop holiday home in Broadstairs in Kent – renamed Bleak House (from Fort House) after his death.
Photograph: Richard Gardner / Rex Features Photograph: Richard Gardner / Rex Features

dickens interiors gallery: Drawing room Doughty Street — The drawing room at 48 Doughty Street, London – now the Charles Dickens Museum. Photograph: Graham Salter/Charles Dickens MuseumChar

dickens interiors gallery: Drawing room at Doughty Street — The drawing room at 48 Doughty Street, now the Charles Dickens Museum. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

dickens interiors gallery: Hallway Doughty Street — The hallway of 48 Doughty Street, now The Charles Dickens Museum. Photograph: Charles Dickens Museum

dickens interiors gallery: Library Doughty Street — The Library at 48 Doughty Street, London, now The Charles Dickens Museum. Photograph: Charles Dickens Museum

dickens interiors gallery: Charles Dickens in his study — Dickens at work in his study at Gad's Hill Place.
Photograph: Rex Features Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Feature

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