- Dickens and Little Nell (Elwell)
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Dickens and Little Nell 
Artist Francis Edwin Elwell Year 1890 Type Bronze Location Philadelphia, United States 39°56′55″N 75°12′34″W / 39.94861°N 75.20944°W Owner City of Philadelphia Dickens and Little Nell is a bronze sculpture by Francis Edwin Elwell that stands in Clark Park, Spruce Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at South 43rd Street and Baltimore Avenue. [1]
Stilson Hutchins commissioned Elwell to create a statue of Charles Dickens, but then pulled out of the deal. Elwell continued on with the work, which shows Dickens and one of his characters, Nell Trent of the novel The Old Curiosity Shop. The sculpture won a 1891 gold medal from the Art Club of Philadelphia, and won two gold medals at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. [2]
It is one of just two known statues of Dickens, who said he wanted no such representations.[3]
It was vandalized in November 1989, but restored. [4]
References
- ^ http://www.philart.net/art.php?id=99
- ^ "Dickens and Little Nell". The New York Times. September 17, 1893. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B01E5D9103BEF33A25754C1A96F9C94629ED7CF.
- ^ Malkin, Bonnie (14 March 2011). "Rare Charles Dickens statue restored to Sydney park after 40 years missing". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8308588/Rare-Charles-Dickens-statue-restored-to-Sydney-park-after-40-years-missing.html. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
- ^ "Dickens and Little Nell, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey. 1993. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1314032671TPS.68228&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!15621~!0&ri=3&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Dickens+and+Little+Nell&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=3#focus. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
External links
Categories:- Outdoor sculptures in Pennsylvania
- 1890 works
- Public art stubs
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