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 'Kate Perugini' by John Everett Millais. (1880) |
Dickens, Kate Macready |
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BORN 29 Oct 1839, London: 18 Doughty-street - DIED 9 May 1929 GRAVE LOCATION Sevenoaks, Kent: St. Nicholas churchyard (family grave) |
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Daughter of Charles Dickens, named after his friend Charles MacReady.
As a child she was called "Lucifer Box" because of her temper.
When Dickens divorced his wife she sided with her mother and
she married the painter Charles Collins to be able to leave
home. She didn't love Charles and the marriage turned out badly.
Charles suffered from poor health and he died of cancer in 1873.
She had conducted a passionate affair with the painter Val Prinsep
during her marriage, but the year after Collins' death she married
the painter Carlo Perugini. They had only one child that died
in infancy. From 1877 onwards she exhibited at the Royal Academy. Kate was the model for Millais' painting "The Black Brunswicker" and Millais painted her portrait in 1880. She was also the person who revealed Dickens' secret relationship with the actress Ellen Ternan in "Dickens and Daughter", a book by Gladys Storey. Family • Father: Dickens, Charles John Huffham • Husband: Collins, Charles Allston • Husband: Perugini, Charles Edward • Brother: Dickens, Charles Culliford Boz Related persons • worked as a model for Millais, John Everett • was painted by Millais, John Everett • was painted by Perugini, Charles Edward • had a love affair with Prinsep, Valentine |
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'Kate Perugini' by John Everett Millais. (1880) |
