Join us at the Charles Dickens Museum for a special talk with celebrated author, biographer, and Dickens descendant Lucinda Hawksley, as she shines a light on the remarkable life and career of Katey Dickens who was born on 29th October 1839 at 48 Doughty Street, one of Charles Dickens’s most fascinating children.
Drawing from her acclaimed book, Katey: Dickens’s Artistic Daughter, Lucinda will explore Katey’s extraordinary journey as a professional artist in Victorian Britain. Often overshadowed by her famous father, Katey forged her own identity in the art world, exhibiting at the Royal Academy and establishing herself as a respected portrait painter.
Through Lucinda’s expert storytelling, we will uncover the struggles and triumphs of a woman determined to succeed in a male-dominated profession, and gain new insight into the Dickens family dynamic—beyond the public persona of England’s greatest novelist.