Charles Dickens museum buys lost portrait 130 years after it went missing
(The Guardian Books News)

London museum raises £180,000 to buy lost Margaret Gillies portrait of young author found in South African auctionA portrait of Charles Dickens that was lost for more than 130 years is `coming home` after a successful fundraising campaign.The Charles Dickens Museum at 48 Doughty Street in London said the target of raising £180,000 had been reached to buy the painting by Margaret Gillies of the writer when he was 31. Continue reading...