Art What’s On
Charles Dickens: Great Expectations, George Cooper Abbes and Cleadon House
Venue: South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Date: May 11th 2019 - Oct 5th 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Price: Free
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The star of this exhibition is a portrait of the famous writer Charles Dickens on loan from the National Portrait Gallery. A regular visitor to the North East, it is said that Dickens was inspired by a stay at Cleadon House in South Shields while writing Great Expectations.