There’s so much history surrounding the Portsmouth-born author, we think you will enjoy looking through this beautiful collection. We celebrate on February 7 – which would have been his birthday - his life and works with images from the Getty archive.
5. History of Charles Dickens
Sam Weller (right) and Samuel Pickwick (second from right) meet Pickwick's widowed landlady Mrs Bardell at Fleet Prison in a scene from Charles Dickens's first novel 'The Pickwick Papers', published as a serial from 1836 to 1837. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne, 1815 - 1882). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Hulton Archive
6. History of Charles Dickens
Members of the Pickwick Bicycle Club ride their antique machines during events surrounding the unveiling of a statue of late British writer Charles Dickens at Guildhall Square in Portsmouth on February 7, 2014. The statue, the only one of Dickens in Britain, was unveiled on the 202nd anniversary of his birth in the city. AFP PHOTO / CHRIS ISON (Photo credit should read CHRIS ISON/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: Chris Ison
7. History of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) delivers some sketches by 'Boz' - his illustrationist pseudonym - to the magazine edition box of the Morning Chronicle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Hulton Archive
8. History of Charles Dickens
Samuel Pickwick (centre, right) with the unscupulous lawyers Dodson and Fogg, in a scene from Charles Dickens's first novel 'The Pickwick Papers', published as a serial from 1836 to 1837. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne, 1815 - 1882). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Hulton Archive