Robert William Buss
British artist (1804-1875) · United Kingdom · On the map · Artists · Died at 70
Robert William Buss was a Victorian artist, etcher and illustrator perhaps best known for his painting Dickens' Dream. He was the father of Frances Buss, a pioneer of girls' education.
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Illustration for The Pickwick Papers (1837)![Samuel Luke Fildes - The Empty Chair. Fildes was illustrating "Edwin Drood" at the time of Charles Dickens' death. The wood-engraving shows Dickens' empty chair in his study at Gads Hill Place. It appeared in the Christmas 1870 edition of The Graphic and thousands of examples of it were sold. Vincent van Gogh was an admirer of the print.[5][6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Samuel_Luke_Fildes_-_The_Empty_Chair_%28The_Graphic%2C_1870%29.jpg/500px-Samuel_Luke_Fildes_-_The_Empty_Chair_%28The_Graphic%2C_1870%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Samuel Luke Fildes - The Empty Chair. Fildes was illustrating "Edwin Drood" at the time of Charles Dickens' death. The wood-engraving shows Dickens' empty chair in his study at Gads Hill Place. It appeared in the Christmas 1870 edition of The Graphic and thousands of examples of it were sold. Vincent van Gogh was an admirer of the print.[5][6]
Dickens's Dream, 1870-75
Grave of Robert William Buss in Highgate CemeteryAbout this person
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United Kingdom
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Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1804 to 1875 · aged 70
