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The Grave of little Nell

George Cattermole

1867

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

British Romanticism Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century

Dominant colour

The Grave of little Nell is a 1867 watercolor by George Cattermole, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: George Cattermole
When & what style?: 1867 · British Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

The Grave of little Nell is a watercolour by George Cattermole. It's based on a passage from Charles Dickens's novel The Old Curiosity Shop. The novel was first published in 1841 and tells the story of Nell and her grandfather. Nell's death in the story had a big impact on Dickens's readers. This watercolour is now held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and to learn more about similar works, you can look into the movement: Realism.

The story of this work

Overview

A watercolour by George Cattermole from 1867 depicts the burial site of Nell, the central character from Charles Dickens’s 1841 novel *The Old Curiosity Shop*, showing her final resting place in a small village after her death from exhaustion. The work, which once belonged to Dickens himself, was later acquired by his biographer John Forster and is now held by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Read the full account in the museum source.