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An 'extremely rare' portrait of Charles Dickens donning a 'glorious' moustache has gone on show for the first time ever, but the bold look has received mixed reviews.
The Oliver Twist author was known for his trademark beard, but the daguerreotype profile portrait shows his handlebar-style moustache, which he only sported for a few years.
The portrait was made in around 1852-55, when he was writing Bleak House and Hard Times, but has been in a private collection for 20 years. It was rediscovered in the collection of an Irish photography enthusiast Charles Cloney.
It has been since donated to the Charles Dickens Museum in London, where it has been put on display for the first time and will be on show until March 31, The Guardian reported.
An 'extremely rare' portrait of Charles Dickens donning a 'glorious' moustache has gone on show for the first time
