Memorial to Pickwick Papers artist resurrected to 'right a moral wrong'
London museum unveils gravestone of Robert Seymour, the artist who killed himself after 'being dropped' by Charles Dickens
The scene on 20 April 1836 was horrific: the artist lay in a welter of gore on the floor of the summerhouse at his London home, his coat and waistcoat burning from the ferocity of the shotgun blast which had killed him.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 27 July, 2010
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