833343 The Empty Chair, Gad\'s Hill, 9th June, 1870 (oil on canvas) by Fildes, Samuel Luke (1844-1927); Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info.: Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 ??9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. Gad\'s Hill was his country house in Kent. Fildes was the artist selected by Dickens to illustrate his last book, Edwin Drood. When the writer died suddenly on June 9th, 1870, Fildes made this picture.); 穢 Free Library of Philadelphia ; Elkins Collection. Rare Book Department, Free Library of Philadelphia; English, out of copyright.