In the third and final episode of ‘The Lost Portrait’ join Philip, Portrait Miniatures Specialist, Emma Rutherford and Charles Dickens’ Great Great Great Granddaughter, Lucinda Dickens Hawksley as they discuss how Dickens came to write his masterpiece ‘A Christmas Carol’ and how it relates to the lost portrait painted by Margaret Gillies in 1843. Both Gillies and Dickens were ardent campaigners for social change, might the artist have influenced the author’s decision to focus his creative talents on a redemptive Christmas tale instead of a government pamphlet?