Mary Hogarth time, the chief solace of his labours". He wore Hogarth's ring for the rest of his life, and also requested a locket of her hair. Eight months after Hogarth's death, Charles and Catherine Dickens' second child and first daughter was born. Charles demanded that the child be named Mary, in memory of Hogarth. Hogarth is believed to influenced a number of Dickens characters. She is seen as the inspiration for Rose Maylie in "Oliver Twist", which was publishing serially when Mary died. In the book, Maylie suffered a sudden illness, although unlike Howarth, Maylie did not die. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, an
Catherine Gore of the Day" (1830), "Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb" (1841), and "The Banker's Wife" (1843). She wrote articles in "Bentley's Miscellany" under the pseudonym "Albany Poyntz". She also wrote for the stage, and composed music. Gore's 1861 obituary in "The Times" concluded that Gore was "the best novel writer of her class and the wittiest woman of her age." Catherine Gore Catherine Grace Frances Gore (née Moody; 12 February 1798 – 29 January 1861) was a prolific English novelist and dramatist, daughter of a wine merchant of Retford. She is among the best known of the silver fork