Lewis Carroll and his family at Croft Rectory

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• Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-1898), Photographer and author of 'Alice in Wonderland'. Sitter in 9 portraits, Artist associated with 59 portraits.

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• Robert Wilfred Skeffington Lutwidge (1802-1873), Barrister and photographer. Artist associated with 1 portrait.

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Dodgson created his famous pen name from his own: the Latin for 'Charles' is 'Carolus', thus 'Carroll'; 'Lutwidge' (Dodgson's mother's maiden name) = 'Lugwig', the German for 'Lewis'. He became an undergraduate of Christ Church, Oxford in 1851 and, when he took up photography in 1856, was a Student (Fellow) and Mathematics Lecturer of the college. Dodgson remained at Christ Church throughout his life and it was there that he wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871). This photograph, taken by Dodgson's uncle, shows the Dodgson family posed on the lawn before their home, Croft Rectory in Yorkshire. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson sits on the grass to the left.

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• Prints from two albums by Lewis Carroll and others, 1852-60

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• Buildings and architecture
• Family portraits
• Group portraits