Alice Liddell
(1852-1934), Inspiration for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'; daughter of Henry George LiddellAlice Pleasance Liddell
Sitter in 17 portraits
Her family moved from London to Oxford in 1856 and soon afterwards befriended Lewis Carroll. He became a regular visitor, playing croquet with the children, telling them stories and taking them on picnics by the river Isis. He also used Alice and younger sister Edith as subjects for his hobby, photography. On one of their picnics, in 1862, he created the story of Alice in Wonderland. Alice, aged ten, asked him to write it down for her; this he did, drawing his own illustrations, in a notebook that now resides in the British Library. It was published in 1865 as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, in 1871.
Related People
- Alan Knyveton Hargreaves (son)
- Caryl Liddell Hargreaves (son)
- Edith Mary Liddell (sister)
- Edward Henry ('Harry') Liddell (brother)
- Henry George Liddell (father)
- Lorina Charlotte ('Ina') Liddell (sister)
- Lorina Hannah Liddell (née Reeve) (mother)
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Bridget Liddell
21 February 2018, 09:46
My name is Bridget Alice Liddell. Alice Pleasance Hargreaves (nee Liddell) was my great great aunt as she was the aunt of my grandfather Henry George Magniac Liddell (son of Sir Frederick Francis Liddell, brother of Alice). As a family we have a lot of memorabilia and copies of photographs of Alice. My sister has a copy of Lewis Carroll's book signed by Alice. I look forward to seeing this exhibition.