Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 'Lewis Carroll'
George MacDonald, 1824 - 1905. Poet and novelist
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National Galleries of Scotland collection. Photo, National Galleries of Scotland.
Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 'Lewis Carroll', George MacDonald, 1824 - 1905. Poet and novelist
About this artwork
- Artist:
- Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 'Lewis Carroll' (1832 - 1898) English
- Title:
- George MacDonald, 1824 - 1905. Poet and novelist
- Date:
- Unknown
- Materials:
- Albumen print
- Measurements:
- 18.00 x 14.70 cm
- Object type:
- Photograph
- Credit line:
- Purchased at Christie's, 1 November 1990, lot 115, from the Macdonald family collection
- Accession number:
- PGP 189.2
- Depicted:
- George MacDonald
True colours
Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 'Lewis Carroll'
Charles Dodgson was an Oxford academic in the fields of mathematics and logic. He is known to us as Lewis Carroll, the author of nonsense works for children, and for his photographs. Many of Carroll's portraits of children are serious, reflecting the deadpan element of the humour in his Alice books…
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