Irene MacDonald
About this artwork
This photograph was taken by the Oxford scholar of mathematics and logic, known to most as Lewis Carroll, the author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. We know that Carroll enjoyed telling children stories accompanied by pencil or ink drawings. Once he had ensured that they were thoroughly happy and amused at his stories, he took their pictures before the right mood had passed. Irene MacDonald was the daughter of George MacDonald, himself an author of fairy stories. It was at the MacDonalds' urging that Carroll published 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' in 1865.
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artist:Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 'Lewis Carroll'English (1832 - 1898)
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title:Irene MacDonald
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date created:1863
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:24.80 x 19.50 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1990
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accession number:PGP 189.21
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Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 'Lewis Carroll'
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...
