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Lewis Carroll

Header: Lewis Carroll
Also known as: Lewis Carroll; primary name: Carroll, Lewis; other name: Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge
Details: individual; author/poet; photographer; British; Male
Life dates: 1832-1898
Biography: Oxford Don and writer; 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) and (its sequel) 'Through the looking glass and what Alice found there' (1872) his most famed works; occassional photographer; the idea of these works came to him when he had a picnic with Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852-1934), daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, University of Oxford her two sisters, Ina and Edith, and Robinson Duckworth on the 4 July 1862 and told them a story 'Alice's Adventures Underground' later becoming 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.

20 related objects

drawing; modern cartoon

Museum number: 1999,0731.12 |
Producer name: BIOG28416 Drawn by:Nicholas Garland |
Production date: 1990-1999

drawing

Museum number: 1974,0720.36 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Francis Carruthers GouldAfter:Sir John Tenniel |
Production date: 1904

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1938,0709.33-34 |
Producer name: BIOG48754 Print made by:Frederick Henry Townsend |
Production date: 1910 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.203 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:F Warne & Co |
Production date: 1882-1883

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.205 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:F Warne & Co |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: Alice in Wonderland |
Museum number: 2010,7081.6571 |
Producer name: Print made by:George H EveryAfter:Samuel Sidley |
Production date: 1875 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Washington DC

print; book-illustration

Title: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There |
Museum number: 1957,0308.11 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1871-1957

print; book-illustration

Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
Museum number: 1957,0308.5 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865-1957

print; book-illustration

Title: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There |
Museum number: 1957,0308.8 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1871-1957

print

Title: Wonderland Mushroom for Alice |
Museum number: 2005,0228.1 |
Producer name: BIOG149365 Print made by:Konstantin Chmutin |
Production date: 2004

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.202 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:F Warne & Co |
Production date: 1881

print; book-illustration

Title: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There |
Museum number: 1957,0308.7 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1871-1957

print; book-illustration

Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
Museum number: 1957,0308.1 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865-1957

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.181 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel |
Production date: 1865

print; book-illustration

Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
Museum number: 1957,0308.3 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865-1957

print; book-illustration

Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
Museum number: 1957,0308.2 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865-1957

print; book-illustration

Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
Museum number: 1957,0308.4 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1865-1957

print; book-illustration

Title: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There |
Museum number: 1957,0308.6 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1871-1957

print; book-illustration

Title: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There |
Museum number: 1957,0308.10 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1871-1957

print; book-illustration

Title: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There |
Museum number: 1957,0308.9 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1871-1957