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The LCLG (Lewis Carroll Little Girls) collection
Scanned (for the most part) and indexed by Count Draculol
Dec 2002
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll
(1832-1898)
Author of "Alice in Wonderland and "Through the Looking-Glass"
Pionier of Victorian photography
Felt most at home in the company of little girls, most prominently Alice Liddell.
Took a few dozen photographs of his little friends with little or no clothing.
Most of these photographs he later destroyed or gave them to the child's parents.
Only four turned up a few decades ago.
lclg_001 - 072 are my own scans from the book
"Lewis Carroll - Reflections in the Mirror" by Morton N. Cohen
lclg_020a, 027a, 056a and 073 to end I have found on the net and edited them to fit the collection.
Descriptions:
(Green denotes the first time a girl appears in the sequence, red indicates she has been in the collection sequence before. The blue dates refer to the year the photograph was made)
000 Charles L. Dodgson
001 Evelyn Maud Hatch (1871-1951), 1879
Daughter of Edwin Hatch, Vice Dean and lecturer at St. Mary's Hall
Dodgson was a long-time friend of the family. He called the three daughters BEE
after their first names Beatrive-Ethel-Evelyn
This photograph (the next two as well) was handcolored by female amateur Artists
002 Beatrice Sheward Hatch (1866-1947), 1873
The background comes from a waterpainting by Anne Lydia Bond. The overall
result was propably achieved by adding a transparent paper over the photo print.
003 Evelyn Maud Hatch, 1879
004 Four children, 1862, of William Fishburn Donkin, Professor of Astronomy at Oxford
005 Alexandra "Xie" Kitchin (1864-1925), 1873. Daughter of George William Kitchin,
historian and Dean at Winchester and Durham. She was named after her godmother
Alexandra, Princess of Wales (and later Queen of England). She was one of
Dodgson's most favorite models. He once told a friend how to ensure an excellent
photoghraphy: "Take a lense and place Xie in front of it" Xie was pronounced
Ecksy.
006 Beatrice Sheward Hatch, 1874. She later wrote that it was an immense pleasure to
dress up like a gypsy,a beggar, a Japanese or an Indian and play with the props
during those photoshoots.
007 Phoebe Carlo, 1886. She played Alice in the first professional theatrical adaption at
the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. Dodgson liked the play, little Phoebe and
highly. As a mere effort of memory, it was surely a marvellous feat for so young a
child, to learn no less than two hundred and fifteen speeches--nearly three times as
many as Beatrice in `Much Ado About Nothing'. But what I admired most, as
realising most nearly my ideal heroine, was her perfect assumption of the high
spirits, and readiness to enjoy everything, of a child out for a holiday. I doubt if any
grown actress, however experienced, could have worn this air so perfectly; we look
before and after, and sigh for what is not; a child never does this; and it is only a
child that can utter from her heart the words poor Margaret Fuller Ossoli so longed
book about her uncle
009 Irene MacDonald (1857-?), 1863. Daughter of author George MacDonald whose
010 Annie Henderson (1871-1951) and Frances Henderson (1872-?), 1860. Daughters of
Patrick Wright Henderson, Fellow at Wadham College. Dodgson told their mother
that he thought the children were too nervous to ask them to even pose barefoot and
was surprised that they were rather pleased to run around naked. The handcolored
photographs portrays them being shipwrecked .
011 Ethel Margaret Arnold (1866-1930), 1861. Daughter of Thomas Arnold jr. and niece
of Matthew Arnold.
012 Irene MacDonald, Flo Rankin and Mary Josephine MacDonald (1853-1878), 1863.
013 Henrietta Harington Dodgson (1843-1922), 1857. Youngest sister of Charles
Dodgson
014 Margaret Anne Ashley Dodgson (1841-1915), 1857. Sister of Charles Dodgson.
015 Irene MacDonald, 1863.
016 May Barker and her father, Reverend Thomas Childe Barker, 1864.
Culture critic Steve Winn had an interesting observation about this photograph:
over her father in a chair and appears to press his head down uncomfortably against
a window frame. One thing the children in Carroll's photographs definitely are not
017 Julia Arnold, ca. 1870. Daughter of Thomas Arnold jr. and niece of Matthew Arnold.
She later went on to marry Leonard Huxley and was the mother of Julian and
Aldous Huxley.
018 Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852-1934), 1860. Daughter of Henry George Liddell,
professional home. Between Alice and Dodgson a friendship developed that evades
definition. She was his confidante and muse until her entrance into puberty made
her loose to Dobson the innocence that he was nurturing on. Her importance to
4th May 1852, the fourth child of Henry George and Lorina Hannah Liddell. Her
father was Headmaster of Westminster School and Domestic Chaplain to HRH
Prince Albert, but in June 1855 he was appointed Dean of Christ Church, following
the death of Dean Gaisford. The new Dean undertook extensive alterations to the
Deanery, and so it was not until February 1856 that Alice and the other children
could move in. By this time Alice had an older brother, Harry, and two sisters,
Lorina (3 years older) and Edith (2 years younger). The second boy, Arthur, had
died of scarlet fever in 1853. The Liddells were to have five further children: Albert
(who died aged 8 weeks in 1863), Rhoda, Violet, Frederick and Lionel. Alice's first recorded meeting with Charles Dodgson took place on 25th April 1856,
when Dodgson was helping his friend, Reginald Southey, to take a photograph of
the cathedral. Six days later Dodgson's own new camera arrived at Christ Church,
and on 3rd June 1856 he used it to take the first of many photographs of Alice and
the other children. Over the years that followed, Dodgson continued and improved
his friendship with the Liddell children, and boating expeditions were quite a
frequent occurrence during the summer months. In the summer of 1863, however,
came a unexplained breach in his relationship with the Liddells, which has given
rise to intense speculation and many different theories, some more plausible than
others. Whatever the cause of the alienation, the Liddells feature less and less
frequently in his diaries, and when he met Alice and Miss Prickett, the governess, in
the quadrangle on 11th May 1865, he recorded "Alice seems changed a good deal,
and hardly for the better - probably going through the usual awkward stage of
transition".
Alice grew up into an accomplished young lady, and her education was completed
by a `grand tour' of Europe in 1872 with her sisters, Lorina and Edith. On 7th
February 1874 Lorina married William Baillie Skene, later to become Treasurer of
Christ Church, and on 13th June 1876 Edith announced her engagement to Aubrey
Harcourt. Tragically, she fell ill on 18th June with measles and died on 26th June
from peritonitis. She was buried in the family grave to the south-east of the
cathedral. A few years later a stained glass memorial window, designed by Sir
Edward Burne-Jones, was placed in the east end of the south choir aisle of the
cathedral, commemorating Edith in the form of St. Catherine.
Alice's name has been romantically linked with that of Prince Leopold, the
youngest son of Queen Victoria, who came up to study at Christ Church in 1872.
Leopold was certainly a frequent visitor at the Deanery, but in July 1880 Alice
became engaged to Reginald Hargreaves, who had also studied at Christ Church.
They were married on 15th September 1880 in Westminster Abbey, and lived at
Cuffnells, the Hargreaves' family home in Hampshire. Alice and Regi had three
sons, Alan, Leopold (always known as Rex) and Caryl. When asked whether the
Christian name `Caryl' had any connection with Lewis Carroll, Alice replied that it
was simply a name from a novel.
Alan and Rex were both killed in action during the First World War. After Regi's
death in 1926, it became increasingly difficult for Alice and Caryl to maintain the
estate at Cuffnells. Finally, Alice decided to sell the manuscript of Alice's
Adventures Under Ground, which she still had in her possession. It sold at
preserved in the British Museum.
In 1932, the centenary of Dodgson's birth, there was a sudden increase of interest in
things Carrollian, and Alice was invited to visit the United States of America to
receive an honorary degree from Columbia University. The visit aroused intense
press interest, which continued after her return to England. Alice confessed to Caryl
in a letter that she was "tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound
019a Same photograph as 019 but handcolored and only a fragment.
020a Same photograph as 020, slightly sharper.
022 Alice Liddell, 1858.
024 Xie Kitchin, ca. 1875.
025 Xie Kitchin, 1874.
027a same photograph as 027 but wider.
028 same photograph as 027 but handcolored
030 Xie Kitchin, 1873.
031 Xie Kitchin, 1876. Note how he she leans the bow against the wall to help her maintain her
position for the one-minute exposure.
032 Xie Kitchin, 1876. Xie poses as Penelope Boothby, the daughter of poet Sir Brooke Boothby who
commissioned Sir Joshua Reynolds to do. Dodgson had been inspired by a later engraving of that
painting.
033 Xie Kitchin, 1876.
034 Beatrice Hatch and Ethel Charlotte Hatch (1869-1975), 1872.
035 Beatrice Hatch, 1872.
036 Ethel Hatch, 1877. In oriental costume.
038 Ella Monier-Williams (1859-1954), 1866. Only daughter of orientalist Sir Monier Monier-
Williams. She later recalls that Dodgson always conveyed a feeling of total understanding and
039 Alice Constance Westmacott, 1864. Daughter of Robert Westmacott, sculptor and professor for
sculpturing at the Royal Academy.
040 Maria White, 1864. Niece of the Porter of Christ Church College.
041 Mary Webster, Charlotte Webster, Margaret Gatey, 1857. Gatey (1842-1877) was the eldest
daughter of Joseph Gatey, draper of Keswick.
042 Aileen Todd, 1865. Made during a summer vacation in Croft.
043 Beatrice Mary Henley (1859-1941), 1862. Daughter of Robert Henley, Vicar of Putney. One of
044 Madeline Catherine Parnell (1855-1925), 1864. Daughter of Sir Henry William Parnell, third Baron
Congleton and cousin of Irish nationalist Charles Stewart Parnell.
045 Annie Gertrude Chataway (1866-1951), 1876. Dodgson made her acquaintance during a vacation
046 Mary Ellis, 1865. Daughter of Conyngham Ellis, Vicar of Cranbourne.
048 Bertha Ellis, 1865. See 046.
049 Kate Ellis, 1865. See 046.
050 Georgina Mary Balfour (1851-1929), 1864. Daughter of a grammar school principal in Durham.
051 Ella Sophia Anna Balfour (1854-1935), 1864. See 050.
052 Elizabeth Ley Hussey, 1864. Daughter of the Royal Professor for Clerical History
053 Annie Coates, 1857. Daughter of a grocery store owner in Croft.
054 Grace Denman (1858-1935), 1864. Daughter of George Denman, Member of
Parliament and Judge at the London High Court.
055 Rose Wood, 1865.
056 Johanna Smith, Fanny Smith, Ann Smith, 1856. Daughters of John William Smith,
Vicar of Dinsdale.
056a Same photograph as 056 but wider.
057 Maria Smith, Johanna, Fanny and Ann Smith, 1857. See 056.
058 Maria, Johanna, Fanny and Ann Smith, 1859. See 056.
059 Fanny Smith, 1859. See 056.
Tennyson was sayting at the Marshall residence.
061 Agnes Hughes (1861-1948) with her father Arthur Hughes, 1863. Hughes was a
prominent pre-raphaelite painter.
062 Amy Hughes (1857-1915), 1863. See 061
063 Florence Maud Terry (1855-1896), 1865. Sister of famous actress Dame Ellen
Terry.
064 Florence Maud Terry and Ellen Terry (1847-1928), 1865. See 063.
065 Florence Maud Terry and Mary Ann Terry (1853.1930), 1865. See 063
066 Mary Hunt Millais (1860-1944), 1865. Daughter of Sir John Everett Millais,
famous painter and founder of the pre-raphaelite movement.
067 Effie Millais, 1865. See 066.
068 Effie Millais with the parents, 1865. See 066.
069 Irene and Mary MacDonald, Grace MacDonald with their mother Louisa,
brother Greville and Dodgson
070 Emily Barry, Louisa Barry with their brother John Warren Barry, ca. 1863.
Children of John Barry, clergyman from Yorkshire. The effect was done through
071 Agnes and Amy Hughes with their mother Tryphena and brother Arthur jr., ca.
072 Winifred Holiday (1865-1949) and Daisy Whiteside, ca. 1873. Winifred was the
"Amid the notes his fingers strayed,
And an uncertain warbling made,
And oft he shook his hoary head"
073 Winifred Holiday and Daisy Whiteside, ca. 1873. The follow-up to 072 called
"But when he caught the measure wild,
The Old Man raised his face and smiled."
074 Constance Ellison
076 Unknown
077 Alice Liddell, ca. 1860.
078 Florence Bickersteth (1852-?). Daughter of the Bishop of Ripon.
079 Laura Dodgson, 1862. Sister of Charles Dodgson.
081 Agnes Grace Weld
082 Alice and Lorina Liddell, 1860.
083 Alice Liddell
084 Alice Margaret Harington
085 Beatrice Harington, Alice Harington
086 Amy Raikes
087 Gertrude Dykes, 1862.
088 Alice Liddell, 1860. With fern.
lost bond between Dodgson and his friend.
090 Lorina and Alice Liddell, 1859.
091 Lorina Liddell, ca. 1857.
092 Alice Liddell, ca. 1857.
093 Lorina Liddell
094 Lorina Liddell, with ukulele
095 Xie Kitchin
As it might be, perhaps, were I a woman,
I should your lordship."
097 Xie Kitchin
098 Beatrix du Maurier. Daughter of George Du Maurier, illustrator and novelist and
grandfather of Daphne Du Maurier.
099 Bessie Slater, 1860.
100 Bessie Slater
101 Charlotte Dodgson, 1862. Sister of Charles Dodgson.
103 Ethel Brodie, Lilian Brodie
104 Florence Hilda Bainbridge
105 Henrietta Harington Dodgson
106 Margaret Anne Ashley Dodgson
107 The family of Henry Hobson, teacher at the school in Croft that had been his
inscription reads:
"Pretty little legs
Paddling in the waters,
Knees as smooth as eggs,
Belonging to my daughters."
109 Joa Pollock
110 Kathleen Tidy, 1858
111 Lisa Wood
112 Caroline Longley, Rosamund Longley. Daughters of Bishop Longley of Ripon
113 Luisa Barry, ca. 1860.
114 Alice Margaret Harington
115 Mary L. Jackson
116 Mary Lott
117 Mary Josephine MacDonald
118 Louisa Barry with her mother
119 Gertrude Dykes and two sisters.
120 Florence Gandell with her father, Reverend Gandell, 1862.
121 Xie Kitchin with her mother, Alice Maud Kitchin
122 Alice Margaret Harington, with a sister and her mother
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