DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) Portrait of Gertrude, Mary and Caroline Dykes (aged 8, 10 and 6 respectively), September 1862
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DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE)
Portrait of Gertrude, Mary and Caroline Dykes (aged 8, 10 and 6 respectively), albumen print, numbered 907.5 in negative and in purple ink on verso, image 160 x 195mm. September 1862
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Footnotes

  • This fascinating glimpse into the back-stage workings of the photographer is a previously unrecorded image. The two figures holding the sheet are likely to be Wilfred Donkin and possibly one of Dodgson's sisters.

    Provenance: The family of Skeffington Hume Dodgson.
    Identification: Edward Wakeling and family of Skeffington Hume Dodgson.

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