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Lot 78

DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) "LEWIS CARROLL"]
A concave distorting mirror, "formerly property of Rev. Dodson [sic] of CH[rist] Ch[urch] given to Miss Hatch", [late nineteenth century]

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £5,000 inc. premium

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[DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) "LEWIS CARROLL"]

A concave distorting mirror, "formerly property of Rev. Dodson [sic] of Ch[rist] Ch[urch] given to Miss Hatch" (label), in wooden frame, approximately 220 x 165mm., late nineteenth century, sold as an association item not subject to return

Footnotes

LEWIS CARROLL'S DISTORTING MIRROR: "how nice it would be if we could only get through into Looking-glass House! ...Let's pretend the glass has got all soft like gauze, so that we can get through..." (Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There).

Gernsheim has noted that in Dodgson's rooms "There was a wonderful array of dolls and toys, a distorting mirror, a clockwork bear..." (Lewis Carroll: Photographer, 1949).

Provenance: Cecil A. Halliday, antiques dealer at 86-87 High Street, Oxford from 1941 to 1956, his printed label with ink annotation "formerly property of Rev. Dodson of Ch Ch given to Miss Hatch"; Halliday's wife Maude Louise; their daughter Patricia Halliday (1921-2015); bequeathed by her to the present owner.

Exhibited: Christ Church, Lewis Carroll Centenary Exhibition, July-August 1998. "There are innumerable smaller surprises... like a distorting mirror that turns you upside-down..." (Oxford Mail, 27 July 1998).

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