Triptypch of The Three Liddell Sisters

Made:
1858-1860 in Oxford
maker:
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Three albumen prints mounted as a triptypch of the three Liddell sisters (Ina, Alice and Edith), photographed by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) between 1858 and 1860. The three prints are all oval in shape and mounted overlapped, except for the third which is cut to fit the curavature of the adjacent print. Ina is shown seated holding a doll, Alice seated beside a potted fern and Edith holding a hat, seated beside a vase of foxgloves. The girl's names are handwritten in pencil beneath the images.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
2002-5048
Materials:
paper (fibre product) and cardboard
Measurements:
oval image 3 (Edith): 100 mm x 73 mm
oval image 1 (Ina): 100 mm x 76 mm
oval image 2 (Alice): 100 mm x 76 mm
mount: 217 mm x 266 mm
type:
albumen print
credit:
Purchased jointly with the National Portrait Gallery, London, with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the National Art Collections Fund.