Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-98)

c.1857

Albumen print

5 1/2 in. x 4 5/8 in. (140 mm x 117 mm)

© National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG P7 (26)

Purchased with help from Kodak Ltd, 1973

Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Lewis Carroll is seen here as a young man, sprucely dressed, and lost in a book. [Commentary continues below.]