Holman Hunt (from a photograph by Lewis Carroll)

Holman Hunt

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

1860

Source: Collingwood, facing p. 102

Holman Hunt looks considerably more prepossessing here than in some other photographs of him, and it is good to see him at his easel. Colin Ford comments on Dodgson's knack of having "heads always sharply in focus," and their owners looking "a lot more comfortable than those of Mrs Cameron's impressive portraits." He describes Dodgson's technical skill as superior, and suggests that he was "particularly skilled in achieving a relaxed relationship with his subjects" (10).

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Bibliography

Collingwood, Stuart Dodgson. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson). London: Unwin, 1898. Internet Archive. From the Fisher Walsh collection, University of Toronto. Web. 11 May 2015.

Ford, Colin. "Carroll Through the Viewfinder." In Lewis Carroll Photographer. Bradford: National Museum of Photography Film and Television, 1987. 5-14.

Created 11 May 2015