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St. George and the Dragon

Lewis CarrollWW-1875-523469

1875·Albumen silver print from glass negative·Image: 11.7 × 16 cm (4 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.)

Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005

Catalogue

Year: 1875
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 11.7 × 16 cm (4 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Lewis Carroll

Artist

Lewis Carroll

Photography

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglican deacon. His most notable works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871), some of the most important examples of Victorian literature. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. His poems Jabberwocky (1871) and The Hunting of the Snark (1876) are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. Some of Alice's nonsensical wonderland logic reflects his published work on mathematical logic.

Daresbury, UK

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