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Alice Pleasance Hargreaves (née Liddell, / ˈ l ɪ d əl /; [1] 4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934) was an English woman who, in her childhood, was an acquaintance and photography subject of Lewis Carroll.
Articles relating to Alice Liddell (1852-1934) and her depictions. She was an acquaintance of Lewis Carroll , and the stories he told her were later developed into the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
Cultural depictions of Alice Liddell (1852-1934). Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Alice Liddell" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was conceived on 4 July 1862, when Lewis Carroll and Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed up the river Isis with the three young daughters of Carroll's friend Henry Liddell: [8] [9] Lorina Charlotte (aged 13; "Prima" in the book's prefatory verse); Alice Pleasance (aged 10; "Secunda" in the verse); and Edith Mary (aged 8; "Tertia" in the verse).
#7 My Dad When He First Adopted My One-Year-Old Blind Cat Cheddar, And Them Together On Cheddar’s Eighteenth Birthday! Image credits: Recreate the past #8 Siblings Amazing Recreation After 35 Years
Ilse Bing (1899–1998) creates monochrome images which are exhibited at the Louvre and New York's Museum of Modern Art. [49] Gerda Taro (1910–1937) is killed while covering the Spanish Civil War, becoming the first woman photojournalist to have died while working on the frontline. [50]
In the summer of 1924, more than 600,000 spectators descended on Paris for the Olympic Games. The competitions were broadcast on the radio for the first time, allowing listeners around the world ...
IN FOCUS: It is 100 years since Eric Liddell won gold in the Paris 1924 games, but it was the athlete’s little-known life after the historic win that really intrigued biographer Duncan Hamilton.