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You can't flat out say that Alice Liddell is THE inspiration for Alice in Wonderland. There is no concrete evidence support it, and Dodgson himself repeatedly refuted claims saying that Alice Liddell was the inspiration.
My tuppence ha'penny's worth.
I'm not qualified to edit or even comment on the article, but then, who is? History is written by people, often with an agenda. There are no reliable sources when it comes to history.
It is therefore easy to find fault with any historical article. However in this case I feel the low levels of objectivity and neutrality are problematical.
It is clear to me that the article needs to be about Alice Liddell and nothing more. One sentence along the lines of "reputedly the inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is all that is needed.
Sam Cullan ( talk) 05:30, 2 December 2015 (UTC)==
While obviously Alice's fame comes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is it really appropriate that a whole paragraph about this comes before any significant info about her, herself? There's a whole separate article on the book, it does not need to be repeated here.
The rest of the article would benefit from being better written too. It is, for the most part, about the book, the character and Lewis Carroll, rather than the real Alice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.168.237 ( talk) 17:45, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
No data available? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.43.98.126 ( talk) 23:39, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
When reading both pages, the information found on one page is different enough to lead to much more confusion than is necessary. I've encountered this problem at many other page groups on Wikipedia, but this is the worst I've seen by far. An editor should really take the time to clean up the differing/contradicting/confusing info on the Lewis Carroll, Alice Liddell and related pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.84.191 ( talk) 10:44, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
The page http://www.waterpark.org/placesofinterest.html states: 'Lewis Carroll was a friend of the Vicar of South Cerney, the Rev WW Liddell. The Alice¹ stories were written for and about his niece Alice Liddell. He used local features in the stories, such as a very small door at the vicarage as the door to Wonderland.'
The above is often repeated as fact, but is there any evidence to support the statement? User:80.229.10.30 17:11, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
While Dodgson's heirs did indeed destroy most of his papers at his request and probably are responsible for some of the cut pages, many tend to agree that Dodgson cut some of the pages himself. An examination of the diaries shows two different kinds of cut - one jagged and one straight - that strongly suggest that the cutting was performed at two different times, perhaps by two different parties. --[[User:Zanthalon|Zanthalon File:Zanthalon.jpg, ]] 16:25, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I noticed that the note "L.C. learns from Mrs. Liddell that he is supposed to be using the children as a means of paying court to the governess — he is also supposed soon to be courting Ina" starts with the letters "L.C." (Lewis Carrol). Isn't it a bit odd that Dodgson's relatives used initials of his pseudonym instead of (the initials of) his real name? Heiko242 ( talk) 01:59, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
I believe the text marked [unreadable] in the cut page is "soon". The page in the cut page link http://www.lookingforlewiscarroll.com/cutpages.html is titled "pashes" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Netdragon ( talk • contribs) .
That word actually looks like it begins with a "g", not an "s". Compare the handwriting with that of the lines immediately below, which (in content) are actually far more interesting. You see, the article states that
but the note asks
which suggests that there was some sort of to-do with some peer, whose name (if I've deciphered the scrawl correctly) was Lord Newing. Now, if you're looking for a reason why Carroll fell out of favour with the Liddells, wouldn't showing up a member of the aristocracy have kind of done it? It's almost enough to make one want to research the Newing family history. Can't see where you've got that "pashes" idea from, though. Wooster 21:02, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Sometimes November 15 is given as her date of death (for example in Anne Clark's The Real Alice), other sources (including Colin Gordon's Beyond The Looking Glass) give November 16... I was wondering if anybody could clear this up with a dependable source for either date? -- Fritz S. 20:27, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
It should explicity state that many people believed that Lewis Carroll was sexually attracted to her. Skinnyweed 22:47, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
I think the whole article seems weird. It keeps mentioning the controversy of their relationship, and I think it should be limited to just one section of the article. The poem as evidence is impressive, I had never come across that before (it actually spells out her name with the word 'pleasance' in the middle (which can mean, 'a source of pleasure.') I just think that the issue should be handled in one confined topic, rather than referring to it here and there. ( Neurolanis ( talk) 20:04, 9 February 2008 (UTC))
Oh, thanks. Neurolanis —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neurolanis ( talk • contribs) 02:21, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
I notice that in the second picture of real life Alice that she is clearly older than in the first, even though it is dated two years earlier when she was -- according to the first -- 7 years old. This would make her 5 years old in the second photograph, which she clearly is not. In fact she looks 10 years old in it, which would mean that it was taken during the time which I had believed Caroll had spent with her. I'd say that the date is roughly five years off. ( Neurolanis ( talk) 19:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC))
It seems a bit confusing to keep alternating between the two names. Perhaps we should indicate that he is know by both names and then proceed to just use one or the other for the rest of the article. Amillion ( talk) 19:53, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Short note: please see Talk:Anne Clark#biographer? and there for a little discussion about Anne Clark/Anne Clark Amor. -- LiveOnMars ( talk) 13:59, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I think, that Prince Leopold named his daughter not after Alice Liddell. He had a sister Alice (1843-1878), which died of diphteria at the age of 35. It can be possible, that his daughter get her name from her paternal aunt. -- AndreaMimi ( talk) 19:19, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't her married surname (Hargreaves) appear somewhere in the lead? Also, even though it would be confusing to refer to her throughout the article as "Hargreaves" (since that's not the name she's known by), I don't think it's appropriate to keep calling her "Alice"; "Liddell" would be better. - Jason A. Quest ( talk) 18:42, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
I noticed that someone added a reference, in the "Biography" section, to a 4th child of Alice Liddell and Reginald Hargreaves: a girl named "Rose Liddell Hargreaves." I have never seen any reference to this Rose in any other historical documents or genealogical records, so I added a citation needed mark. If anyone has any information on this please add it. It would be interesting to know if such a daughter did in fact exist.
Edit: Removed reference to Rose Hargreaves as of March 2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Antiprodigy ( talk • contribs) 14:45, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
I've just uploaded a new photo of Alice Liddell as a young woman, File:Alethea, by Julia Margaret Cameron.jpg (right). Feel free to use if useful. Dcoetzee 13:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
Am I correct that alice in wonderland supposedly occured on May 4th, 1859? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.193.112.62 ( talk) 17:09, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
The above dates are incorrect. Please see my notes on the original dates and other details. 89.139.194.106 ( talk) 10:51, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
I think there's an issue with the following passage:
The way this reads seems to initially imply that she has 3 siblings, but then later reads that she has 9. I assume this is because they are not from the same set of parents, and that they are half-siblings. However, this is confusing to me and possibly others, because where I come from, we strictly refer to siblings that share only 1 parent as "half-siblings", or "half-brothers and sisters". While the prefix "half" is sometimes dropped in more casual circumstances, it is almost always used when explaining the whole family tree to someone else. I'm not sure if its used the same way around the world, but I know that this is what we tend to do in my community.
I believe this could be more precise as to whether these are her siblings or her half-siblings. Could anyone clarify this for me?
Thanks, -- moeburn ( talk) 05:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
All 9 children were born to Henry Liddell and Lorina Reeve. Kissmaiden ( talk) 04:22, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
The Alice Behind Wonderland [1] -- Javaweb ( talk) 04:56, 24 April 2011 (UTC)Javaweb
References
I cannot recall any of the rumors that I've heard over the years. Stories about her and... insanity? Murder? Eating puppies? Frankly, I don't remember what the stories were. Can anyone out there recall? And from where would the notion of these stories come? Gingermint ( talk) 10:21, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
From Google Art Project and the Art Gallery of South Australia, File:Julia M. Cameron - St Agnes (Alice Liddell) - Google Art Project.jpg (right) is another portrait of Alice as St. Agnes by Julia Margaret Cameron, at a resolution of 9 megapixels, taken in 1872 (when she was 20). Feel free to use if useful. A number of others not in use here are at commons:Category:Alice Liddell, so have a look if you haven't already. Dcoetzee 09:09, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Now, we all know from historical record that this is factually false. But we need help over in the Emilie Autumn article in which her rabid fans are blatantly defying Wikipedia policy and guidelines by, repeatedly, using her own personal unfounded claims as a viable source to back up information in the article. Even when they are refuted by viable third party sources (there are several archived).
Currently her article claims that she is a direct descendant of Alice Liddell (appealing to her chic style of Victorian punk), despite this claim being factual false as Alice had no surviving descendants. Given that Emilie has lied about her age, her last name (confirmed for Fritzges), her families death, her age and how long she spent in a health clinic (alone with how it works), it's safe to say that her own words do not constitute a viable source in relation to historical record.
Any users willing to help out in editing out her claim(s) in relation to Alice Liddell would be serving Wikipedia quite well. Otherwise if we are unable to do so, it appears that this article must be amended to include (at the very least) her claim to be a descendent. 106.68.112.190 ( talk) 23:01, 26 November 2013 (UTC) Sutter Cane
…noted, vis-a-vis the lack of verifiable inline citations. Besides noting a dead link and a reference to a yahoo discussion group, a plethora of citation needed tags were placed to suggest places where factual or opinionated statements ought to be clearly sourced. This is an important and controversial section. It needs to be done right. Le Prof Leprof 7272 ( talk) 08:44, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
This was done to create higher level interest in getting this important article, and the critical section about Lewis Carroll, accurate and source-based in content. The POV tag was added, in particular, because the lede earlier concluded "not guilty" and "no basis" for allegations against Dodgson, conclusions that were poorly supported by the main body of the text (which has dead links, cites yahoo discussion groups, etc., see above). Bottom line, the lede did, and still does, make suggestions that are not properly developed and cited in the main body. Fix the main body, then the lede. See the Lewis Carroll article. These two should be consistent. This is an awful situation. Disclaimer: I have no opinion on this matter. Encyclopedic content simply demands good sourcing, and excellent sourcing when the content is controversial (as this is). I would delete the article, at its current level of quality, if it were up to me. Le Prof Leprof 7272 ( talk) 09:00, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
The article says "There was a rumour that Dodgson sent Tenniel a photo of one of his other child-friends, Mary Hilton Badcock, suggesting that he used her as a model,[15] but attempts to find documentary support for this theory have proved fruitless".
This picture actually surfaced on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow a few years ago, the girl's grandson (now an old man himself) brought in a photo of her and told the expert that the picture was sent to Tenniel to base Alice on. Unfortunately I didn't make a note of the name so I can't be absolutely certain the girl was Mary Badcock. The programme was Antiques Roadshow, Series 30, No21, Kentwell Hall, suffolk broadcast 27/1/2008 (recorded 13 September 2007) If anyone can find a recording of it they could confirm the name he gave. Samatarou ( talk) 15:13, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
In discussing the break between Lewis Carroll and the Liddells, shouldn't this article discuss the role of "Lord Newry's business", as it's called? The cut pages in diary document refers to it, and biographies of Carroll credit it with playing a significant role in the cooling of relations between the Liddells and Carroll. There is a summary in the article about the Lord Newry in question ( Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey) which could probably be copied in here. Given the plethora of tags that've been slapped on the section, I'm reluctant to do this myself, but perhaps a regular contributor to this encyclopaedia could take a look to see whether a mention might be appropriate? -- 5.81.5.50 ( talk) 12:57, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
BBC's The Secret World of Lewis Carroll, broadcast on 31 January 2015 revealed and investigated a full-frontal photograph of a naked young teenager, attributed to Carroll and labelled "Lorina Liddell", that is now part of the collection at the Musée Cantini in Marseilles: [1]. In 1993 Edward Wakeling had judged it to be inauthentic. The photographic conservation specialist Nicholas Burnett and forensic imagery analyst David Anley concluded it was authentic and probably of Liddell. It's almost impossible (in my mind) not to see the discovery (by her mother) of the taking of this photograph of Lorina (born 1849) as the perfect explanation for the "Cut pages in diary" episode in June 1863. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:14, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
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According to editor Elanor Graham (see Puffin Books, published in 1946 and many times later until at least 1974), the first version of the "Alice's Adventures Underground" was written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), shortly after he told this shorter version as an entertainment to the three Liddell children, during a boating outing/picnic on the river Thames in July 1862. That evening and night, Dodgson wrote down that story from memory. He was prompted to do this by his friend Cannon Duckworth. Charles later re-wrote it out more carefully with a few drawings as illustrations. He gave a copy to Alice Liddell, one of these children. Henry Kingsley and George MacDonald had subsequently read this version and were so impressed with it that they urged Charles to get the story published, which occurred 2 years later. At this time the original story was much improved by Charles, with more chapters and characters and details including the poems which are parodies of more serious works, to reach its present form as "Alice in Wonderland". 89.139.194.106 ( talk) 10:45, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
the date offered at the beginning of the article doesn’t match the one at the information box. 187.190.159.68 ( talk) 04:47, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
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You can't flat out say that Alice Liddell is THE inspiration for Alice in Wonderland. There is no concrete evidence support it, and Dodgson himself repeatedly refuted claims saying that Alice Liddell was the inspiration.
My tuppence ha'penny's worth.
I'm not qualified to edit or even comment on the article, but then, who is? History is written by people, often with an agenda. There are no reliable sources when it comes to history.
It is therefore easy to find fault with any historical article. However in this case I feel the low levels of objectivity and neutrality are problematical.
It is clear to me that the article needs to be about Alice Liddell and nothing more. One sentence along the lines of "reputedly the inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is all that is needed.
Sam Cullan ( talk) 05:30, 2 December 2015 (UTC)==
While obviously Alice's fame comes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is it really appropriate that a whole paragraph about this comes before any significant info about her, herself? There's a whole separate article on the book, it does not need to be repeated here.
The rest of the article would benefit from being better written too. It is, for the most part, about the book, the character and Lewis Carroll, rather than the real Alice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.168.237 ( talk) 17:45, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
No data available? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.43.98.126 ( talk) 23:39, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
When reading both pages, the information found on one page is different enough to lead to much more confusion than is necessary. I've encountered this problem at many other page groups on Wikipedia, but this is the worst I've seen by far. An editor should really take the time to clean up the differing/contradicting/confusing info on the Lewis Carroll, Alice Liddell and related pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.84.191 ( talk) 10:44, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
The page http://www.waterpark.org/placesofinterest.html states: 'Lewis Carroll was a friend of the Vicar of South Cerney, the Rev WW Liddell. The Alice¹ stories were written for and about his niece Alice Liddell. He used local features in the stories, such as a very small door at the vicarage as the door to Wonderland.'
The above is often repeated as fact, but is there any evidence to support the statement? User:80.229.10.30 17:11, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
While Dodgson's heirs did indeed destroy most of his papers at his request and probably are responsible for some of the cut pages, many tend to agree that Dodgson cut some of the pages himself. An examination of the diaries shows two different kinds of cut - one jagged and one straight - that strongly suggest that the cutting was performed at two different times, perhaps by two different parties. --[[User:Zanthalon|Zanthalon File:Zanthalon.jpg, ]] 16:25, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I noticed that the note "L.C. learns from Mrs. Liddell that he is supposed to be using the children as a means of paying court to the governess — he is also supposed soon to be courting Ina" starts with the letters "L.C." (Lewis Carrol). Isn't it a bit odd that Dodgson's relatives used initials of his pseudonym instead of (the initials of) his real name? Heiko242 ( talk) 01:59, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
I believe the text marked [unreadable] in the cut page is "soon". The page in the cut page link http://www.lookingforlewiscarroll.com/cutpages.html is titled "pashes" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Netdragon ( talk • contribs) .
That word actually looks like it begins with a "g", not an "s". Compare the handwriting with that of the lines immediately below, which (in content) are actually far more interesting. You see, the article states that
but the note asks
which suggests that there was some sort of to-do with some peer, whose name (if I've deciphered the scrawl correctly) was Lord Newing. Now, if you're looking for a reason why Carroll fell out of favour with the Liddells, wouldn't showing up a member of the aristocracy have kind of done it? It's almost enough to make one want to research the Newing family history. Can't see where you've got that "pashes" idea from, though. Wooster 21:02, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Sometimes November 15 is given as her date of death (for example in Anne Clark's The Real Alice), other sources (including Colin Gordon's Beyond The Looking Glass) give November 16... I was wondering if anybody could clear this up with a dependable source for either date? -- Fritz S. 20:27, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
It should explicity state that many people believed that Lewis Carroll was sexually attracted to her. Skinnyweed 22:47, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
I think the whole article seems weird. It keeps mentioning the controversy of their relationship, and I think it should be limited to just one section of the article. The poem as evidence is impressive, I had never come across that before (it actually spells out her name with the word 'pleasance' in the middle (which can mean, 'a source of pleasure.') I just think that the issue should be handled in one confined topic, rather than referring to it here and there. ( Neurolanis ( talk) 20:04, 9 February 2008 (UTC))
Oh, thanks. Neurolanis —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neurolanis ( talk • contribs) 02:21, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
I notice that in the second picture of real life Alice that she is clearly older than in the first, even though it is dated two years earlier when she was -- according to the first -- 7 years old. This would make her 5 years old in the second photograph, which she clearly is not. In fact she looks 10 years old in it, which would mean that it was taken during the time which I had believed Caroll had spent with her. I'd say that the date is roughly five years off. ( Neurolanis ( talk) 19:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC))
It seems a bit confusing to keep alternating between the two names. Perhaps we should indicate that he is know by both names and then proceed to just use one or the other for the rest of the article. Amillion ( talk) 19:53, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Short note: please see Talk:Anne Clark#biographer? and there for a little discussion about Anne Clark/Anne Clark Amor. -- LiveOnMars ( talk) 13:59, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I think, that Prince Leopold named his daughter not after Alice Liddell. He had a sister Alice (1843-1878), which died of diphteria at the age of 35. It can be possible, that his daughter get her name from her paternal aunt. -- AndreaMimi ( talk) 19:19, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't her married surname (Hargreaves) appear somewhere in the lead? Also, even though it would be confusing to refer to her throughout the article as "Hargreaves" (since that's not the name she's known by), I don't think it's appropriate to keep calling her "Alice"; "Liddell" would be better. - Jason A. Quest ( talk) 18:42, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
I noticed that someone added a reference, in the "Biography" section, to a 4th child of Alice Liddell and Reginald Hargreaves: a girl named "Rose Liddell Hargreaves." I have never seen any reference to this Rose in any other historical documents or genealogical records, so I added a citation needed mark. If anyone has any information on this please add it. It would be interesting to know if such a daughter did in fact exist.
Edit: Removed reference to Rose Hargreaves as of March 2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Antiprodigy ( talk • contribs) 14:45, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
I've just uploaded a new photo of Alice Liddell as a young woman, File:Alethea, by Julia Margaret Cameron.jpg (right). Feel free to use if useful. Dcoetzee 13:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
Am I correct that alice in wonderland supposedly occured on May 4th, 1859? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.193.112.62 ( talk) 17:09, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
The above dates are incorrect. Please see my notes on the original dates and other details. 89.139.194.106 ( talk) 10:51, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
I think there's an issue with the following passage:
The way this reads seems to initially imply that she has 3 siblings, but then later reads that she has 9. I assume this is because they are not from the same set of parents, and that they are half-siblings. However, this is confusing to me and possibly others, because where I come from, we strictly refer to siblings that share only 1 parent as "half-siblings", or "half-brothers and sisters". While the prefix "half" is sometimes dropped in more casual circumstances, it is almost always used when explaining the whole family tree to someone else. I'm not sure if its used the same way around the world, but I know that this is what we tend to do in my community.
I believe this could be more precise as to whether these are her siblings or her half-siblings. Could anyone clarify this for me?
Thanks, -- moeburn ( talk) 05:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
All 9 children were born to Henry Liddell and Lorina Reeve. Kissmaiden ( talk) 04:22, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
The Alice Behind Wonderland [1] -- Javaweb ( talk) 04:56, 24 April 2011 (UTC)Javaweb
References
I cannot recall any of the rumors that I've heard over the years. Stories about her and... insanity? Murder? Eating puppies? Frankly, I don't remember what the stories were. Can anyone out there recall? And from where would the notion of these stories come? Gingermint ( talk) 10:21, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
From Google Art Project and the Art Gallery of South Australia, File:Julia M. Cameron - St Agnes (Alice Liddell) - Google Art Project.jpg (right) is another portrait of Alice as St. Agnes by Julia Margaret Cameron, at a resolution of 9 megapixels, taken in 1872 (when she was 20). Feel free to use if useful. A number of others not in use here are at commons:Category:Alice Liddell, so have a look if you haven't already. Dcoetzee 09:09, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Now, we all know from historical record that this is factually false. But we need help over in the Emilie Autumn article in which her rabid fans are blatantly defying Wikipedia policy and guidelines by, repeatedly, using her own personal unfounded claims as a viable source to back up information in the article. Even when they are refuted by viable third party sources (there are several archived).
Currently her article claims that she is a direct descendant of Alice Liddell (appealing to her chic style of Victorian punk), despite this claim being factual false as Alice had no surviving descendants. Given that Emilie has lied about her age, her last name (confirmed for Fritzges), her families death, her age and how long she spent in a health clinic (alone with how it works), it's safe to say that her own words do not constitute a viable source in relation to historical record.
Any users willing to help out in editing out her claim(s) in relation to Alice Liddell would be serving Wikipedia quite well. Otherwise if we are unable to do so, it appears that this article must be amended to include (at the very least) her claim to be a descendent. 106.68.112.190 ( talk) 23:01, 26 November 2013 (UTC) Sutter Cane
…noted, vis-a-vis the lack of verifiable inline citations. Besides noting a dead link and a reference to a yahoo discussion group, a plethora of citation needed tags were placed to suggest places where factual or opinionated statements ought to be clearly sourced. This is an important and controversial section. It needs to be done right. Le Prof Leprof 7272 ( talk) 08:44, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
This was done to create higher level interest in getting this important article, and the critical section about Lewis Carroll, accurate and source-based in content. The POV tag was added, in particular, because the lede earlier concluded "not guilty" and "no basis" for allegations against Dodgson, conclusions that were poorly supported by the main body of the text (which has dead links, cites yahoo discussion groups, etc., see above). Bottom line, the lede did, and still does, make suggestions that are not properly developed and cited in the main body. Fix the main body, then the lede. See the Lewis Carroll article. These two should be consistent. This is an awful situation. Disclaimer: I have no opinion on this matter. Encyclopedic content simply demands good sourcing, and excellent sourcing when the content is controversial (as this is). I would delete the article, at its current level of quality, if it were up to me. Le Prof Leprof 7272 ( talk) 09:00, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
The article says "There was a rumour that Dodgson sent Tenniel a photo of one of his other child-friends, Mary Hilton Badcock, suggesting that he used her as a model,[15] but attempts to find documentary support for this theory have proved fruitless".
This picture actually surfaced on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow a few years ago, the girl's grandson (now an old man himself) brought in a photo of her and told the expert that the picture was sent to Tenniel to base Alice on. Unfortunately I didn't make a note of the name so I can't be absolutely certain the girl was Mary Badcock. The programme was Antiques Roadshow, Series 30, No21, Kentwell Hall, suffolk broadcast 27/1/2008 (recorded 13 September 2007) If anyone can find a recording of it they could confirm the name he gave. Samatarou ( talk) 15:13, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
In discussing the break between Lewis Carroll and the Liddells, shouldn't this article discuss the role of "Lord Newry's business", as it's called? The cut pages in diary document refers to it, and biographies of Carroll credit it with playing a significant role in the cooling of relations between the Liddells and Carroll. There is a summary in the article about the Lord Newry in question ( Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey) which could probably be copied in here. Given the plethora of tags that've been slapped on the section, I'm reluctant to do this myself, but perhaps a regular contributor to this encyclopaedia could take a look to see whether a mention might be appropriate? -- 5.81.5.50 ( talk) 12:57, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
BBC's The Secret World of Lewis Carroll, broadcast on 31 January 2015 revealed and investigated a full-frontal photograph of a naked young teenager, attributed to Carroll and labelled "Lorina Liddell", that is now part of the collection at the Musée Cantini in Marseilles: [1]. In 1993 Edward Wakeling had judged it to be inauthentic. The photographic conservation specialist Nicholas Burnett and forensic imagery analyst David Anley concluded it was authentic and probably of Liddell. It's almost impossible (in my mind) not to see the discovery (by her mother) of the taking of this photograph of Lorina (born 1849) as the perfect explanation for the "Cut pages in diary" episode in June 1863. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:14, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
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Not sure if this is worthy of inclusion, but Historic England states that Alice was the originator of the design concept for the Lyndhurst War Memorial, after she lost two of her sons in the war. [2] Kelly hi! 17:58, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
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According to editor Elanor Graham (see Puffin Books, published in 1946 and many times later until at least 1974), the first version of the "Alice's Adventures Underground" was written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), shortly after he told this shorter version as an entertainment to the three Liddell children, during a boating outing/picnic on the river Thames in July 1862. That evening and night, Dodgson wrote down that story from memory. He was prompted to do this by his friend Cannon Duckworth. Charles later re-wrote it out more carefully with a few drawings as illustrations. He gave a copy to Alice Liddell, one of these children. Henry Kingsley and George MacDonald had subsequently read this version and were so impressed with it that they urged Charles to get the story published, which occurred 2 years later. At this time the original story was much improved by Charles, with more chapters and characters and details including the poems which are parodies of more serious works, to reach its present form as "Alice in Wonderland". 89.139.194.106 ( talk) 10:45, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
the date offered at the beginning of the article doesn’t match the one at the information box. 187.190.159.68 ( talk) 04:47, 15 April 2023 (UTC)