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In 1855 Charles Dodgson began to teach at Oxford. The same year, the dean of the college died and his successor, Henry Liddell arrived at the Deanery with his wife and four small children... Harry, Lorina, Alice and Edith. Four more children were born at Oxford: Rhoda in 1858, Violet in 1864, Eric in 1865 and Lionel in 1868.
In 1856 Charles Dodgson purchased his first camera. Although he photographed a few landscapes early in his career, his greater interest lay in portraiture. Because of his talent for entertaining and winning the trust of children, he is considered today the premier photographer of Victorian children.
On 25 April 1856 young Mr Dodgson went to photograph Christ Church Cathedral. He had no luck with his photographs of the Cathedral but he did find in the garden the three daughters of the dean. This was his first meeting with Alice, then a week away from her fourth birthday.
Little did he know just how imortant his friendship with Alice was to be. but he sensed something special about her from the first day.
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