Author: Carlo Pellegrini, Ape
Title: Christchurch (Portrait of the Very Rev Hg Liddell Dd (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1875. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Good. Foxing in the margins. Minor foxing on the upper part of the image. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on January 30, 1875, depicting Henry George Liddell (6 February 1811 – 18 January 1898), dean (1855–1891) of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1870–1874), headmaster (1846–1855) of Westminster School (where a house is now named after him), author of A History of Rome (1855), and co-author (with Robert Scott) of the monumental work A Greek–English Lexicon, known as "Liddell and Scott", which is still widely used by students of Greek. Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for Henry Liddell's daughter Alice. Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social, political, and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures, drawn by renowned artists, captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor, satire, and artistry. .

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