Theophilus Carter
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Theophilus Carter was an eccentric British furniture dealer who may have been an inspiration for the illustration by Sir John Tenniel of Lewis Carroll's characters the Mad Hatter in his 1865 novel Ali
Theophilus Carter c. 1894
The Hatter as depicted by Tenniel, reciting his nonsense poem, "Twinkle twinkle little bat"
Grave of Theophilus Carter in Holywell Cemetery in Oxford in 2024
William Ewart Gladstone
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William Ewart Gladstone was a British statesman who served four times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He began in politics as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Newark and ended as the f
Theophilus Carter
…of the 'Mad Hatter,' but on looking again at the Tenniel drawing I see it is he to the life. To me," he went on, "he was the living image of the late W. E. Gladstone, and, being well aware of the fact, was always careful to wear the high collar and black stock so often depicted in Punch in cartoons of the 'Grand Old…
Gladstone in 1892
Gladstone in the 1830s
A pensive Gladstone, from the book Great Britain and Her Queen, by Anne E. Keeling
Gladstone in 1859, painted by George Frederic Watts