Alexandra Kitchin, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alexandra Kitchin

British model

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1864

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1925

Profession: model

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Alexandra Kitchin

  • Alexandra "Xie" Rhoda Kitchin (29 September 1864 – 6 April 1925) was a notable 'child-friend' and favourite photographic subject of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll). She was the daughter of Rev.
  • George William Kitchin (1827–1912), who was Dodgson's colleague at Christ Church, Oxford, and later became Dean of Winchester and Dean of Durham.
  • Her godmother was Alexandra of Denmark, then Princess of Wales, who had been a childhood friend of her mother.
  • Xie had three younger brothers: George Herbert, Hugh Bridges, and Brook Taylor, and a younger sister, Dorothy Maud Mary.
  • All were featured in Dodgson's photographs. Dodgson photographed her around fifty times, from age four until just before her sixteenth birthday.
  • The works they made together, often in tableau form, are commonly known to collectors, curators, and the contemporary artists who are inspired by them as the 'Xie' (pronounced 'Ecksy' — a diminutive form of Alexandra) pictures.It is commonly reported that Carroll once posed the question “How do you achieve excellence in photography?” and then provided this answer: “Put Xie in front of a Lens.” In truth, in a letter to her on June 16, 1880, he writes, "Here is a riddle—'What is the best way to secure Excellence in a photograph?' Answer: 'First you take a "lence," and then put "ecce" before it.'" He is punning on "ecce," the Latin word for "behold." She married Arthur Cardew, a civil servant and gifted amateur musician, on 17 April 1890.
  • They had six children: Penelope (b.
  • 1891), Christopher (b.
  • 1894), Richard (1898–1918), Michael (1901–1983), Philip (b.
  • 1903) and Arthur (b.
  • 1906).
  • The family resided at 4 North View, Wimbledon Common, London, until Xie's death; they also had a country home at Saunton.
  • She is buried at Putney Vale Cemetery. Unlike Alice Liddell, Isa Bowman and other Dodgson 'child-friends', Xie never published reminiscences of him.

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