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Art inspired by 'Alice' to be seen at her city

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From: Yorkshire Post
Date: 20070307
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AN ART exhibition based on the classic children's story of Alice in Wonderland is being held in the Yorkshire city where author Lewis Carroll found his inspiration.

Some leading contemporary artists, including painter Richard Walker and photographer Alex P, are taking part in the show at The Gallery in Ripon.

The Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who used the pseudonym Lewis Carroll to write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, lived in Ripon while his father was a canon of the city's cathedral.

One theory has suggested that the author was inspired by rabbits carved on benches in the cathedral's ...

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