This sculpture is located in Guildford’s Castle Grounds in a walled garden behind the bowling green, near the house that Lewis Carroll used to rent. It was created by sculptor Jeanne Argent.

Charles Dodgson, otherwise known as Lewis Carroll, the famous author of many works including Alice’s Adventures Through the Looking Glass, was a frequent visitor to Guildford where he enjoyed walking in the downs and was inspired to write some of his nonsense works including ‘The Hunting of the Snark’.

He rented a house, Chestnuts, near the Castle Grounds where he and his family often stayed. He passed away in Guildford in 1898 and is buried in The Mount Cemetery.