CARROWS WALRUS
Preservation In Museum (Special Correrpondent N.Z.PA. LONDON, June 13 A stuffed walrus in the Sunderland Museum, said to have inspired Lewis Carroll to write “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” is to be given a place of honour when the £200,000 extension to the building now in progress is completed, says ’"The Times." At the time Carroll wrote “Alice in Wonderland." in 1870, he was a frequent visitor to Sunderland and often went to the museum, where the walrus has been preserved since it was presented to the town, 100 years ago. by an explorer. At that time ships’ carpenters. a familiar sight in the streets of Sunderland, wore white aprons and square hats as depicted in Tenniel’s illustration in “Alice in Wonderland.” It is believed this led to the Carroll’s whimsical association of the carpenter and the walrus.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29539, 14 June 1961, Page 22
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