Ethel Charlotte Chase Hatch was a British artist known for her floral scenes and for her association with Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, more commonly known as Lewis Carroll.
17 Facts About Ethel Hatch
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Ethel Hatch was a society figure, belonging to the British upper class; she was the daughter of Rev Edwin Hatch, as well as the sister of Beatrice Sheward Hatch and Evelyn Maud Hatch.
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Ethel Charlotte Chase Hatch was born as the youngest daughter of Evelyn and Edwin Hatch.
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Ethel Hatch's father Edwin was a theologian; author; a vice-principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford; and later a university reader in Ecclesiastical history.
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The Ethel Hatch family moved in "stimulating circles", including friendships with Edward Burne-Jones, Algernon Charles Swinburne and William Morris.
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Ethel Hatch attended Oxford High School, Oxford in Oxfordshire, a private girls school.
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Ethel Hatch graduated at age 17 before going on holiday to St Leonards-on-Sea with her mother for three months.
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Ethel Hatch's mother gave permission to Dodgson to photograph her three girls and Dodgson was considered a family friend.
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At Slade, Ethel Hatch studied under Henry Tonks, Philip Wilson Steer, and Frederick Brown.
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Ethel Hatch worked mostly with watercolors, and her paintings made the rounds at galleries for display.
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Works of Ethel Hatch's were presented at the New English Art Club, of which she was a member.
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The Government Art Collection in Britain has a piece of Ethel Hatch's named A View of Lago di Orta in their collection.
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Ethel Hatch maintained a friendship with artist Joan Hassall, another artist, who had focused on wood engraving and book illustrating.
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Four letters appear in the compilation, and Ethel Hatch copied all mention of Swinburne from her father's journals for the publication as well.
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On 20 September 1920, at age 51, Ethel Hatch was among the chief mourners at the funeral of William Sanday, Dean Ireland's Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Oxford between 1883 and 1895.
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Ethel Hatch was joined in formal mourning by her sister Evelyn, as well as Professor Cuthbert Turner.
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Ethel Hatch died in Kensington in 1975, a month shy of her 106th birthday.