The Hunting of the Snark based on a draft by Lewis Carroll, the Snark was allowed to show up in an illustration by Henry Holiday, where it appeared in a dream of the Barrister. The illustration to the chapter "The Banker's Fate" might contain pictorial references to the etching "The Image Breakers" by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, to William Sidney Mount's painting "The Bone Player" and to a photograph by Benjamin Duchenne used for a drawing in Charles Darwin's "The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals". Upon the printing of the book on 29 March 1876, Carroll gave away eighty signed copies to his
Lewis Carroll Society of North America information on Society meetings, and membership rolls. Lewis Carroll Society of North America The Lewis Carroll Society of North America is a learned society established in 1974. It is dedicated to the 19th-century English mathematician, photographer and writer Lewis Carroll, best known for the 1865 fantasy novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and its sequel. LCSNA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to "furthering Carroll studies, increasing accessibility of research materials, and maintaining public awareness of Carroll's contribution to society". The organization meets twice a year, and has an active publications program. The archive contains materials that document the history of the