Ethel Hatch

Ethel C. C. Hatch
Portrait of a three-year-old Ethel by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in 1872.
Born	Ethel Charlotte Hatch 1869 (1869)
Died	1975 (aged 105–106)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Oxford High School, Oxford Slade School of Art
Occupation	Artist, painter
Known for	Paintings; Association with Lewis Carroll
Parent(s)	Edwin Hatch and Evelyn Hatch
Relatives	Beatrice Hatch Evelyn Maud Hatch

Ethel C. C. Hatch (1869 - 1975) was a British artist known for her floral scenes and for her association with Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, more commonly known as Lewis Carroll. She 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.

Ethel Charlotte C. Hatch was born as the youngest daughter of Evelyn and Edwin Hatch. Ethel had two sisters, being Beatrice and Evelyn Maud, the latter presumably being named after her mother. She also had a brother named Arthur Herbert Hatch (b. 1864), who was House Prefect at his school, Malvern College. The family lived in a Gothic-style house built in 1867 on Banbury Road in Norham Gardens, North Oxford, England. The house was described as having "arched windows, a tower, and a turret complete with a statue niche towards the top." Neighborhood friends included Julia and Ethel Huxley, daughters of Thomas Henry Huxley and the aunts of Aldous Huxley. Other acquaintances in the neighborhood who visited the Hatch family included Bonamy Price, Mark Pattison, and Benjamin Jowett.

Ethel's father Edwin was a theologian; author; a vice-principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford; and later a university reader in Ecclesiastical history. The Hatch family moved in "stimulating circles", including friendships with Edward Burne-Jones, Algernon Charles Swinburne and William Morris.