Lewis Charles Powles

Lewis Charles Powles (29 January 1860 – 6 July 1942) was a British artist.

Early life and education Powles was born in Cirencester, England, in January 1860, one of six children. His father was Rev. Henry C. Powles. Powles attended Oxford, where he studied Mathematics under Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland. followed by studies in Munich. in 1903. Powles travelled extensively throughout Europe, as well as to Canada. the Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, Powles is most well known for his watercolour landscapes, although he painted a number of oil portraits. Two of his watercolours were commissioned for the Library in Queen Mary's Doll House. In 1910, he painted English writer Henry James, who was Powles' neighbour and friend in Rye. In a letter, he once said that he was "somewhat easily impressed by the thoughts of others". Their daughter, writer Viola Bayley, was born in 1911. Powles died in East Sussex in 1942.