In three of the images Alice retains the double-line of stitching at the bottom of her dress, but in others this has been omitted. Stern, Jeffrey. “Lewis Carroll the Pre-Raphaelite”. Lewis Carroll Observed, by Edward Guiliano, Clarkson N. Potter, 1976. According to Lewis Carroll, Tenniel also drew the rattle the wrong way. In a letter to Henry Savile Clark, dating November 29, 1886, Carroll states that Tenniel had drawn a watchman’s rattle (used to sound an alarm) in stead of a child’s toy rattle. He was certain that the latter was meant in the old nursery rhyme ( Gardner 227).

Perfect plates are all Made In England & available in Small (16cm), Medium (21cm), Large (27.5cm) or Supersized (41cm). Use the Brass Plate Hangers in the appropriate size for your plate to make hanging super duper easy. When The Nursery “Alice” was printed, Carroll rejected the first copies because of the coloring of the illustrations. He wrote the following to Macmillan, on June 23, 1889: The picture he referred to in the last line was the illustration of the Queen of Hearts pointing at Alice. Carroll thought her face was much too red ( Gardner). Cloth. Condition: Good. Margaret W Tarrant (illustrator). Large paper edition of 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll. Large paper edition of this classic children's tale by Lewis Carroll. Sadly the twenty-four coloured plates by Margaret Tarrant, famous English illustration and children's author known for her depictions of fairy-life children and religious subjects, were excised by a previous owner.?Dated via Jisc.?Uniform with 'The Sunshine Series' distinctive for its large size and the many dainty coloured plates by favourite children's artists. In quarter cloth binding over printed boards. Externally with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, boards lightly soiled. Minor tape repair to small closed tear lower margin p. 99, and to minor loss p. 175. Cutting featuring coloured Pooh illustration pasted to front free endpaper. Previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper, undated. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to occasional leaf. Good. book. We’re all mad here! In homage to Lewis Carroll's classic book, our Alice in Wonderland party supplies, decorations and tableware are designed to help you escape your everyday life and tumble down a rabbit hole of your imagination. Perfect for providing some inspiration for your next Tea Party, Alice in Wonderland party theme, Baby Shower or Mother's Day table.Tumble down the rabbit hole with my favourite Collection of Alice in Wonderland. Would you like an adventure now, or shall we have tea first? Fine Bone China Perfect Plate hand decorated & hand edged in 22 carat gold for your delicious dinners, luscious lunches piled high with treats or why not hang & display on your wall? Wall displays of plates are a super simple to do & a great alternative to art. You can start with 1 plate design & add in different sizes or chose a selection of your favourite Intricate Ink Illustrations in different sizes to really catch your eye.

Author Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), was rather fussy about how his book and the illustrations would look, so he provided Tenniel with many details and instructions. On 12 March 1870, Carroll and Tenniel met for two hours in London to set out the plans for 30 more pictures, having already sent three to the Dalziel Brothers at Camden Press for ‘cutting’. When Alice meets the Cheshire Cat sitting in a tree, he vanishes and reappears again at once. When Alice walks on, he reappears again on a branch. This time, he disappears more slowly, on Alice’s request. However, the picture of this slow vanishing shows the Cheshire Cat sitting in exactly the same tree as he was in when Alice met him before walking on.In the cover image, the White Rabbit’s waistcoat is replaced with a green scarf and the March Hare is also dressed differently. That doesn’t mean Tenniel’s illustrations were exactly what Carroll described they should be. Tenniel had quite a lot of freedom to give his own interpretation to the illustrations. On several occasions, Carroll was very much willing to accept the artist’s ideas, and in the illustrations the typical style of Tenniel is recognizable. Tenniel had some freedom in selecting the scenes to be illustrated ( Hancher), and when Tenniel complained about having to draw a Walrus and a Carpenter, Carroll was willing to change the characters of his poem for him.

Carroll sent the completed galleys, including the Wasp incident, to Tenniel on 16 January 1871 for pasting up and illustrating. Also, more than 150 electrotypes have survived and sometimes appear at auctions. It is very hard to determine for which editions they were actually used though ( Hancher 207). In the original manuscript of the book, Carroll drew his own illustrations. Carroll’s drawings of Alice were not modelled after Alice Liddell either. Initially, Carroll wanted to use his own manuscript illustrations for the official publication of “ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland“. However, he was discouraged to do that and eventually admitted that he needed a professional illustrator.

The making of the illustrations for Through the Looking-Glass

Tenniel may even have added his own subtle references in the illustrations: read about the origins behind Tenniel’s illustrations. The making of the illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland On 8th April 1865, Tenniel was working on the 30th picture. By then, Carroll was still working on the final text for publication. Carroll sent the galley proofs for all the text to Tenniel on May 1865, so he could complete the illustrations. In the end, forty-two illustrations were completed – twice as many as Carroll initially anticipated. ( Jones and Gladstone 253-255 and Jaques and Gidders)

Carroll recorded in his diary on 29 March 1885, that twenty illustrations for The Nursery “Alice”‘are now being coloured by Mr Tenniel’, and by 10 July he was able to report that ‘Mr Tenniel has finished the coloured pictures for The Nursery “Alice”‘. This means the illustrations were done well in time, as Carroll only wrote the text for the Nursery Alice in 1888 ( Sibley). Demakos, Matt. Cut-Proof-Print. From Tenniel’s Hands to Carroll’s Eyes. Stuffing the Teapot Press, 2021. Garvey, Eleanor M. and W.H. Bond. Tenniel’s Alice. Drawings by Sir John Tenniel for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Harvard College Library and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. It is suggested that he was inspired by paintings by his friend Dante Gabriel Rossetti (modeled by Annie Miller) and his friend Arthur Hughes. Carroll owned Hughes’ oil painting ‘Girl with Lilacs’ ( Stern).Hancher, Michael. The Tenniel illustrations to the ‘Alice’ books. The Ohio State Press, second edition, 2019. Gardner, Martin. The Annotated Alice. 150th anniversary deluxe edition, W.W. Norton & Company, 2015. The influence Tenniel had on Carroll is illustrated by the fact that Carroll recalled the first edition of his book, only because Tenniel expressed dissatisfaction about the quality of the printing of the pictures. Also, Carroll dropped an entire chapter from his book on Tenniel’s suggestion. When it came out, Tenniel again was dissatisfied with the printing quality of the illustrations. Although Carroll suggested to Macmillan that the second batch of printed copies should be destroyed, this did not happen and no books were recalled ( Jaques and Gidders 53). Illustrations for ‘Alice’s Adventures Under Ground’ In “Though the Looking-Glass”, the illustrations show the Kings wearing the same crowns as the Queens. Kings are supposed the have crowns with a cross on top. It is unsure whether this is a mistake in the illustrations, or perhaps a request from Carroll to remove any possible references to Christianity?