Alice Illustrated: 120 Images from the Classic Tales of Lewis Carroll (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) by Jeff A. Menges

Author:Jeff A. Menges [Menges, Jeff A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-08-08T00:00:00+00:00

Jeff A. Menges

August 2011

The Plates

Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914)

1865 and 1872

Sir John Tenniel’s importance to the visuals of Wonderland cannot be overstated. As the story’s original illustrator in 1865, Tenniel created 42 line pieces that depicted all of the significant characters. The book’s huge success made Tenniel’s illustrations definitive for Alice, and it is likely that Tenniel’s edition has been available in reprint form continuously since its original publication. When Carroll’s “revisit” to Wonderland in Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There came up in 1872, Tenniel initially turned down Carroll’s offer to illustrate it. While both author and illustrator had benefited greatly from the success of Wonderland, they had many disagreements on its depiction, which caused Tenniel to pass up the offer. Only after Carroll’s unsuccessful attempts to attract another illustrator (possibly due to his reputation for being difficult, or the looming task of following the iconic Tenniel drawings) did Tenniel agree.

Originally better known for magazine illustration—Tenniel was for some time a staff illustrator for Punch—he produced or contributed to several illustrated books before his fame with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, including Undine and Aesop’s Fables.

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