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  • Sir John Tenniel

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    John Tenniel is best known (and rightly so) for his beautiful, imaginative, definitive and absolutely perfect pen and ink illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass: And What Alice Found There. Though many illustrators have done their versions of Alice (see Lauren Harmon’s lists of Alice Illustrators, and the…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Tenniel’s Jabberwock

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    The Jabberwock, John Tenniel, pen and ink. I don’t know the size or location of the original drawing. Link is to the image page on Wikipedia, which in turn links to a very high resolution image (11.62 mb). John Tenniel’s beautifully iconic illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s books have never been equaled for their visual charm…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Tenniel’s Cheshire Cat

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    Cheshire Cat in the Tree Above Alice, illustration for for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, John Tenniel Several museums are all atwitter today with images for something called “National Cat Day”, apparently a day when the Ancient Egyptian tradition of cat worship takes over the internet — even more than usual. As a cat person myself,…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Tenniel hand colored Cheshire Cat

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    Cheshire Cat in the Tree Above Alice, by Sir John Tenniel — a hand-colored proof for The Nursery “Alice”. I had never seen this before. Wonderful. In the collection of the Morgan Library & Museum. Look for the “Full Screen” and Zoom controls under the image. [Via The Morgan Library on Twitter: @MorganLibrary]

  • More graphite drawings from the Met

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    As I pointed out in my post on the same subject from March 30 of this year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a treasure trove of drawings in its extensive collections, most of which are rarely seen because of the fragile nature of drawings and their susceptibility to light damage. The…

  • Arthur Rackham (update)

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    Arthur Rackham was one of the greatest illustrators of the turn of the 20th century Golden Age of Illustration, that is to say one of the greatest illustrators of all time. Though many are familiar with his beautiful illustrations for Rip van Winkle (images above, top), which established his reputation, and Gulliver’s Travels, as well…