John Tenniel · The Alice illustrations
A world
drawn in ink.
A hurried rabbit. A disappearing cat. A little girl who refuses to stop asking questions. Explore the illustrations that gave Lewis Carroll’s curious worlds their unforgettable faces.
Enter the two worlds
Through a rabbit-hole. Through a mirror.
1865 · 42 illustrations
Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland
Down the rabbit-hole, ordinary manners meet impossible situations. Tea never ends, flamingos become croquet mallets, and a pack of cards holds court.
1871 · 50 illustrations
Through the
Looking-Glass
Beyond the mirror, a chess game becomes a landscape. Meet talking flowers, argumentative twins and a knight whose inventions rarely go to plan.
The artist behind the worlds
Serious draughtsmanship.
Wonderful nonsense.
John Tenniel (1820–1914) brought a cartoonist’s eye for gesture and character to Carroll’s stories. His creatures are strange, but never vague: every whisker, waistcoat and raised eyebrow feels observed.
Look closely and a few fine lines become fur, folded cloth or the bark of a tree.
