John Tenniel

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John Tenniel
1820-1914
Alice Holding a Flamingo, Conversing with the Ugly Duchess
1860s
Graphite on wove paper.
sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 11/16 inches (181 x 144 mm); design area: 3 3/16 x 2 3/8 inches (82 x 60 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Charlene Engelhard.
1980.24
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Watermark: none.
Preparatory illustration for the woodcut in reverse on p. 132 of chap. IX ("The Mock Turtle's Story") in Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", London, 1865.

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Signed with the artist's monogram at lower right, in pencil, "JT" (interlaced); inscribed at bottom edge, "43".

Provenance: 
Kennedy and Co., New York; Bronson Winthrop; his sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, 12 March 1945, lot 154; Reginald Allen, New York.
Associated names: 

Winthrop, Bronson, former owner.
Allen, Reginald, former owner.
Engelhard, Charlene, donor.
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in Wonderland.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 218.

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