John Tenniel
1820-1914
Alice Grown Tall
1860s
5 7/8 x 3 1/2 inches (150 x 89 mm)
Graphite, pen and brown ink, on wove paper.
1982.11:2
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Gale.
Notes
One of three preparatory illustrations for the Clarendon Press first edition of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", London, 1865. Chapter II ("The Pool of Tears"), 15.
Watermark: none.
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with the artist's monogram at lower left, in graphite, "JT" (interlaced).
Associated names
Gale, Benjamin, former owner.
Gale, Benjamin, Mrs., former owner.
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
Gale, Benjamin, Mrs., former owner.
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 302.
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