John Tenniel
1820-1914
The White Rabbit Looking at his Watch; Studies of the Head of the White Rabbit and of Alice
1860s
6 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches (159 x 137 mm)
Graphite, with pen and brown ink, on paper; extraneous brush trials in watercolor at lower right corner.
1982.11:1
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Gale.
Notes
Watermark: none.
One of three preparatory illustrations for the Clarendon Press first edition of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", London, 1865. Chapter I (Down the Rabbit Hole"), 1.
One of three preparatory illustrations for the Clarendon Press first edition of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", London, 1865. Chapter I (Down the Rabbit Hole"), 1.
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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