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Group of 8 issues of Punch containing material relating to Lewis Carroll and his fictional works. 1898-1928.

Accession number
PML 352196.1-8
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
8 serial issues ; 28 cm
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Summary
Issues include an obituary for Lewis Carroll by Owen Seaman (1898); cartoon using image of Alice, the gryphon and the mock turtle captioned "Alice in Bumbleland" (1899); cartoon where Alice represents the Liberal Party captioned "The irreconcilables" (1902); cartoon with Alice with Lloyd George as the Mad Grocer captioned "David in Rhonddaland" (1917); political cartoon with Alice and the Cheshire Cat captioned "Eric; or, less by less" (1921); cartoon with the playing cards, caption beginning "This was supposed to be a red rose tree ... " (1925); cartoon of Tweedledum and Tweedledee's battle captioned "Balkandum and Balkandee" (1925); and an article arguing that Dodgson did not write Alice in Wonderland ("The truth about Alice," C.W. Giles, 1928).
Classification
Department