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Alice: 150 Years of Wonderland

  • 045. Carroll’s early sketches

    Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
    Preliminary sketches of the Mock Turtle and Gryphon
    Drawing (pen-and-ink on paper), 1862-1864
    Photography: Christ Church Library
    © Governing Body of Christ Church, Oxford

    Wilfred Dodgson (1838–1914)
    GryphonDrawing (pen-and-ink on paper), ca. 1862-1864
    Photography: Christ Church Library
    © Governing Body of Christ Church, Oxford

  • 046. Carroll’s final drawing in the manuscript

    Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) 
    Alice’s Adventures Under Ground 
    Illustrated manuscript, completed 13 September 1864 
    © The British Library Board, Add MS46700

  • 047. Tenniel’s final drawing

    John Tenniel (1820–1914) “Once I was a real Turtle!”, Final drawing (graphite on paper), 1864-1865

  • 048. Carroll’s presentation drawing

    Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
    “On the lone sea-shore”
    Drawing (pen-and-ink on paper), ca. 1862-1865
    Photography: Christ Church Library
    © Governing Body of Christ Church, Oxford

  • 049. The first edition

    Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), John Tenniel (1820–1914), illustrator, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland London: Macmillan, 1865

  • 050. Tenniel’s color version for The Nursery “Alice”

    John Tenniel (1820—1914) Gryphon and Mock Turtle Dance Round Alice Hand-colored proof, 1885

  • 051. Alice in Bumbleland

    John Tenniel (1820–1914) 
    Alice in Bumbleland 
    Drawing (watercolor over graphite on paper), ca. 1899 
    Private Collection. Photography by Graham S. Haber 2015.

  • 052. The White Rabbit as the Herald

  • 053. Carroll’s final drawing in the manuscript

    Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) 
    Alice’s Adventures Under Ground 
    Illustrated manuscript, completed 13 September 1864 
    © The British Library Board, Add MS46700

  • 054. Tenniel’s final drawing

    John Tenniel (1820–1914) 
    The White Rabbit as the Herald 
    Final drawing (graphite on paper), 1864-1865 
    Houghton Library, Harvard University. MS Eng 718.6 (5). Gift of Mrs. Harcourt Amory, 1927