I grew up in my grandmother's house. She had a number of classic books which my grandfather had bought. In time I would read several of them, but was too young for all but Alice in Wonderland for a long time. This book fascinated me, and even though it was a while before I would even try to read it, Tenniel's wonderful illustrations hooked me from the start.
The first sketch here is a detail from his illustration of the Mad Hatter's tea party in "Alice in Wonderland". As I've said, for me the archetypal images of the book are from Tenniel's illustrations, the Disney film notwithstanding. Others are copies of Tenniel's illustrations for the book I made on earlier occasions (See if you can spot which one is copied from "Through the Looking Glass") :-
Also, through his work for punch, John Tenniel made many images which I've recycled for my hand drawn Christmas cards for friends and families - these are just a few examples: -
Tomorrow: Edward Ardizzone and "The Land of Green Ginger"
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