John Tenniel was an English Illustrator (1829-25) who’s most famous works are the drawings he created for Lewis Carol’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’, possibly the most famous literary illustrations ever created. The images were created using the engraved wood cut process. This set of Illustrations has always greatly inspired me. His mixture of detail and bold imagery set in a fantastical dark world has influenced me since childhood. His depictions of alice as a Giantess show her as shocked, elongated, uncomfortable, unhappy,
Quotes from the book that may come in useful for later drawings:
‘Now I’m opening out like the largest telescope’
‘ you ought to be ashamed of yourself... a great girl like you...to go on crying in this way’
‘what will become of me’
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