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Illustrations from Alice’s Aventures in Wonderland, or, Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Caroll (1866). The illustrations were done by Sir John Tenniel [1820 – 1914].

These images were scanned by Shawn Calvert fro the 1898 edition (MacMillan & Co., London), who kindly contributed them. They are also online at his Website. Liam Quin made the JPEG versions.

Shawn’s original Web site

There are many copies of the Project Gutenberg scans of these illustrations on the web. These images are not derived from those. they were made by a professional graphic designer, at much higher resolution, and have much more detail.

Lewis Caroll was of course a penname (nom de plume) of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. The book was written after he and a friend, Rev. Robinson Duckworth, went on a trip in a rowing-boat at Oxford, on the River Thames, from Follie Bridge to Godstowe, near Oxford, together with three schoolgirls.

The North American Lewis Carrol Society has collected pointers to online Alice resources.

Lewis Carrol Society list of illustrations

Some of the engravings are signed Dalziel, and there are also some images and extracts from a book by and about the Dalziel Brothers.

Alice Swimming

Alice Swimming

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

“As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! she was up to her chin in salt water. Her first idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea, ‘and in that case I can go [...]

Keywords: alice, people, water, swimming, illustrations for children

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Added: 2006-05-26

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Alice swimming near a mouse

Alice swimming near a mouse

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

“Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembe [...]

Keywords: alice, people, water, swimming, animals, mice, illustrations for children

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Added: 2006-05-26

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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