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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 from the 1898 edition (MacMillan & Co., London), who kindly contributed them. Liam Quin made the JPEG versions.
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.
Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Published by: McMillan & Co.
City: London
Date: 1865
Total items: 43
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
“[...] before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head pressing against the ceiling, and had to stoop to save her neck from being broken. She hastily put down the bottle, saying to herself ‘That’s quite enough—I hope I shan’t grow any more—As it is, I can’t get out at the door—I [...] [more...] [$]
The Mad Hatter arrives hastily in court to testify
‘Call the first witness,’ said the King; and the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and called out, ‘First witness!’ [more...] [$]
Alice (with flamingo) chats with the Duchess
‘I dare say you’re wondering why I don’t put my arm round your waist,’ the Duchess said after a pause: ‘the reason is, that I’m doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try the experiment?’ [more...] [$]
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