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Alice and the fawn

Wood-Engraving
1872 (made)
Artist/Maker
Brothers Dalziel (engravers (printmakers))
Tenniel, John (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

wood-engraving


Object details
Category
Prints
Object type
Wood-engraving
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving on India paper
Printing Ink
Wood-Engraving
Brief description
Proof engraving of Alice and the Fawn by Tenniel, engraved by Dalziel Bros.
Physical description
wood-engraving
Dimensions
  • At widest point height: 96mm
  • At widest point width: 81mm
Literary referenceThrough the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Caroll.
Bibliographic references
  • Robert Hoozee, ed. British Vision. Observation and Imagination in British Art 1750-1950 / with contributions from Mark Evans, Mark Haworth-Booth and Stephen Calloway. Ghent: Museum voor Schone Kunsten; Mercatorfonds, 2007. ISBN: 978 90 6153 749 6
  • Tim Batchelor, Cedar Lewisohn, Martin Myrone Rude Britannia: British Comic Art London: Tate Publishing, 2010. ISBN: 9781854378866.
  • Images d'Alice, au pays des merveillesParis: Beaux Arts/ TTM Editions, 2011. ISBN: 9782842788841.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2839-1901

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Record createdOctober 31, 2006
Record URL
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