Tribute to Sir John Tenniel

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Lovely copy Pratim. You are a mine of information, I learn a lot from you!

Thanks Carole Swingler ...

A TRIBUTE TO SIR JOHN TENNIEL [ORIGINAL BOTH WORKS DONE BY MASTER ARTIST, I AM JUST TRIED TO COPY], ON THE OCCASION OF 150 YEARS OF "ALICE'S ADVENTURES OF WONDERLAND".. MY FAVOURITE ILLUSTRATOR OF ALL TIME ... GEL PEN ON PAPER ... 8 INCH*10 INCH ...2015 ... Sir John Tenniel (28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist whose work was prominent during the second half of the 19th century. Tenniel is considered important to the study of that period’s social, literary, and art histories. Tenniel was knighted by Victoria for his artistic achievements in 1893. Tenniel is most noted for two major accomplishments: he was the principal political cartoonist for Britain’s Punch magazine for more than 50 years and he was the artist who illustrated Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Despite the thousands of political cartoons and hundreds of illustrative works attributed to him,