Whether she is being viewed as an icon of innocence or an opportunity to play out more disturbing fantasies, the blank-faced little girl made famous by John Tenniel’s original illustrations has become a cultural inkblot we can interpret in any way we like.
Peter Blake, series of screenprints on paper, 1970: But isn’t it old! Tweedledum cried.Since the first publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 150 years ago, Lewis Carroll’s playful and puzzling work has spawned a whole industry, from films and theme park rides to products such as a “cute and sassy” Alice costume (“petticoat and stockings not included”). Salvador Dalí, illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1969: The Queen’s Croquet Ground (Salvador Dali) Ralph Steadman, illustrations for Alice in Wonderland, 1967: Courtroom Scene (Ralph Steadman) Tove Jansson, illustrations for Alice i Underlandet, 1966: Tove Jansson Leonard Weisgard, illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, 1949: Leonard Weisgard Mervyn Peake, illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass, 1946: Mervyn Peake (Arthur Rackham)īessie Pease Gutmann, illustrations for Alice in Wonderland, 1907: Bessie Pease Guttman Peter Newell, illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1901: The Caterpillar and Alice Looked at Each Other (Peter Newell)Īrthur Rackham, illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1905: At this, the whole pack of cards rose up into the air and came flying down upon her. Sir John Tenniel, illustrations for the first published edition of Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland, 1865: Dodo presents Alice with a thimble (Sir John Tenniel)īlanche McManus, illustrations for the first American edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1899: Blanche McManus
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