Illustrators of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice by Arthur Rackham
Alice by Blanche McManus
Alice by Peter Newell

Illustrators of the Alice books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, number more than 70. The focus here is on British editions, but some other English-language editions are included. This is an attempt to list all major illustrators of the Alice books from 1899 to the present day.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first published in 1865, but it was withdrawn as the illustrator, John Tenniel, was unhappy with the quality of the printing. The text blocks were sent to America where they were bound with a new title page and sold there. Apart from E. Gertrude Thomson, who illustrated the cover of The Nursery "Alice" (1890), the first artist other than Tenniel to produce illustrations for Alice was Beatrix Potter in the 1890s; she created six illustrations, but none appeared in book form.[1]

Copyright

In America, until 1891, publishers could reprint British books without the copyright restraint, but from that date on they had to get the agreement of the UK publishers and authors. As a result, several US publishing houses issued copies of the Alice books with Tenniel illustrations. McManus was the first to attempt the task of providing new illustrations for the books in 1899. Up to 1907, Macmillan held the exclusive copyright of Alice's Adventures in Britain and the Colonies. When the copyright ran out many publishers took the opportunity to issue the Alice book with new illustrations, and around 20 editions appeared in the following two years alone. (The Through the Looking-Glass copyright did not run out until 1948).[1]

The illustrators

References

  1. 1 2 Illustrating Alice. Artists' Choice 2013 page22
  2. ↑ Gordon Robinson illustrations in Project Gutenberg text
  3. 1 2 Artists Choice Editions
  4. ↑ Seven Seas Entertainment

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