JOHN TENNIEL - Alice Dropping the White Rabbit - Ink on paper

Artist:
John Tenniel (English, 1820-1914).
Title:
"Alice Dropping the White Rabbit [Alice in Wonderland]".
Medium:
Ink on paper.
Date:
Composed 1864.
Dimensions:
Overall size: 7 13/16 x 4 3/4 in. (198 x 121 mm).
Lot Note(s):
Signed with the monogram, lower left. Light cream wove paper. Very good condition; an unobtrusive soft crease upper right; minor edge coloring; slight wrinkling right and left edges; presents very well. Comment(s): Tenniel’s original illustrations for “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” are very rare. Our example is the preliminary drawing to the finished drawing that appeared in Charles Lutwidge Dodgson’s (Lewis Carroll’s) famous work of 1865. [29810-1-6000]