Comments on: Sir John Tenniel

By: Ruth Olinghouse

Ruth Olinghouse — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:06:01 +0000

I have an old book,”Alice’s Advertures in Wonderland”, not in very good condition. It has all of the pages and cover but they are very aged. It is green with an illustration of young lady with ice skates over her shoulder and red hair on the front, and one of her skating on the spine of the book. It says “with forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel” and “Chicago, M>A> Donohue & Co., 407-429 Dearborn St. Anybody know the age?
Ruth

By: Jan Morgan

Jan Morgan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:03:30 +0000

I am looking at an old book of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. It was published by Donohue, Hennebery & Co, Chicago. I was curious if anyone knew the date it was published. On the first page someone wrote their name of Edith M Bailey and a date of 1899. Was it regular practice for publishers not to date?

By: Illustration Blog

Illustration Blog — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:33:24 +0000

Why is alive in wonderland just so epic… ?

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By: Chris Lahout

Chris Lahout — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:38:08 +0000

Hello, Came across your webpage because I was interested in some info on a 1899 copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. It lists John Tenniel as the illustrator and it was published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co., Dearborn Street in Chicago.

The illustrations are primarily in black ink. Unfortunately, the young lady who received the book as a Christmas gift in 1899 was old enough to write her name well but had no respect for the gift. Fortunately, she did not write on pages 2-82, so maybe she did enjoy the illustrations.

I don’t feel that the condition of the book would command a good price beause it was in a box in an attic for many years but the pages appear to be in good condition.

I thought that you might be interested because the illustrations are magical.
I could not find any further information on this edition.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:14:48 +0000

Thanks, katy.

I think my exposure to Tenniel at an early age was one of the things that prompted my interest in pen and ink drawing. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing a couple of Tenniel’s drawings in shows, and his work is just beautiful.

By: pinto

pinto — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:09:30 +0000

thank you for this elegant and useful site about the greatest designers, especially tenniel. I’m in love with him I agree with your comment : about Alice, he is the definitive interpretation.
best regards
katy pinto