The relationship between text and image was foundational to Carroll’s creative expression from the start. While Tenniel established the enduring visual identity for Alice and her companions, Newell reinvented Wonderland by exploiting advances in technology. Indeed, Newell’s original drawings for Alice are among the most endearing works in the Harvard Art Museums collections. The books’ indelible illustrations by John Tenniel (1820–1914) and subsequent attempts by his younger American counterpart, Peter Newell (1862–1924), are no less powerful. These figures of speech from Lewis Carroll’s beloved books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1872) still resonate today, especially as we navigate unsettling times. Recently it seems that we’ve been swept down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass into a strangely upside down and backward world.
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