Marion Elizabeth Adnams (1898–1995) Manchester Art Gallery Here, they found Carroll had preceded them: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland opens with its protagonist in a typical English countryside location – a quiet riverbank – before she falls down the rabbit hole. In 1893, Tenniel became the first cartoonist to be knighted for services to the arts.Ī key fascination for Surrealists was finding the unfamiliar in things we take for granted – landscapes around us, social hierarchies and even our own bodies. The pair worked together again several years later on a sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).

The two worked closely together to achieve Carroll's vision, with the author rejecting several submissions, though Tenniel often had the freedom to invent his own characterisations.

1864–1865, drawing by Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914)Ī regular reader of Punch, Carroll was instrumental in selecting Tenniel as a collaborator, impressed with the former Royal Academy of Arts student's eye for detail and ability to create grotesque representations of political figures that combined realism with the macabre.

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