Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland film is only the latest of many many many pictorial adaptations of the amazingly resilient Lewis Carroll fever dream of a book.
Next to the Bible, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been cited as the most widely translated, quoted, and admired book in the world. Over the years, dozens and dozens of artists, each in their own way, have illustrated the bizarre and wondrous story.
I'd like to show, in installments, some of these illustrators' results—mixed together, but in sequence of the story, chapter by chapter, twelve in all.
As I say, in installments, with posts of other subjects interspersed, so that none of us get overwhelmed (or bored) with too much Alice. But I think it will be fun to see all these styles come together. I'm going to caption the artists, but not put them in the labels. The only label will be the title, so that ultimately all the chapters will be compiled together.
Arthur Rackham—1907
Gwynedd Hudson—1922
Above, this is SO my philosophy.
Mabel Lucie Attwell—1910
Bessie Pease Guttman—1907
Margaret Tarrant—1916
Millicent Sowerby—1907
Thomas Haller Buchanan—1993
No one ever said Alice HAD to be blonde
Disney Studio—1951
John Tenniell—1865
Millicent Sowerby—1907
Disney Studio—1951
Mabel Lucie Attwell—1910
