Burstein, Mark

See Gardner, Martin and Carroll, Lewis - The Annotated Alice

Carroll, Lewis:

See Gardner, Martin and Carroll, Lewis - The Annotated Alice

See Gardner, Martin and Carroll, Lewis - Lewis Carroll, The Wasp in a Wig

De Freitas, Leo John
A Study of Sir John Tenniel’s Wood-Engraved Illustrations to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
London: Macmillan Publishers, 1988

A thorough explanation of the process of printing from engraved wood blocks and the history of the Alice illustrations. The book is often difficult to obtain because it was published to accompany a limited edition set of prints of the original illustrations struck from the blocks themselves.

Demakos, Matt
‘“Once I was a Real Turtle”, Tenniel’s Post-Publication Drawings and Tracings in the Berg Collection: Part 1’
In Knight Letter, Issue 100, 2018

The first part of a thorough analysis of Tenniel's pre- and post-publication drawings for the published illustrations with significant information on the artist's methods of working and relationship with his word engravers.

The article is accessible online, with open access: Click Here.

Dodgson, Charles
Lewis Carroll and the House of Macmillan
Edited by Morton N. Cohen and Anita Gandolfo
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987

Dodgson’s letters to his publisher, Macmillan, with detailed annotations and index. Contains numerous references to John Tenniel.

Dodgson, Charles
Lewis Carroll and his Illustrators
Edited by Morton N. Cohen and Edward Wakeling
London: Macmillan, 2003.

Dodgson’s letter to the illustrators of his books: John Tenniel, Henry Holiday, Arthur Frost, Harry Furniss and E. Gertrude Thomson, with detailed annotations and introductory articles for each illustrator.

Dupree, Robert
‘The White Knight’s Whiskers and the Wasp’s Wig in Through the Looking-Glass’
In Guiliano, Edward (editor). Lewis Carroll: A Celebration.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1982

Examination of the interaction between Dodgson and Tenniel in respect to certain aspects of the illustrations for Looking-Glass.

Engen, Rodney
Sir John Tenniel, Alice’s White Knight
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1991

Predating Frankie Morriss’s book, this was the first major biography of Tenniel and remains a good account of his life and works with more than 30 pages on the Alice books.

Gardner, Martin and Carroll, Lewis
Lewis Carroll, The Wasp in a Wig, A “Suppressed” Episode of Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
With a Preface, Introduction, and Notes by Martin Gardner
The Lewis Carroll Society of North America, 1977

The text of the ‘Wasp in a Wig’ episode from TTLG which was suppressed at Tenniel’s suggestion, with accompanying notes.

Gardner, Martin and Carroll, Lewis
The Annotated Alice
With a Preface, Introduction, and Notes by Martin Gardner
Various editions. Most recently updated by Mark Burstein and published in 2015

The text of the two Alice books with Gardner’s extensive explications.

Giddens, Eugene

See Jaques, Zoe and Giddens, Eugene - Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Hancher, Michael
‘Punch and Alice: Through Tenniel’s Looking-Glass’
In Guiliano, Edward (editor). Lewis Carroll: A Celebration.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1982

Exemplary article on Tenniel’s Alice illustrations

Hancher, Michael
The Tenniel Illustrations to the “Alice” Books
Columbus: Ohio State University, First edition 1985; Revised edition 2019

The most significant study of Tenniel’s illustrations for the Alice books.

Hartley, Harold
‘Lewis Carroll and his Artists and Engravers’
In Falconer Madan (editor). The Lewis Carroll Centenary in London, 1932
London: J & E Bumpus, 1932

Eight page essay on the illustrators and engravers of Carroll’s work; mostly discussing Tenniel and the Dalziel brothers. Click Here for a PDF version of this essay.

Jaques, Zoe and Giddens, Eugene
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013

A thorough and scholarly examination of the publishing history of the Alice books, with extensive references to Tenniel’s illustrations.

Kelly, Richard
‘“If you don’t know what a Gryphon is” Text and Illustration in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’
In Guiliano, Edward (editor). Lewis Carroll: A Celebration. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1982

An exploration of the physical appearance of characters from the Alice books as described in the text in relation to their visualisation by John Tenniel.

Lastoria, Amanda
‘Lastoria List of Titles for Tenniel’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Illustrations’
In The Carrollian, No. 26, pages 43-51
The Lewis Carroll Society, February 2015

The definitive list of titles of the Tenniel illustrations for AAIW, with introductory comments

Lastoria, Amanda
‘Lastoria List of Titles for Tenniel’s Through the Looking-Glass Illustrations’
In The Carrollian, No. 29, pages 60-68
The Lewis Carroll Society, August 2017

The definitive list of titles of the Tenniel illustrations for TTLG, with introductory comments

Lockwood, David
‘Pictorial Puzzles from Alice’
In The Carrollian, No. 14, pages 43-61
The Lewis Carroll Society, 2004

Investigations into five “curious and puzzling” details in Tenniel’s illustrations.

Lockwood, David
‘Tenniel, Alice and the Pope’
In The Carrollian, No. 11, pages 23-30
The Lewis Carroll Society, 2003

An exploration of possible anti-Catholic sentiments in two of Tenniel’s illustrations (TTLG138 and TTLG93).

Lull, Janis
‘The Appliances of Art: The Carroll-Tenniel Collaboration in Through the Looking-Glass’
In Guiliano, Edward (editor). Lewis Carroll: A Celebration.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1982

Short assessment of the significance of Tenniel’s Alice drawings to the book.

Mespoulet, Marguerite
Creators of Wonderland, New York: Arrow Editions, 1934

Short examination of possible sources of inspiration for the Alice texts and Tenniel’s illustrations.

Morris, Frankie
Artist of Wonderland
Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press, 2005

A thorough, if not definitive, biography and critical study of John Tenniel with extensive sections on the Alice illustrations and Tenniel’s working relationship with Dodgson.

Sarzano, Frances
Sir John Tenniel
London: Art and Technics, 1948

A 29 page overview of Tenniel’s work together with 57 pages of illustrations showing the scope of the work.

Schiller, Justin G
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, An 1865 printing re-described and newly identified as the Publisher’s “File Copy”
With a revised and expanded “Census of the Suppressed 1865 Alice” by Selwyn H. Goodacre
Privately Printed for The Jabberwock, 1990.

A unique copy of an 1865 edition of Alice in Schiller’s possession containing notes, supplementary illustrations, etc. is believed to be the Macmillan “File Copy”. This book reproduces full details of that copy with analysis and a mass of supporting material making it an important source of information about the publishing history of Alice.

Simpson, Roger
Sir John Tenniel, Aspects of his Work
Cranbury (USA), London, Mississauga (Canada): Associated University Presses, 1994

A study of Tenniel’s work with particular emphasis in his early cartoons and illustrations. The 20 pages chapter on the illustrations for the Alice books attempts to place them in context of the art of the time, drawing on traditions of gothic horror and satire.

Stern, Jeffrey and Wakeling, Edward
‘The Workwoman’s Guide to “The Working Man’s Cap”
In The Carrollian, No. 5, pages 15-17
The Lewis Carroll Society, 2005

Reproduction, with notes, of an 1840 guide to making a "working man’s cap" as worn by the Carpenter in Tenniel’s illustrations in TTLG.

Wakeling, Edward
‘JOHN TENNIEL, Illustrator of Alice’s Adventres in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass’
URL: http://thereallewiscarroll.com/Pages/JohnTenniel.html, written 2008

Overview of Tenniel’s work together with specific details about the printing of the Alice illustrations .

Wakeling, Edward

See also Stern, Jeffrey and Wakeling, Edward - ‘The Workwoman’s Guide to “The Working Man’s Cap”’