Illustration as published:

Location of illustration in 1865 printing:

Juxtaposition with subsequent image

This and the subsequent image are carefully placed at the top of consecutive pages so that turning the page creates the illusion of the cat disappearing.

Comparison with the adapted and coloured version from chapter 9 of The Nursery “Alice”, 1890 (page 34):

Comparison of this (detail) and subsequent illustration with the adapted and coloured versions
from 'The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case' (outer and inner sections):

Hand-coloured proof from The Nursery "Alice" in the Morgan Library collection

Catalogue №: 250313
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Engraver's proofs in the British Museum Dalziel Archive

Catalogue №: 1913,0415.181
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‘Proof’ in the Rosenbach Collection, Philadelphia

Catalogue number: 1954.0190
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Catalogue number: 1954.0191
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