Lot 706
Tenniel, Sir John - Original Drawing of Alice in Wonderland (1820-1914) Cartoonist for Punch magazine; illustrator for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
Original drawing as a Christmas card. Using a scene from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Tenniel shows Alice (shrunk) taunting the enormous puppy with a stick, 5½ x 3¼ in. Tenniel wrote "A Merrie Xmas and A Bright New Year" in the lower left foreground. The drawing is the same as the one used in Alice except without background foliage and with less grass in front of the puppy. This is a very rare example of Tenniel using a sketch from Alice as a Christmas card.
Matted with an Autograph Letter Signed "John Tenniel" on personal stationery, 1½ pp, Maida Hill, W., 26 June 1888. A charming letter to painter William Powell Frith, giving Frith permission to mention him in his book (Further Reminiscences): "My dear Frith, Why certainly, - I can only repeat 'Awfully proud.!!' Please do with me anything you like, as I am quite satisfied that my 'character' -such as it is - will be perfectly safe in your hands!…." Letter has a few small stains by bifolium fold.
The Christmas sketch and letter are archivally framed together to an overall size of 16½ x 23½ in. Delightful.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000.
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