tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post2819145939901789117..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: A Handful of Further SearlesJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-76022269294457758982008-10-09T16:53:00.000-07:002008-10-09T16:53:00.000-07:00I think it is: other suggestions from http://www.a...I think it is: other suggestions from http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/school/alice1021.html ... <BR/><BR/>'There has been much conjecture as to Tenniel's model for his portrayal of this character: some of his contemporaries believed it to be his colleague, Horace (nicknamed Ponny) Mayhew, but Tenniel himself has also been recognised as a valid candidate, as hinted at in Linley Sambourne's 'Good Sir John!' design of 1893, not to mention Tenniel's own self-portrait of 1889. Pictorial parallels must not be forgotten, however: Millais' painting, Sir Isumbras at the Ford (1857), is convincingly suggested by Timothy Hilton, and would certainly have been seen by the author of Alice as well as by its illustrator; Cervantes' Don Quixote is another likely model, especially since a large number of illustrated editions appeared during the nineteenth century.'JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-11282070613042853722008-10-09T09:44:00.000-07:002008-10-09T09:44:00.000-07:00That fourth book down with the two penguins talkin...That fourth book down with the two penguins talking ("read any good books lately?") is classic.<BR/><BR/>Is that white knight illustration from Alice meant to allude to Don Quixote? I heard that somewhere once, but don't remember...Ian Koviakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779092543413941740noreply@blogger.com