Tenniel

American  

[ten-yuhl] / ˈtɛn yəl /

noun

1. Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.

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Tenniel British  

/ ˈtɛnjəl /

noun

1. Sir John. 1820–1914, English caricaturist, noted for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice books and for his political cartoons in Punch (1851–1901)

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Example Sentences

Tenniel went on to become a political cartoonist for a weekly magazine, Punch, in 1850.

From Fox News • Feb. 28, 2020

The Lucas Museum will have art from Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are,” an original “Alice in Wonderland” piece from John Tenniel and several “Winnie the Pooh” originals from E.H.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2019

Specifically, imagine if Tim Burton combined his might with “Hostel’s” Eli Roth and “Alice In Wonderland” illustrator John Tenniel while crafting a visual presentation tapping into the darkest of a Grimm Brothers’ fairytale.

From Washington Times • May 3, 2017

In the original John Tenniel illustration the tarts are open top, but for the tops of our tarts we cut small pastry hearts.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2016

This cartoon was soon followed by another still more notable, entitled "What It Has Come To," one of those splendid animal pictures in which John Tenniel especially excelled.

From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber