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Tenniel

American  
[ten-yuhl] / ˈtɛn jəl /

noun

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


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The increase in European armament in 1892 suggested to Tenniel the idea of the cartoon "The Road to Ruin," which appeared November 5 of that year.

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

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