Tenniel, John
Tenniel, John (1820–1914),English illustrator and cartoonist for Punch. Tenniel is best known for his striking black‐and‐white illustrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking‐Glass (1872). Alice in Wonderland became the most popular children's literary fairy tale of the Victorian period. The working relationship between author and illustrator was strained since Carroll had originally illustrated Alice's Adventures Under Ground (1863), the prototype of Alice in Wonderland, while Tenniel frequently reused characters and settings from his previous Punch drawings. Carroll's respect for Tenniel's artwork is revealed in his recalling of the first edition of Alice in Wonderland after Tenniel expressed dissatisfaction with the printing of the illustrations.
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