Alice Illustrated Around the World

Bengali front cover with colored illustration of Alice in a pink dress talking to an orange caterpillar smoking a hookah on a mushroom.

Black and white illustration of Alice in a pool of tears speaking with the mouse.

Black and white illustration of Alice seeing a bottle in a hallway.

Black and white illustration of the White Rabbit speaking to Alice in a hallway.

Black and white illustration of Alice speaking with the Cheshire Cat in a tree.

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[Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland].

Translated into Bengali by Sudhindranath Raha.

Calcutta: Deb Sahitya Kutir Private Limited, 1991.

This is part of a series of English classics translated into Bengali. The anonymous illustrations are based on the American illustrator Peter Newell’s illustrations of 1901, but Indianized.

Exhibit item 3.9

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In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Maryland will host the exhibition Alice 150 Years and Counting…The Legacy of Lewis Carroll: Selections from the Collection of August and Clare Imholtz.

This exhibition explores Lewis Carroll’s works and lasting legacy by showcasing how artists and illustrators from Tenniel to today have envisioned the Alice books. It highlights numerous foreign language illustrated editions, artistic bindings, unusual ephemera, and the role of Alice in popular culture over the past 150 years.

Alice 150 Years and Counting will be on display from October 2015-July 2016.

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