Alice Illustrated Around the World

Dark blue front cover of 'Alice im Spiegelland'.

Illustration using watercolor and thick line art showing Alice and a frog in front of a door.

Title page with illustrations of chess pieces.

Illustration using watercolor and thick line art showing Alice in front of a willow tree.

Illustration using watercolor and thick line art showing Alice in front of a gridded field.

Illustration using watercolor and thick line art showing oysters marching towards a walrus and a carpenter.

Illustration using watercolor and thick line art showing Alice, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, and a jester on the ground.

Illustration using watercolor and thick line art showing Alice a room with tall candlesticks and kitchenware flying around.

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Alice im Spiegelland.

[Alice in the Mirror Land].

Translated into German by Helene Scheu-Riesz.

Illustrated by Uriel Birnbaum.

Wien, Leipzig, New York: Sesam-Verlag, 1923.

The brilliant Viennese artist Uriel Birnbaum created twelve haunting watercolor illustrations in German Expressionist style.

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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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