Alice Illustrated Around the World

Purple front cover with a yellow embossed image of Alice and the Rabbit in a doorway.

Crowded colorful illustration of the King and Queen of Hearts, a row of marching poker card minions, and other Wonderland characters.

Crowded colorful illustration of Alice looking through a door way at various Wonderland characters.

Alice at one end of a long tea table and the March Hare and Hatter at the other end, illustrated in a black-and-white line art style.

Title page with a handwritten inscription and a drawing of the White Rabbit.

Illustrated page of Alice with bobbed hair, short skirt, and a long neck.

Illustrated page of Alice crying as the White Rabbit runs by, drawn in a black-and-white line art style.

Illustrated page with the mouse and text arranged in the shape of a spiral.

Illustrated page of Alice looking up at the caterpillar smoking on a mushroom.

Illustrated page of Alice, the Duchess holding the baby, the cook, and the cat in a smoky kitchen.

Illustrated page of Hatter and March Hare at the tea table.

Illustrated page with a row of marching poker card soldiers carrying clubs.

Illustrated page with a rows of poker card courtiers and children.

Illustrated page with Alice looking up at the head of the Cheshire Cat in the sky while holding a flamingo while poker card soldiers and porcupines roll around her.

Illustrated page of Alice talking to the King while the the head of the Cheshire Cat hangs in the sky.

Illustrated page with the Queen of Hearts pointing to the head of the Cheshire Cat in the sky.

Illustrated page of the Gryphon and Mock Turtle dancing around Alice.

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Illustrated by Willy Pogány.

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1929.

Hungarian-born illustrator Pogány (born Vilmos Andreas Pogány) is famous for his “flapper Alice,” a radical departure from all previous depictions. British Carroll collector and author John Davies said that Pogány offers “the first really original interpretation since Tenniel.”

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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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