Alice Illustrated Around the World

Front cover with a dark line illustration of the Hatter wearing glasses.

Illustrated page with a bottle labeled 'Drink me'.

Black line illustration of White rabbit wearing a suit.

Black line illustration of Cheshire cat with an open mouth

Dark, hairy caterpillar with limbs crossed, smoking from a hookah.

Illustrated page of Hatter wearing glasses and a top hat.

Illustrated page with the March Hare wearing a monocle and a hat.

Dark line illustration of Alice with dark hair

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982.

Moser set out to show Wonderland through Alice’s eyes, and thus Alice herself (modeled on his youngest daughter Maddy) appears only four times. Some find the illustrations terrifying, aggressive, and even sinister. Moser wrote in the afterword:

I have tried to keep the illustrations weird (yet reasonable), and grotesque (yet humorous), but I have not tried to make them pretty or graceful.

Exhibit item 3.43

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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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