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Tenniel’s Wonderland

John Tenniel’s designs for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland were engraved on wood by the Dalziel brothers and remain the defining pictures of the book. These come from Macmillan’s New York issue of 1888. Fine crosshatching, crisp edges and a cast everyone already knows.

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