Sir John Tenniel: Aspects of His WorkThis study deals with the early works of the influential illustrator, Sir John Tenniel, and with the ways in which the great debate of the 1840s in favor of the creation of an English school of history painting manifested itself in his art. Indeed, the historicist revival would be the driving force behind virtually all of his artwork throughout the whole of his life, including the work by which he is best known, his illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. |
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... style evolved in large measure to meet imperial requirements , whereas the basic paradox that I perceive in his work is essentially domestic : the conflict between early Victo- rian ideals of moral and social elevation versus the ...
... style evolved in large measure to meet imperial requirements , whereas the basic paradox that I perceive in his work is essentially domestic : the conflict between early Victo- rian ideals of moral and social elevation versus the ...
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... style and in the political cuts ' starchy didacticism . By 1900 , his real importance as a political cartoonist was diminishing , as the perceived significance of the Alice cuts grew . His nearly legendary status had taken on a life of ...
... style and in the political cuts ' starchy didacticism . By 1900 , his real importance as a political cartoonist was diminishing , as the perceived significance of the Alice cuts grew . His nearly legendary status had taken on a life of ...
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... style of life , and in an attempt to resurrect history painting in the grand manner . In both respects , artists and their critics looked to Germany's pietistic revival of Catholic art for their models . From Clipstone Street to ...
... style of life , and in an attempt to resurrect history painting in the grand manner . In both respects , artists and their critics looked to Germany's pietistic revival of Catholic art for their models . From Clipstone Street to ...
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... Punch 9 ( 1845 ) : 103. Reproduced with permission of Punch . Sir John Tenniel , letter " T , " Punch 36 ( 1859 ) : 79. Repro- duced with permission of Punch . style of the middle ages ; or , if his. 14 SIR JOHN TENNIEL.
... Punch 9 ( 1845 ) : 103. Reproduced with permission of Punch . Sir John Tenniel , letter " T , " Punch 36 ( 1859 ) : 79. Repro- duced with permission of Punch . style of the middle ages ; or , if his. 14 SIR JOHN TENNIEL.
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... style ) , continued to parody the type throughout the 1850s in Punch . He occasionally adopted Richard Doyle's archaicized style of presentation , but always equated artistic pretense with the medieval revival , both in dress and in art ...
... style ) , continued to parody the type throughout the 1850s in Punch . He occasionally adopted Richard Doyle's archaicized style of presentation , but always equated artistic pretense with the medieval revival , both in dress and in art ...
Contents
The Spirit of Justice | 25 |
The Competitions | 29 |
The Spirit of Justice and the Critics | 31 |
The Iconography of Reform | 35 |
Art and Institutions | 48 |
From Reform to Empire | 54 |
British Valhalla | 63 |
From Pretense to Parody | 64 |
The Nature of Satire | 108 |
From Punch to Alice The Tradition of Satire | 114 |
Punch Shakspeare | 122 |
Satire and Childrens Illustration | 138 |
Alice and the Popular Tradition | 143 |
Alice and the Tradition of 1840s Satire | 153 |
The Final Years | 164 |
Notes | 168 |
John Tenniel and the Language of Satire The Evangel of Common Sense | 73 |
Mr Punch and the Pope | 75 |
The Eglinton Tournament | 89 |
The Tournament | 95 |
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