Bessie Pease Gutmann is best remembered for her children paintings. Her Alice illustrations are often included in selections of “the best Alice editions ever”.
Harry Rountree
“Animals, animals, animals. Books, magazines, annuals. From 1903 to 1942, Rountree’s pens and brushes gave life to every species from dormice to dinosaurs. His 1908 Alice in Wonderland, with 90+ color plates, is considered to be both his masterpiece and one of the definitive versions of the Carroll classic.”
First edition published by Nelson in 1908. A different version was published by Collins in 1928 depicting Alice as a 1920s girl.
Robert Ingpen
In 1968 Robert Ingpen was second time awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his international contribution to book illustration. He has illustrated more than 100 published books, including children’s books and fictional stories. He has also a lot of work in scientific illustration.
His version of Alice was first published by Templar in 2009.
Margaret Tarrant
“From the late 1900s, Margaret Tarrant was preoccupied with chronicling innocent childhood in its many moods and its great variety of activities. From 1920, her talents were channelled by her most important business relationship, with the Medici Society, which still publishes her books, cards and calendars today. Though her approach could seem highly idealised, even romanticised, its success lies in the degree to which it was grounded in close observation and the discipline of drawing from life.”
Alice in Wonderland illustrated by Margaret Tarrant was first published by Ward Lock in 1916.
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