A wooden box containing 2 sets of glass lantern slides one of "Alice in Wonderland " and the other "Alice Through the Looking Glass".
Sir John Tenniel (London 1820 - London 1914)
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1880
Materials
Wood, Metal, Glass, Paper
Measurements
96 x 380 x 200 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520816
Summary
A wooden box containing 2 sets of glass lantern slides. The first set is "Alice in Wonderland", hand drawn in black from original book illustrations published by Macmillan & Co . The second set is "Through the Looking Glass"; gelatin silver photographs from original book illustrations published by Macmillan & Co.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Sir John Tenniel (London 1820 - London 1914), illustrator