" She jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury".
Sir John Tenniel (London 1820 - London 1914)
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1907
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
81 x 81 x 3 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520816.39
Summary
A lantern slide, No.40 of a set of 41 printed glass lantern slides of Alice in Wonderland: in black from original book illustrations published by Macmillan & Co. The print is of the Alice knoicking over the jury ( squirel, lizard, mole, frog, etc.) On the top edge is printed ' 40 " She jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury". The print is circular surrounded by a square frame which has a narrow brown paper edging. In the top left hand corner in a white semicircle, is printed 'Alice in Wonderland' In the top right hand corner in white ink on the brown paper edging the number 40.and in a white semicircle, is printed 'By premission of Macmillan & Co '.In the bottom left corner is a white triangle in the corner is a 'graphic ' Y' snake trade mark of York and Son, London; with the factory in Somerset.
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), illuminator