In honour of Lewis Carroll’s upcoming birthday on the 27th January (which I share) here are some more 20th-century Alice illustrations.
First up: Anne and Janet Grahame Johnstone – published in 1973 by World Distributors.
The caucus race
I love Alice’s striped stockings.
The tea party
A red-haired hatter.
The trial
A red squirrel juror.
And here is a thoroughly modern Alice: by Willy Pogány published by EP Dutton in 1929
The caucus race
This Alice has bobbed hair and short skirt.
the tea party
Hare looks like he’s wearing a tank top under his jacket.
the trial
This version is less dreamlike than others. She looks like she really has just kicked over a jury of animals.
Finally another version from 1929 by Charles Folkard. This really looks like inspiration for the Dancing Flatware scene in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to me.
Beautiful soup
Three Wishes Books 