From Dürer to Harry Potter, an exhibition about the relationship between folk tradition and childhood comes up trumps
Monday, October 31, 2011
Magic Worlds? The Museum of Childhood's show lives up to its billing
From Dürer to Harry Potter, an exhibition about the relationship between folk tradition and childhood comes up trumps
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen - “You must drop the stone you took from the cow-house door,” said the eagle
From Fairy tales from the far North, by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, London, 1897
S. Fillmore Bennett - We shall sing on that beautiful shore…
From Sweet by and by, by S. Fillmore Bennett, New York, 1885
Arthur Rackham - Gulliver seizes the ennemy’s fleet
Arthur Rackham, from Gulliver’s travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift, London, 1899
Arthur Rackham - The Lilliputian taylors measure Gulliver for a new suit of clothes
Arthur Rackham, from Gulliver’s travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift, London, 1899
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Visions of Alice: the little girl at the heart of Wonderland
One of the most recognisable figures in fiction is Alice, the little girl at the heart of Lewis Carroll's two classic stories. An exhibition at Tate Liverpool follows her development from John Tenniel's original illustrations
Friday, October 28, 2011
Pool of Tears 2 (After Lewis Carroll), 2000, by Kiki Smith
part of the Alice in Wonderland exhibition at Tate Liverpool. Photograph: ULAE
Jonathan Jones's top shows to see this week
Alice in Wonderland
Artists from John Tenniel to Walt Disney and Tim Burton found inspiration in the unique world imagined by the Victorian mathematician and writer Lewis Carroll. This looks like a genuinely fascinating exhibition that traces the influence of Carroll on art, from the pre-Raphaelites to today.
• At Tate Liverpool, 4 November to 29 January 2012.
Arthur Rackham - Two of those sages… like pedlars among us
Arthur Rackham, from Gulliver’s travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift, London, 1899
François Flameng - Catarina finding the block and axe
Original etching by françois Flameng. From Victor Hugo’s works, vol.1, Boston, circa 1892
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Arthur Rackham - Apples came tumbling about my ears
Arthur Rackham, from Gulliver’s travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift, London, 1899
Arthur Rackham - Gulliver’s encounter with the frog
Arthur Rackham, from Gulliver’s travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift, London, 1899
John Tenniel - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary…
John Tenniel, from The poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe, New York, 1858
Monday, October 24, 2011
Internet down
Its been one thing then another. I was re-cabling my router, after moving my computer, and something broke and my local town didn't have the correct cable. All ordered but be back properly later this week.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
L Leslie Brooke - The pelican chorus #4
Those two old Bachelors without loss of time
The nearly purpledicular crags at once began to climb ;
And at the top, among the rocks, all seated in a
nook,
They saw that Sage a-reading of a most enormous
book.
Leonard Leslie Brooke, from The pelican chorus & other nonsense verses, by Edward Lear, London, New york, circa 1920
L Leslie Brooke - The pelican chorus #3
Title page from The pelican chorus & other nonsense verses, by Edward Lear, illustrated by Leonard Leslie Brooke. London, New york, circa 1920
L Leslie Brooke - The pelican chorus #2
And Mrs. Discobbolos said-
” Oh ! W ! X ! Y I Z !
“What put it into your head
” To climb up this wall ? my own
Darling Mr. Discobbolos ?”
Leonard Leslie Brooke, from The pelican chorus & other nonsense verses, by Edward Lear, London, New york, circa 1920
L Leslie Brooke - The pelican chorus #1
Leonard Leslie Brooke, frontispiece from The pelican chorus & other nonsense verses, by Edward Lear, London, New york, circa 1920
Friday, October 21, 2011
Randolph Caldecott - And vowed he’d steal no more
From The queen of hearts, written and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, London, New York, circa 1881
Randolph Caldecott - The Queen of Hearts #2
From The queen of hearts, written and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, London, New York, circa 1881
Randolph Caldecott - The queen of hearts
Randolph Caldecott, from The queen of hearts, London, New York, circa 1881
Randolph Caldecott - The knave of Hearts
The knave of Hearts,
He stole those tarts.
From The queen of hearts, written and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, London, New York, circa 1881
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Randolph Caldecott - “Pray, miss Mouse, will you give us some beer?”
“Pray, miss Mouse, will you give us some beer?”
(Heigho, says Rowley!)
“For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer.”
Randolph Caldecott, from A frog he would a-wooing go, London, New York, 1883
Randolph Caldecott - So off he set with his opera hat
So off he set with his opera hat,
(Heigho, says Rowley!)
And on his way he met with a rat.
Randolph Caldecott, from A frog he would a-wooing go, London, New York, 1883
Randolph Caldecott - A frog he would a-wooing go
A frog he would a-wooing go,
(Heigho, says Rowley!)
Whether his mother would let him or no.
Randolph Caldecott, from A frog he would a-wooing go, London, New York, 1883
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass: The definite Edition. Alice's Adventures
Lewis Carroll (Author), John Tenniel (Illustrator), Martin Gardner (Introduction)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Annotated-Alice-Definitive-Adventures-Looking-Glass/dp/0140289291/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b
Jules Férat - It looked like a sort of small island.
Jules Férat, from Une ville flottante (A Floating City), by Jules Verne, Paris (Hetzel), 1872
John D. Batten - Beauty and the Beast,
llustration by John D. Batten to The master-maid. From Europa’s fairy book, restored and retold by Joseph Jacobs, London and New York, 1916.
John D. Batten - A dozen at a blow (the unicorn).
Illustration by John D. Batten to The master-maid. From Europa’s fairy book, restored and retold by Joseph Jacobs, London and New York, 1916
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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