Alice and the White Knight, illustration for "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There"
This illustration for Through the Looking-Glass shows Alice and the White Knight after he has done battle with the Red Knight and claimed Alice as his prisoner. The White Knight, however, proves a rather poor horseman, and Alice must often help him up after his falls, as she is doing here. Newell was one of the most prolific and best-known illustrators of his day. He produced comics as well as illustrations for magazine articles and more than forty books, among them six novelty books, including the parallelogram-shaped Slant Book (1910).
Artwork Details
- Title: Alice and the White Knight, illustration for "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There"
- Artist: Peter Newell (American, McDonough County, Illinois 1862–1924 Little Neck, New York)
- Author: Related author Lewis Carroll (British, Daresbury, Cheshire 1832–1898 Guildford)
- Date: 1902
- Medium: Watercolor and gouache on board
- Dimensions: Image: 7 1/16 × 11 1/16 in. (18 × 28.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 15 5/8 in. (29.2 × 39.7 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1929
- Object Number: 29.13.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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