Wednesday, July 11, 2012

John Tenniel, The Jaberwock, with eyes of flame. Pencil and gauche, ca. 1870. 19
Hands-On Tours
Hands-On Tour
3:00PM - 4:00PM

Mathematician and cleric Charles Lutwidge Dodgson published children’s books under the pen name Lewis Carroll. This tour will explore both the man and the author, drawing on letters from Dodgson to his publishers, original drawings by John Tenniel (the illustrator of the Alice books) photographs of children taken by Carroll, and, of course, copies of his books. We may not figure out why a raven is like a writing desk, or believe six impossible things before breakfast, but it is sure to be an enlightening tour nonetheless.

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