John Tenniel Quotes

• A wasp in a wig is altogether beyond the appliances of art.

  John Tenniel

  Art, Wigs, Wasps

  "The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll". Book by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood (p. 146), 1898.

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• It is a curious fact that with 'Through the Looking-Glass' the faculty of making book illustrations departed from me... I have done nothing in that direction since.

  John Tenniel

  Book, Glasses, Illustration

  "The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll". Book by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood (p. 146), 1898.

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• Well, I get my subject on Wednesday night; I think it out carefully on Thursday, and make my rough sketch; on Friday morning I begin, and stick to it all day, with my nose well down on the block.

  John Tenniel

  Friday, Morning, Block

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• By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that.

  John Tenniel

  Mean, Design, Paper

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• I carry out my work thus: I never use models or nature for the figure, drapery or anything else.

  John Tenniel

  Nature, Use, Figures

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