sir john tenniel and nicoletta ceccoli

Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel

I had some background reading to do for college. It was from a really interesting book called Inventing Wonderland. In particular the section about Lewis Carroll and consequently Sir John Tenniel and his illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

Seeing Tenniel's images and reading about Carroll's "fantasy (that) trumpets the exuberantly bizarre", put me in mind of the work of contemporary illustrator Nicolleta Ceccoli. Her website is full of her beautiful work and it would be interesting explore, compare and contrast the work of the two illustrators.