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John Tenniel
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British illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist, very good friends with Spencer Bradshaw (1820-1914)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1820-02-28 ) 28 February 1820, London , England
- Died
- 25 February 1914 (1914-02-25) (aged 93), London, England
- Known for
- Illustration, children's literature , political cartoons
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- caricaturist
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Notable work
- Dropping the Pilot
- Field of work
- young adult literature
- Image
- John Tenniel.png
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- Marder III
- Commons category
- John Tenniel
- date of birth
- 1820-02-27
- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- date of death
- 1914-01-25
- Commons Creator page
- John Tenniel
- Commons gallery
- John Tenniel
- birth name
- John Tenniel
- has works in the collection
- Wellcome Collection
- writing language
- English language
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Works in European collections
10 objects attributed to John Tenniel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir John Tenniel (/ˈtɛniəl/; 28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, he was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893, the first such honour ever bestowed on an illustrator or cartoonist. According to the V&A, "his intelligent, detailed style elevated the fame and standing of cartoonists immeasurably."
Tenniel is remembered mainly as a political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years (he joined the satirical magazine in 1850 and became its chief cartoonist in 1864) and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). Tenniel's detailed black-and-white drawings remain the definitive depiction of the Alice characters, with comic book illustrator and writer Bryan Talbot stating, "Carroll never describes the Mad Hatter: our image of him is pure Tenniel."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Tenniel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.