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As this year is the 200th anniversary of John Tenniel’s birth, the theme of the day will be ‘Picture This’. Elements of the programme include:

• A live draw-along;
• Picture This Challenge: recreate scenes from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass at home;
• Making a tea party using only items which have come from plants and trees.

For more details, see https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/about-us/alices-day-1. The full programme will be posted on the 4th of July.

The real Alice was born on May 4th, 1852. The 4th of May is therefore also the day Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland takes place!

How about painting your eggs in Alice in Wonderland theme?

And of course, don’t forget to read Lewis Carroll’s Easter Greeting.

Image from T3hwin.com, author unknown

The exhibition explores the “origins, adaptations and reinventions” of the story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and “charts the evolution of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland from manuscript to a global phenomenon beloved by all ages”.

The exhibition is set up as a theatrical show, which means that there will be theatrical sets, large digital projections and ‘immersive environments’. There will be over 300 objects to explore, related to film, performance, fashion, art, music and photography.

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Sir John Tenniel was born on 28 February 1820 – which was exactly 200 years ago.

It was amongst others Tenniel’s black and white line drawings that made the ‘Alice’ books so popular. His illustrations are still appreciated nowadays.

According to the Nursery ‘Alice’, he would have liked a bowl of oatmeal-porrige best today. So here’s one to you, Mr. Carroll!

“Do you know, one day we remembered it was Dash’s birthday that day. So we said “let’s give Dash a nice birthday-treat, like what we have on our birthdays!’ So we thought and we thought “Now, what is it we like best of all, on our birthdays?’ And we thought and we thought. And at last we all called out together “Why, it’s oatmeal-porridge, of course!’

Sir John Tenniel was born on 28 February 1820, so this talk is a celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birthday. The talk is organized by the Lewis Carroll Society.

Dr. De Freitas is one of Britain’s leading authorities on the history of illustration and has written books on Sir John Tenniel and other artists.

Date: Friday 28 February 2020
Time: 6.30 – 7 pm
Location: The Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London
Costs: £5 (free for members of the Lewis Carroll Society)