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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Tenniel, John, Sir
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Description area
Dates of existence
1820-1914
History
Sir John Tenniel 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, he was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893. He is remembered mainly as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There