Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by John Tenniel

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English artist John Tenniel.

Last updated on November 5, 2024.

Sir John Tenniel was an English illustrator, graphic humorist 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.

English - Artist | February 28, 1820 - February 25, 1914

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

John Tenniel

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

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

John Tenniel

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

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

John Tenniel

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by John Tenniel

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