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Creator
Tenniel, John, 1820-1914
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Tenniel
Physical description
89 items
Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Access to materials
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This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence, a portrait of Linley Sanbourne, and other pictorial works.

Biographical/historical information

Sir John Tenniel was an English artist, illustrator, and cartoonist.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence, a portrait of Linley Sanbourne, and other pictorial works. The correspondence consists of letters from the artist, dating from 1861 to 1871, to George Bentley, George Hodder, and others. The pictorial works consist of original drawings and tracings for various poems and stories published in "Once a Week," from 1859 to 1864, and for Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland." Also, there is an undated letter to Tenniel from William Makepeace Thackeray.

The Sir John Tenniel collection of papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young.

Source of acquisition

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Processing information

Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

Using the collection

Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 320

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.