Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public domain Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343 USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Thirteen lead print plates, of which 10 are copper-plated. Made from original Brothers Dalziel wooden blocks prepared for John Tenniel. Images from Wonderland include Dodo, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Tea-Party, Puppy, Alice in Pool of Tears, Alice with Mouse in Pool of Tears, Alice with Flamingo playing Croquet, Alice with Dutchess, Alice in White Rabbit's House, Alice with Caterpillar. Dodo & Caterpillar are not copper plated. Image from Looking-Glass is Alice with Sheep Rowing Boat 2 blocks, one copper-plated and one not. Made circa 1896 from hand-set types, probably by Horace Hart and John de la Mare. Their plate is stamped, "Oxford University Press."
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image
Format
13 lead block printing plates application/pdf printing plates
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