Title: Two original pencil drawing by John Tenniel for Punch Magazine Author: Tenniel, John Place: London Publisher: Date: N.d. & 1893 Description: Includes: "Justice at Fault." Cartoon featuring the character Mr. Punch, gesturing towards a portly gentleman proceeding through the Director's Entrance at a railway station, while addressing a policeman who is arresting a ruffian or worker. 16x21 cm. plus margins. Titled and dated in pencil on slip affixed to verso of mat. Oct. 8th, 1887. * "The French Wolf & the Siamese Lamb." Cartoon depicting an anthropomorphic wolf dressed as a French soldier, gazing at a defenseless lamp across a stream titled "Mekong." 20.5x16 cm. plus margins. Dated 1893 in lower left of image, titled and dated on verso. Aug. 5, 1893. Together, 2 original pencil drawings, each signed with Tenniel's monogram in lower left. Matted. Two political cartoons from John Tenniel's long tenure at the offices of Punch, or the London Charivari; he moonlighted on occasion, including illustrating Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 213703
Title: Two original pencil drawing by John Tenniel for Punch Magazine Author: Tenniel, John Place: London Publisher: Date: N.d. & 1893 Description: Includes: "Justice at Fault." Cartoon featuring the character Mr. Punch, gesturing towards a portly gentleman proceeding through the Director's Entrance at a railway station, while addressing a policeman who is arresting a ruffian or worker. 16x21 cm. plus margins. Titled and dated in pencil on slip affixed to verso of mat. Oct. 8th, 1887. * "The French Wolf & the Siamese Lamb." Cartoon depicting an anthropomorphic wolf dressed as a French soldier, gazing at a defenseless lamp across a stream titled "Mekong." 20.5x16 cm. plus margins. Dated 1893 in lower left of image, titled and dated on verso. Aug. 5, 1893. Together, 2 original pencil drawings, each signed with Tenniel's monogram in lower left. Matted. Two political cartoons from John Tenniel's long tenure at the offices of Punch, or the London Charivari; he moonlighted on occasion, including illustrating Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 213703
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