Post by virtu on Nov 21, 2008 7:11:31 GMT -8
These are so cool, love them!
They are a little pricey with an edition of 500 + proofs.
“The Lewis Carroll - Sir John Tenniel 110th Anniversary ‘Nursery Alice’ Collection”
White Rabbit Press is proud to announce the finest colour reproductions ever made of Sir John Tenniel's “Alice” with this Signed & Numbered Limited Edition collection of Chromolithographic Fine Art prints of Tenniel’s renowned colour illustrations to “The Nursery Alice” by Lewis Carroll. Originally published in 1890, this was the only edition of “Alice” that Sir John Tenniel ever coloured, with twenty illustrations drawn from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”.
This exquisite, museum-quality Limited Edition of 500 prints of Sir John Tenniel's famous 20 colour illustrations.
TITLE
"Alice and the Cheshire Cat"
RELEASE DATE
December 1, 2008
(first release of the collection!)
ARTIST
Sir John Tenniel
ILLUSTRATION SOURCE
"The Nursery Alice", by Lewis Carroll, 1890
TEXT SOURCE
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, 1865
PRINTER
Graphische Anstalt J. E. Wolfensberger AG, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
EDITION
Chromolithography, Signed & Numbered Limted Edition
EDITION SIZE
- With quote from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": 250
- Image only: 250
PAPER DIMENSIONS
- With quote from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": 30 x 24" ( 76.2 x 60.1cm) or 28 x 22" ( 71.1 x 56 cm)
PRINTING PRESS
Stoneprinting press (Steindruck-Schnellpresse von Maschinenfabrik Johannisberg, Germany, 1905), 9 colours
PAPER
Zerkall Büttenkarton ("rag cotton"), 270 gsm²
SIGNATORIES & CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
Each print bears the publisher's embossed stamp of authentication, "White Rabbit Press - 2008", and the edition number. Each certificate bears the same edition number and is signed by hand by:
Caroline Luke (great-grandniece of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), Mary Jean St. Clair (granddaughter of Alice Hargreaves, née Liddell), Walter Tenniel Evans (great-nephew of Sir John Tenniel), Lesley (Dalrymple) O’Neil (great-grandniece of Emily Gertrude Thomson), and Edward Wakeling (former Chairman of the Lewis Carroll Society and noted Carroll scholar and author).
PRICES
- With quote from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": $1000
- Image Only: $750
www.alice-in-wonderland.biz/allprints.htm
They are a little pricey with an edition of 500 + proofs.
“The Lewis Carroll - Sir John Tenniel 110th Anniversary ‘Nursery Alice’ Collection”
White Rabbit Press is proud to announce the finest colour reproductions ever made of Sir John Tenniel's “Alice” with this Signed & Numbered Limited Edition collection of Chromolithographic Fine Art prints of Tenniel’s renowned colour illustrations to “The Nursery Alice” by Lewis Carroll. Originally published in 1890, this was the only edition of “Alice” that Sir John Tenniel ever coloured, with twenty illustrations drawn from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”.
This exquisite, museum-quality Limited Edition of 500 prints of Sir John Tenniel's famous 20 colour illustrations.
TITLE
"Alice and the Cheshire Cat"
RELEASE DATE
December 1, 2008
(first release of the collection!)
ARTIST
Sir John Tenniel
ILLUSTRATION SOURCE
"The Nursery Alice", by Lewis Carroll, 1890
TEXT SOURCE
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, 1865
PRINTER
Graphische Anstalt J. E. Wolfensberger AG, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
EDITION
Chromolithography, Signed & Numbered Limted Edition
EDITION SIZE
- With quote from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": 250
- Image only: 250
PAPER DIMENSIONS
- With quote from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": 30 x 24" ( 76.2 x 60.1cm) or 28 x 22" ( 71.1 x 56 cm)
PRINTING PRESS
Stoneprinting press (Steindruck-Schnellpresse von Maschinenfabrik Johannisberg, Germany, 1905), 9 colours
PAPER
Zerkall Büttenkarton ("rag cotton"), 270 gsm²
SIGNATORIES & CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
Each print bears the publisher's embossed stamp of authentication, "White Rabbit Press - 2008", and the edition number. Each certificate bears the same edition number and is signed by hand by:
Caroline Luke (great-grandniece of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), Mary Jean St. Clair (granddaughter of Alice Hargreaves, née Liddell), Walter Tenniel Evans (great-nephew of Sir John Tenniel), Lesley (Dalrymple) O’Neil (great-grandniece of Emily Gertrude Thomson), and Edward Wakeling (former Chairman of the Lewis Carroll Society and noted Carroll scholar and author).
PRICES
- With quote from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": $1000
- Image Only: $750
www.alice-in-wonderland.biz/allprints.htm