Theophilus Carter
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Theophilus Carter was an eccentric British furniture dealer who may have been an inspiration for the illustration by Sir John Tenniel of Lewis Carroll's characters the Mad Hatter in his 1865 novel Ali
Theophilus Carter c. 1894
The Hatter as depicted by Tenniel, reciting his nonsense poem, "Twinkle twinkle little bat"
Grave of Theophilus Carter in Holywell Cemetery in Oxford in 2024
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a little girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropom
Theophilus Carter
…furniture dealer who may have been an inspiration for the illustration by Sir John Tenniel of Lewis Carroll's characters the Mad Hatter in his 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Hatta in the 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass. Carter was born in Oxford, the son of Thomas Carter and Harriet (née Eldridge). Some writers…
First edition cover (1865)
Lewis Carroll in 1863
Page from the manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, 1864. Handwritten and illustrated by Carroll, it is held in the British Library.
Three cards painting the white rose tree red to cover it up from the Queen of Hearts (coloured Tenniel illustration)