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John Tenniel, Dropping the Pilot

John Tenniel

British · 1820–1914 · Painter, Printmaker

British illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist, very good friends with Spencer Bradshaw (1820-1914)

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  1. John Tenniel, LADY CLARE, RONALD AND THE WHITE DOE, 1872, 1872LADY CLARE, RONALD AND THE WHITE DOE, 1872Lyon & Turnbull · £1,008≈ $1,346≈ €1,158Sign up to see
  2. John Tenniel, Mossoo's Little Game' (French Huntsman with a Fallen Cockatoo and a Barn-door Cock aiming A Gun at a Guinea Pig), pencil drawingMossoo's Little Game' (French Huntsman with a Fallen Cockatoo and a Barn-door Cock aiming A Gun at a Guinea Pig)Toovey's · £100≈ $161≈ €127Sign up to see

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British illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist, very good friends with Spencer Bradshaw (1820-1914)

Born 1820, LondonDied 1914, LondonOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q457881 ↗ULAN 500006194 ↗Museum works 6

Also known as J. Tenniel, Sir John Tenniel, Sir Tenniel

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

John Tenniel, Dropping the Pilot
Dropping the Pilot1890
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
John Tenniel, The Knight and His Companion (Punch, March 5, 1887)
The Knight and His Companion (Punch, March 5, 1887)1887
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · John Tenniel, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
John Tenniel, Drawing for a `Punch' Cartoon
Drawing for a `Punch' Cartoon
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · John Tenniel, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art
John Tenniel, Self Portrait
Self Portrait1882
Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums collections ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museum…
John Tenniel, Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) (design for a mosaic in the Victoria and Albert Museum)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) (design for a mosaic in the Victoria and Albert Museum)
Victoria and Albert Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Victoria and Albert Museum
John Tenniel, Leap Year, Britannia!
Leap Year, Britannia!n.d. · Pen and brown ink on tan wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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