Etchings, Engravings and Lithographs
LIGHTING THE BEACON – HA, HA! RESCUE!
£45.00
Original 16 1/2 inch x 22 3/4 inch Engraving titled LIGHTING THE BEACON – HA, HA! RESCUE!.
After John Tenniel (1820 – 1914). An English illustrator, graphic humorist, and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was knighted for his artistic achievements in 1893. Tenniel is remembered especially as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years, and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).
From The Illustrated London News August 14th, 1875
The engraving is in very good condition with one horizontal fold and minor edge wear.
Availability: 1 in stock
