Amory, Harcourt, 1855-1925

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Dodgson was an English author and mathematician, best known as Lewis Carroll. Sir John Tenniel was an English illustrator and satirical artist especially known for his work in Punch and his illustrations for the Lewis Carroll Alice books. Harcourt Amory was a collector of Lewis Carroll books and manuscripts.

From the description of Harcourt Amory collection of Lewis Carroll, 1843-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375447

Lewis Carroll was a pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an English logician, mathematician, photographer, and novelist. He is especially remembered for Alice's adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the looking-glass (1871).

Sir John Tenniel was an English illustrator and satirical artist especially known for his work in Punch and his illustrations for the Lewis Carroll Alice books.

Arthur Burdett Frost was an American illustrator famous for his drawings of Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and others, as well as his illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Rhyme? and reason? and A tangled tale.

Sidney Lawton Smith was a well-known bookplate designer and engraver based in Boston.

Harry Furniss (1854-1925) was an English illustrator and caricaturist who was a regular contributor to Punch, the Illustrated London News and other magazines. He also illustrated a range of books including those by Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, and William Makepeace Thackeray.

From the guide to the Harcourt Amory collection of Lewis Carroll, 1843-1915., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

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Birth 1855

Death 1925

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