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A rabbit dressed in human clothing is putting his arm around a man in a top hat who is eating and drinking.

At the left, a rabbit dressed in human clothing has put his left hand around the left shoulder of a man with a top hat. The rabbit’s head, in profile to the right, is furry, and his ears are standing up. The man is holding a teacup in his right hand, and holds something in his left hand, which is raised toward his open mouth. A girl’s head can be seen at the left behind the rabbit, and a king with a crown stands behind the man with a hat at the right. A vertical pencil line signifies the edge of the composition, cutting the king’s figure in two; the right side of his body (beyond the vertical line) is sketched more lightly than the left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1929.41.1
People
Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, American (Bushnell, IL 1862 - 1924 Little Neck, NY)
Title
Haigha and Hatta, from "Through the Looking-Glass"
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Five Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland
Series/Book Title: Through the Looking-Glass
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1902
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306447

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and watercolor on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
30.6 x 24.3 cm (12 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Border drawn around image.: 28.2 x 18 cm (11 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip Hofer, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1929.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
1929.41.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, Harper and Brothers Publishers (New York, NY and London, England, 1902), reproduced facing p. 138

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