This Platt & Munk book is not dated and no illustrator is credited, but I am sure it is quite old. It’s smallish (about 7″ x 10″) and printed on very heavy stock. There are only 12 pages, the first 9 of which have been colored with wax crayons. It’s a very laborious process to clean up these colored pages — I sometimes wonder if there might be other techniques in Photoshop I could be using that would make it easier. The light crayons are not too bad, but dark colors (particularly black) are very difficult. I’ve just finished cleaning up the cover and the first two pages.
Alice in Wonderland illustrations are some of my favorites. My younger sister, Mary, did some wonderful ink and watercolor pictures from the Tenniel illustrations which I posted here.
What a wonderful book this looks like! Love the illustrations!
I don’t know what you did to clean up the illustrations..but they look wonderful!
I took a look at Mary’s drawings and the originals and she did a fantastic job on them.
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what an adorable book! You find the neatest things Martha! I love the old paint books and a have a few, must relook at them for embroidery ideas! 🙂 Have a great day!
Oh these are great! I just love old Alice in Wonderland illustrations.
Love these illustrations, Martha. Thank you for sharing them.
Those are neat illustrations! I visited the link to your sister’s pictures – FANTASTIC! I have a confession to make. I’ve never read the book and only been able to watch the animated Disney version all the way through. Why is it that I enjoy Alice in Wonderland illustrations so much!
Love these – but I REALLY love the ones your sister did. She is a wonderful artist.
I enjoyed looking at Mary’s drawings again, too! I love the book. I am thinking that it must be from the 1900’s or 1910’s from the girls hairstyles. The rabbit looks so distinguished!
These are great, Alice is one of my favorites. Just added an Alice in Wonderland crib kit quilt to my collection. I had been searching for that for about 10 years.
The illustrations in your book look a lot like EULALIE. Do you know who the illustrator is? I collect books that have her illustrations, and most are from the publisher PLATT & MUNK.
Love your post!