Harry Theaker
Harry George Theaker (1873 – 23 January 1954),[1] was an English illustrator, designer, educator, and painter.[2] He is best known for establishing the colours associated with Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.[3]
In 1911, with the approval of Alice illustrator John Tenniel, he was commissioned by the book's publisher Macmillan to colour sixteen of Tenniel’s plates for an edition of Alice in which he coloured her dress blue – which has remained so in the popular imagination ever since.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Richmond, Velma Bourgeois Richmond (2014). Chivalric Stories as Children's Literature. McFarland. p. 97.
- ↑ "Theaker, Harry George, 1873–1954". Art UK. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025.
- 1 2 Carroll, Lewis (2025). "About the Author". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Celebrating the 160th Anniversary of the Macmillan Alice. Pan Macmillan.
- ↑ "John Tenniel's original Alice in Wonderland illustrations". Pan Macmillan. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
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