Lewis Carroll considered having Alice translated into other languages very soon after his Alice appeared in English. His wish has come true.
Alice has been translated
into over 125 different languages including Korean, Japanese, Egyption and Arabic. At one time it was banned in China on the grounds it was 'degrading for human beings to converse with animals". It was first
translated into German in 1869, next was French in the same year, Swedish was next in 1870, then Italian (1872), Dutch (1875), Danish (1875) and Russian (1879).
And there have been literally hundreds of editions. For example, Alice Liddell's son started collecting various editions in the 1920s. When he died he left a collection of 250 different
versions.
Alice translations from around the world.
Four colour magazine advertisments for Guiness Stout illustrated in the style of Tenniel.
Ceramic plate by Alison Peake
Sonya Carrington
Alice as a ballet. WeŽll be adding a new section about Alice ballets soon.
Happy Birthday Alice by William Dargie
The Hatter's Tea Party by Melbourne artist, Elizabeth Honey.
A detail of a wood carving entitled "Alice Panel" by Alec Allan. Born in Melbourne in 1910, Alec is a retired engineer who learned much of his carving skill working as
an assitant to Ola Cohn, famous for her carved Fairy Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens of Melbourne..
The Alice Panel is an impressive piece of New Zealand Kauri that had a prior life as a laboratory bench in the
chemistry department at the Kodak factory in Coburg.
A quilt entitled "Recycled With Love" by Patricia Trevillien, made for her grand-daughter Emma.
Alice by Geoff Jones
Lewis Carrol, detail from a triptych by John Anthony King
Animation cel from Disney.
Ballet poster from the USA
Alice Christmas decorations to hang on the tree.
The teaparty by Scott Gustafson 1988
Limited edition Disney poster sold as a framed print for almost $2000.
The caterpillar by Scott Gustafson 1988
Click on the red button to see more of the Alice Collection
There are a number of Alice chess sets around. We'll be adding a chess page very soon... it's still under construction.
Alice and The White Rabbit in porcelain.
These pages contain just a few of the many, interesting Alice illustrations we've come across over the years. We'll add to this collection over the next few months and we'll add links to give you larger
reproductions of these images. We're always interested in seeing anything new or different concerning Alice and the other characters from the books. Please call us if you have any pictures or items
that could be on these pages.
