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herbertzohl — Alice and the White Rabbit
Published: 2010-02-01 00:11:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 1087; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 44
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After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming. It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, `Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!' Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, `If you please, sir--' The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.~from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Original artwork by the artist. Illustrated in Deleter #4 Black Drawing Ink with Crow Quill Pen on Canson Smooth 9x12 Bristol Board.
Inspired by the original Sir John Tenniel artwork depicting Alice and the White Rabbit deep down in the rabbit hole just after Alice discovered the tiny door leading toward the lovely garden she longed to get through the door and see.
My look for Alice was also inspired by Ayres Houghtellings illustration depicting the scenes from Alice in Wonderland. I also wanted to add a slightly sinister edge to the White Rabbit as he checked his pocket-watch once more.
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A nosegay, posey (or posie, posy), flower bouquet or tussie-mussie is a small bunch of flowers, typically given as a gift. They have existed in some form since at least medieval times, when they were carried or worn around the head or bodice to mask the unpleasant smells of the time literally, to keep the nose gay (to keep the nose happy). In their current form, they rose to popularity during the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 onwards, at which time the tussie-mussie became a popular fashion accessory. Typically, tussie-mussies include floral symbolism from the Language of Flowers, and therefore may be used to send a message to the recipient. See the book entitled Tussie-Mussies, the Victorian Art of Expressing Yourself in the Language of Flowers, Workman Publishing, 1993.
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I thought it was a fan and gloves he dropped
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You're correct. Prints have it as gloves. The print I had got it from said nosegay.
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I thought I got it off this site: [link] but looking at it again I might have read it wrong when I copied it because I can't find it anywhere now. I had originally gone on the site when I was doing my Alice illustrations and looking for text for Hunting the Snark when I was doing a comic art lesson for my class.
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I really like the hare here Bret. Nice touch of menace with the black around the eye.
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Thank you kindly
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