* 1832 in Daresbury, England, † 1898 in Guildford, England
British Author
Known for: Alice in Wonderland
Exhibited works
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The Hunting of the Snark, 1876. GF | B | The poem by Lewis Carroll is a ballad about a strange hunting expedition that proceeds with the aid of a completely blank map to catch a mysterious creature called the Snark. In the illustration by Henry Holiday, the map is depicted by an empty, white page, on which only the directions are noted. | |
| Links The Hunting of the Snark: E-Book with the original illustrations by Henry Holiday
Source Poets of the English Language (1950) | ||