Alices In Wonderland: Part 40

As they play the Cheshire cat appears and has a conversation with Alice. The King and Queen are less than amused and order its head to be cut off. When the executioner says that he can't cut the head off unless there is a body to cut it off from, they send for its owner, the Duchess.

This illustration is from an unusual edition illustrated by Abelardo Morell who has used cut up versions of the Tenniel illustrations in a variety of settings and then photographed the results. The effect is a striking variation on the most familiar illustrations which I am sure Lewis Carroll, who was himself a renowned photographer, would have loved.

The edition is by Dutton Children's Books, from 1998.