John Morton Sale – Elegant Alice

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John Morton-Sale (1901-1990), was a British artist, I cannot find a lot about him online, the most detailed account of his and his wife’s biography, can be read here.
His Alice’s adventures in Wonderland, and Through the looking Glass, was published at 1933. I have the first edition, Not in a perfect condition, and it only has 9 illustrations altogether. Still it has a lot of charm. Although the time period of this book publication date, places it in the art-deco era, Morton-Sale’s style in this book appears to me as a loose art-nouveau style, with long flowing lines.
Let’s dive into the book. Illustrations, and pages are placed by order of appearance in the book

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Front cover, with Alice leaning against a buttercup

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Alice, after shedding her pool of tears, startling the White Rabbit, that’s dropping his fan and gloves

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Title page

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Alice and the mouse, swimming in her pool of tears

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Alice leans against a buttercup (between the puppy and the caterpillar scenes).

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Alice, Hatter, March hare, and Dormouse

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Alice and the flamingo at the Croquet ground, along with the Cheshire cat, and the King and Queen

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Alice, the Mock turtle, and the Gryphon

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Through the Looking Glass, Alice’s giant hand, with the King and Queen

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Alice and the depressed White Queen

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Alice and the White Knight


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