Thomas Maybank – Victorian Alice

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Thomas Maybank was an English illustrator (1869-1929), in my rather lazy googling just now, I haven’t found much about him, but there is this comics wiki one dedicated to him.
One tiny piece of insignificant trivia that I can share with you, is that Maybank used to do art for Punch magazine, just like the father of all Alice in Wonderland illustrators, the dreaded John Tenniel.
Maybank’s Alice in Wonderland came out in 1910, making it one of the earliest ones published after the first Alice’s.
What signifies Maybank’s Alice in Wonderland illustrations, for me, is their dynamic nature. There’s movement in them, like a capture of a living moment, rather then a frozen one. Like this image of the cook:

Alice herself is illustrated in a Victorian era dress, puffy, ribbons, the works. I found that personally, she seems slightly different as the book progresses, from a sort of heaviness to lightness, like her journey in Wonderland makes this sort of transition within her.

Let’s go over the 28 Thomas Maybank’s Alice in Wonderland illustrations as they appear in the book:

Front piece, we get the only colored illustration in the book, of the trial.
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Publisher’s details page. London, George Routledge & Sons. Limited.
New York, E. P. Dutton `& Co. Publication year 1910.
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Alice chasing the White Rabbit, about to jump down the rabbits hole.
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Drink me
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Alice shedding the soon-to-be pool of tears
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The Caucus race crew led by the mouse
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Alice in the White Rabbits house
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Alice in the White Rabbit’s house, with concerned Wonderland citizens around
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You atre old Father William 1/2
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You are old Father William 2/2
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Alice terrorizing the bird
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Alice and the Footman
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Pig and Pepper
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Alice and the pig baby
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A Mad tea party
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The Mad Hatter’s recollection of the tragic concert given to the Queen of Hearts
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A Mad Tea Party 2
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The Queens Croquet Ground
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The Queens Croquet Ground continued
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The Cheshire cat
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Off with her Head!
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Alice and the Gryphon
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The Mock Turtle’s Story
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The Lobsters Quadrille
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Who stole the tarts – The Mad Hatter
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Who stole the tarts trial
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Who stole the tarts – The Cook
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Alice’s evidence
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