Rowing with the sheep

Sir John Tenniel

Wood-engraving by Dalziel

Illustration for the fifth chapter of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass (1865)

This illustration and the passage it illustrates exemplify how Lewis Carroll uses an element of dreams — here the way they have sudden, inexplicable transitions — to lead the readers into the following chapter. How dos the ilustration differ from the transition in the text.

In 2000 student assistants from the University Scholars Program, National University of Singapore, scanned this image and added text under the supervision of George P. Landow. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the site and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one. ]

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Last modified 22 October 2007