Quotes from John Tenniel

Well, I get my subject on Wednesday night; I think it out carefully on Thursday, and make my rough sketch; on Friday morning I begin, and stick to it all day, with my nose well down on the block.

By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that.

Well, I get my subject on Wednesday night I think it out carefully on Thursday, and make my rough sketch on Friday morning I begin, and stick to it all day, with my nose well down on the block.

A wasp in a wig is altogether beyond the appliances of art.

I carry out my work thus: I never use models or nature for the figure, drapery or anything else.

By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that.