John Tenniel The Black Kitten Alice In Wonderland Victorian Cats Painting Postcard

ABIZVAC1 A stunning undated but modern origin reproduction published postcard and souvenir from one of London's leading museums of this historic 1872 work by Sir John Tenniel called The Black Kitten from Alice Through The Looking Glass with further details and museum logo on reverse capturing all the character of the original unused and mint.

"... The black kitten is a crucial, recurring character illustrated by Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914) for Lewis Carroll’s classic 1871 masterpiece, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.  Named Kitty, this mischievous feline frame-narrative character bookends Alice's entire fantastical chess-board adventure In Chapter 1, before Alice passes through the mirror, she sits in a grand armchair scolding Kitty for tangling her ball of yarn while the old mother cat, Dinah, washes the white kitten, Snowdrop. This striking portrait is of Alice holding the kitten up at eye-level on the armchair to lecture it about its behavior..."