She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labelled ‘ORANGE MARMALADE’, but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.

 Orange Marmalade by lu–24 for Carroll’s Alice’s adventures in Wonderland

Alice Liddell was a gifted little model, as she succeeded triumphantly in engaging with the viewer and compelling attention to her role. Those who see nothing in this picture but a provocative, scantly clad nympet, are perhaps imposing their own modern anxieties and preoccupations on the image, (…)

“The Mystery of Lewis Carroll”, Jenny Woolf (2010)

Jenny Woolf quote via my good friend Ravenwitch, photography by Charles Dodgson. 

Of course May the 4th was also Alice Liddell's (nee Hargreaves) birthday. 

This illustration for Alice's adventures in Wonderland is by Szegedi Katalin Rajzaival, and is based on a famous photo of the three Liddell sisters taken by Charles Dodgson. 

The Hatter was the first to break the silence. `What day of the month is it?’ he said, turning to Alice: he had taken his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.

Alice considered a little, and then said `The fourth.’

Happy May the 4th! 

This utterly beautiful Victorian photo montage is by John Clowder. Its one of my very favourite illustrations.

There are more but I'll post these separately.