The Illustrated Alice Book and Doll Set
The Illustrated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Book
This lavishly decorated, hard cover, unabridged book by Lewis Carroll is wonderfully illustrated by Nancy Wiley. Follow Alice on her merry adventures where she meets the most curious characters.
The story opens as Alice chases the White Rabbit and finds herself falling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland. Alice alternately grows and shrinks until she encounters the Caterpillar who helps Alice with her size. Things become "curiouser and curiouser" Alice remarks. She then meets the crazy Duchess and her baby, who as it turns out, is actually a pig. Alice escapes from the Duchess by following the advice offered by the grinning Cheshire Cat who suggests that she visit the Mad Hatter and March Hare who are having a tea party. Leaving the mad tea party, she finds herself in a ridiculous court trial with the Queen of Hearts presiding over the Knave of Hearts who stole the tarts. It is absolute silliness and hilarity. Children and adults love the adventures and all the nonsense. The clever prose and quick pace will send you down the rabbit hole into Carroll's wonderland.
The scenes and characters include -
- Alice and the White Rabbit,
- Down the Rabbit Hole, Pool of Tears,
- A Caucus Race ,
- Growing Alice and Bill the Lizard,
- Advice from a Caterpillar with a Hookah Pipe,
- Duchess and Cheshire Cat,
- The Queen and King of Hearts Crouquet Game,
- Mock Turtle,
- Gryphon,
- Lobster Quadrille,
- Who Stole the Tarts, and
- "You're Nothing But a Deck of Cards".
The Illustrations by Nancy Wiley
~ The illustrations are actually photographs of Wiley's "art dolls". Wiley is known for her painterly style in which she paints heavily on her sculpted figures, treating them as “three dimensional canvases" adding light and shadow for drama. Wiley takes her viewers further into Alice's Wonderland by creating elaborate stage sets in which her painted figures act out the adventures. Her beautiful scenes incorporate her talents of painting, sculpting and storytelling. Over eighteen different Alices were sculpted for the many "photo-illustrations" in this book. Every two-page spread includes a spot and/or full page illustration to draw the reader in. The page borders have an aged look of an antique book. This book will transport you back to that dreamy afternoon on the River Thames when Carroll first captivated Alice with his inventive story. Just like Alice, children will love to hear their parents read this classic fiction and will be drawn in by the colorful and charming pictures.The Illustrated Alice Book. $35.00
The Alice Doll
Is it a doll or is it art? Answer: It's an art doll! Wiley creates her dolls to be her three-dimensional canvases, painting the faces, bodies and clothing using a classic portrait painting technique. As part of her signature style she blurs the line between art and doll by using burlap for hair, putting a fine lace collar on the painted bodice and dressing Alice in a painted fabric skirt. This limited edition companion art doll is made of cast resin. Each figure is individually hand-painted and numbered by the artist.This edition art doll is a limited to 200. (includes dolls sold as part of the set below)
The Alice Doll. $350.00
The Alice Doll & Book Set
The Illustrated Alice Book & Doll Set. $375.00
The Companion Dolls
Nancy Wiley has created three additional dolls to accompany the Alice in Wonderland Book:
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The Queen of Hearts
The White Rabbit
The Cheshire Cat
