The 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” gave guests of the Huntington Library an opportunity to view rarely displayed Carroll materials from the archives, including both first editions of “Alice in Wonderland.”
Guests were also treated to a special performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, games, music and dancing in the Rose Garden.
Carroll’s “Wonderland” is a place where different is normal, and where wondrous, remarkable, and fabulous things happen every day.
The Huntington is one of the few libraries that owns both the suppressed 1865 version and the official publication of 1866. The copy bears the autograph of George Dalziel, the engraver of the illustrations.
Guests were also treated to a special performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, games, music and dancing in the Rose Garden.
Carroll’s “Wonderland” is a place where different is normal, and where wondrous, remarkable, and fabulous things happen every day.
The Huntington is one of the few libraries that owns both the suppressed 1865 version and the official publication of 1866. The copy bears the autograph of George Dalziel, the engraver of the illustrations.
