Eight etchings inspired by the writings of Lewis Carroll and Alice Miller
"Alice'szoo - Mother"
Etching, Soft ground etching,Aquatint
Etching, Soft ground etching,Aquatint
«`Speak roughly to your little boy,
And beat him when hesneezes:
He only does it to annoy,
Because he knows itteases.'
CHORUS.
(In which the cook and the babyjoined):--
`Wow! wow! wow!'
`I speak severely to myboy,
I beat him when he sneezes;
For he can thoroughlyenjoy
The pepper when he pleases!'
CHORUS.
`Wow!wow! wow!' »
(byLewis Carroll)
And beat him when hesneezes:
He only does it to annoy,
Because he knows itteases.'
CHORUS.
(In which the cook and the babyjoined):--
`Wow! wow! wow!'
`I speak severely to myboy,
I beat him when he sneezes;
For he can thoroughlyenjoy
The pepper when he pleases!'
CHORUS.
`Wow!wow! wow!' »
(byLewis Carroll)
"Alice'szoo - School"
Softground etching, Impression
Softground etching, Impression
«`Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe it--'
`I never said I didn't!' interrupted Alice.
`You did,' saidthe Mock Turtle.
`We had the best of educations--in fact, we wentto school every day--'
`I'VE been to a day-school, too,' saidAlice; `you needn't be so proud as all that.'
`With extras?'asked the Mock Turtle a little anxiously.
`Yes,' said Alice, `welearned French and music.'
`And washing?' said the Mock Turtle.
`Certainly not!' said Alice indignantly.
`Ah! then yourswasn't a really good school,' said the Mock Turtle in a tone of greatrelief.
`Now at OURS they had at the end of the bill, "French,music, AND WASHING--extra.' »
(byLewis Carroll)
`I never said I didn't!' interrupted Alice.
`You did,' saidthe Mock Turtle.
`We had the best of educations--in fact, we wentto school every day--'
`I'VE been to a day-school, too,' saidAlice; `you needn't be so proud as all that.'
`With extras?'asked the Mock Turtle a little anxiously.
`Yes,' said Alice, `welearned French and music.'
`And washing?' said the Mock Turtle.
`Certainly not!' said Alice indignantly.
`Ah! then yourswasn't a really good school,' said the Mock Turtle in a tone of greatrelief.
`Now at OURS they had at the end of the bill, "French,music, AND WASHING--extra.' »
(byLewis Carroll)
"Alice'szoo - Religion"
Etching
Etching
« `Serpent!'screamed the Pigeon.
`But I'm NOT a serpent, I tell you!' saidAlice. `I'm a--I'm a--'
`Well! WHAT are you?' said the Pigeon. `Ican see you're trying to invent something!'
`I--I'm a littlegirl,' said Alice, rather doubtfully, as she remembered the number ofchanges she had gone through that day.
`A likely story indeed!'said the Pigeon in a tone of the deepest contempt. `I've seen a goodmany little girls in my time, but never ONE with such a neck as that!No, no! You're a serpent; and there's no use denying it. I supposeyou'll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg!'
`I HAVEtasted eggs, certainly,' said Alice, who was a very truthful child;`but little girls eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you know.'
`I don't believe it,' said the Pigeon; `but if they do, why thenthey're a kind of serpent, that's all I can say.' »
(byLewis Carroll)
`But I'm NOT a serpent, I tell you!' saidAlice. `I'm a--I'm a--'
`Well! WHAT are you?' said the Pigeon. `Ican see you're trying to invent something!'
`I--I'm a littlegirl,' said Alice, rather doubtfully, as she remembered the number ofchanges she had gone through that day.
`A likely story indeed!'said the Pigeon in a tone of the deepest contempt. `I've seen a goodmany little girls in my time, but never ONE with such a neck as that!No, no! You're a serpent; and there's no use denying it. I supposeyou'll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg!'
`I HAVEtasted eggs, certainly,' said Alice, who was a very truthful child;`but little girls eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you know.'
`I don't believe it,' said the Pigeon; `but if they do, why thenthey're a kind of serpent, that's all I can say.' »
(byLewis Carroll)
"Alice's zoo - The seducer"
Etching, Aquatint, Impression
Etching, Aquatint, Impression
« `How doth thelittle crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour thewaters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
`How cheerfullyhe seems to grin,
How neatly spread his claws,
And welcomelittle fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!' »
(byLewis Carroll)
Improve his shining tail,
And pour thewaters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
`How cheerfullyhe seems to grin,
How neatly spread his claws,
And welcomelittle fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!' »
(byLewis Carroll)
"Alice'szoo - The corrupter"
Etchingand Aquatint
Etchingand Aquatint
«`Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said theCat.
`I don't much care where--' said Alice.
`Then it doesn'tmatter which way you go,' said the Cat.
`--so long as I getSOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.
`Oh, you're sure to dothat,' said the Cat, `if you only walk long enough.'
Alice feltthat this could not be denied, so she tried another question. `Whatsort of people live about here?'
`In THAT direction,' the Catsaid, waving its right paw round, `lives a Hatter: and in THATdirection,' waving the other paw, `lives a March Hare. Visit eitheryou like: they're both mad.'
`But I don't want to go among madpeople,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat:`we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' »
(byLewis Carroll)
`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said theCat.
`I don't much care where--' said Alice.
`Then it doesn'tmatter which way you go,' said the Cat.
`--so long as I getSOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.
`Oh, you're sure to dothat,' said the Cat, `if you only walk long enough.'
Alice feltthat this could not be denied, so she tried another question. `Whatsort of people live about here?'
`In THAT direction,' the Catsaid, waving its right paw round, `lives a Hatter: and in THATdirection,' waving the other paw, `lives a March Hare. Visit eitheryou like: they're both mad.'
`But I don't want to go among madpeople,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat:`we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' »
(byLewis Carroll)
"Alice'szoo - Power(gerontocracy)"
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
`Youare old, Father William,' the young man said,
`And your hair hasbecome very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head--
Do you think, at your age, it is right?'
`In my youth,'Father William replied to his son,
`I feared it might injure thebrain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why, Ido it again and again.'
`You are old,' said the youth, `andyour jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yetyou finished the goose, with the bones and the beak--
Pray howdid you manage to do it?'
`In my youth,' said his father, `Itook to the law,
And argued each case with my wife;
And themuscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,
Has lasted the restof my life.'
(byLewis Carroll)
`And your hair hasbecome very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head--
Do you think, at your age, it is right?'
`In my youth,'Father William replied to his son,
`I feared it might injure thebrain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why, Ido it again and again.'
`You are old,' said the youth, `andyour jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yetyou finished the goose, with the bones and the beak--
Pray howdid you manage to do it?'
`In my youth,' said his father, `Itook to the law,
And argued each case with my wife;
And themuscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,
Has lasted the restof my life.'
(byLewis Carroll)
