For this he received a £200 premium and a commission to paint a fresco in the Upper Waiting Hall (or Hall of Poets) in the House of Lords.
Named in 1952 by Sir Miles Clifford, Government of the Falkland Islands, for his great-uncle Sir John Tenniel, 1820–1914, noted English illustrating artist, humorist, and political cartoonist.
of Charles Lutwidge Dodson (1832-98): English writer best remembered for his famous children's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass both illustrated by Sir John Tenniel.
Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914), Victorian illustrator famous for his illustrations of Lewis Carroll's work
The portrait is though to be a source for John Tenniel's 1869 illustrations of the Duchess in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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It also holds an exhibition programme that has included: Norman Ackroyd, Stephen Finer, Derek Jarman, Desmond Morris, Tom Phillips, photographs by Patti Smith, Sir John Tenniel and others.
The performance was especially notable for its cast, which included novelists Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, Punch editor Mark Lemon, artists Augustus Egg and John Tenniel, and writers Peter Cunningham and Douglas Jerrold.