Many writers are reluctant to see their work illustrated at all, feeling that any imagery is an intrusion into the reader’s visual imagination. It can be difficult for authors to accept an illustrator’s interpretation of their creation. This may have been a contributing factor to the artist’s apparent reluctance to commit to illustrating Through the Looking-Glass. It has been said that Tenniel was sometimes exasperated by the sheer volume of Carroll’s requested amendments to his drawings. Tensions occasionally run high between the creators of verbal and visual versions of a narrative. The relationship between author and artist can vary greatly. Roald Dahl’s stories have become almost inseparable from Quentin Blake’s pictures, and Thomas Henry’s images of William defined him as succinctly as the writing of Richmal Crompton. Sir John Tenniel’s original drawings for Lewis Carroll’s “Alice” books are, for many readers, impossible to disentangle from the text. In children’s literature, a small number of classics are remembered for their illustrations as much as they are for the author’s words.
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