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Tenniel’s 42
42
Recorded
Forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
The first Alice is counted as forty-two Tenniel pictures. Neighbor to Rule Forty-two and the Snark’s boxes; not the same object.
What it supports
A received illustration count in the 1865 Macmillan Alice.
What it does not
Does not prove Carroll designed 42 as a system with Adams.
ExactnessCount
Form42
Unitplates
Strengthattested
When1865