John Tenniel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Tenniel

British illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1820

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1914

Profession: illustrator, comics artist, painter

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sir John Tenniel (28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humorist, and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century.
He was knighted for his artistic achievements in 1893.
Tenniel is remembered especially as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years, and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).