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John Tenniel (1820-1914)
(the illustrator of Alice in Wonderland, 1864)




1853
How Mr. Peter Piper Enjoyed a Day's 'Pig-sticking'


How Mr. Peter Piper Tried his Hand at Buffalo-shooting


How Mr. Peter Piper Was Induced to Join in a Bear-hunt


How Mr. Peter Piper Accepted an Invitation from the Rajah of Rhubburddubdub to Hunt a 'Royal Bengal Tiger'


(all Mr. Piper at once)





1855
Mr Spoonbill

These 19 panels were published as three installments in Punch. Nine years later Busch created his famous 'Eispeter' (Peter falls into the same type of hole in the ice and turns into an iceblock). As Busch had already copied Cruikshank's toothache, he possibly found some inspiration in this story as well.