Today's Google Doodle honors iconic illustrator John Tenniel
Google's latest doodle on the company's homepage celebrates the 200th birthday of legendary illustrator John Tenniel, whose Victorian drawings and iconic representations of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland characters earned him great renown. Tenniel was a self-taught artist who submitted his first oil painting to the Society of British Artists when he was only 16 years old.
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Google Doodle celebrates Susan B. Anthony's 200th birthday
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Google celebrates Nkosi Johnson's life in the latest doodle
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