These
colour plates are from my copy of Hodder & Stoughton's 1922 Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The lovely illustrations are by the
mysterious Gwynedd M. Hudson (b.1909-1935). The only information I can find on
Gwynedd is that she studied at Brighton School of Art. She was a figure
painter, illustrator, and poster artist. She exhibited at the Royal Academy of the Arts, London
around 1912. She designed posters for the Underground Group (London's underground railway)1926-1929. She is
best known for both her editions of J. M Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy and Carroll's
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Her depiction of Alice is widely regarded.
She illustrated perhaps a half dozen or so other books, mostly for poetry and
religious, published for Hodder in delicate Art Nouveau watercolours. Having
died so young, unfortunately I imagine her story is lost. I feel so haunted by these sorts of
mysteries; it is the perfect day for it lazy, chilly, windy, and rainy.
