What is a “Wimmelbild”?
※ Examples
※ Reddit: Henry Holiday’s Snark wimmelbild in r/wimmelbilder
※ Wimmelbild (de.wikipedia.org)
※ Wimmelbilderbuch (en.wikipedia.org)
※ The Image Breakers by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder
※ Hidden image in a wimmelbild by Matthias Grünewald
※ Henry Holiday’s illustration to The Beaver’s Lesson in The Hunting of the Snark
Holiday’s references:
- Dodgson: self portrait (snrk.de/lewis-carroll)
- Doré: Angel (snrk.de/page_winged-rat)
- Doré: Quixote (snrk.de/page_winged-rat)
- Gheeraerts I: Image Breakers (snrk.de/pig-and-tuba)
- Gheeraerts II: Anne Hale (snrk.de/page_winged-rat#AnneHale)
- Gheeraerts II: Mary Throckmorton (snrk.de/page_inspiration-by-re-interpretation)
- Grünewald: Temptation (snrk.de/page_wild-figure#spoilers)
- Grünewald: Visit (snrk.de/page_kitty)
- Martin: Bard (snrk.de/page_the-bard and snrk.de/page_wild-figure)
- Millais: Raleigh (snrk.de/page_holidays-butcher-and-millais-raleigh)
- ?: Benjamin Jowett (snrk.de/benjamin-jowett)
Henry Holiday’s depiction of the Snark hunting party and the wimmelbild.
Referential art in Henry Holiday’s illustrations
(engraved by Joseph Swain)
to the chapter The Beaver’s Lesson
in Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark
John Martin | J.E. Millais | C.L. Dodgson | Gustave Doré
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger | Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder | Matthias Grünewald
J.E. Millais [back]
C.L. Dodgson (photographer) [back]
Gustave Doré [back]
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger [back]
Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder [back]
Matthias Grünewald (Mathis Gothardt Neithardt) [back]
2021-03-02, update: 2023-11-19