John Vernon Lord: Illustrating Carroll and Joyce

Illustrations are often seen as playing second fiddle to actual 'art' (you know, the kind you get hanging on a wall instead of hidden between the covers of a book). But the intricately detailed and endlessly inventive creations of John Vernon Lord are just as beautiful as anything normally spotted in an art gallery. This exhibition at the House of Illustration in King's Cross shows the illustrator's work for five books including Finnegan’s Wake, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Ulysses.