◇ After
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (the Mad Tea Party) · Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel, 1865
The foil variant. Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, the girl in blue, the Caterpillar with his hookah, the Dormouse and the Hatter, all round the laid table.
“After” is the old gallery word for a work made in open conversation with another. It is a lineage, not a shortcut.
◇ Piece Room
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