Alice arriving at the world on the other side of the mirror

Alice arriving at the world on the other side of the mirror

Sir John Tenniel

1871

Wood-engraving by Dalziel

Illustration for the first chapter of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass

What pictorial details immediately show that Alice has entered a new world?

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