The Mad Hatter's Tea Party for Alice In Wonderland (published 1865) by John Tenniel references "The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane " (1590s) by El Greco?

 

leading from 

HR Giger's The Spell IV (1977)

and  

Illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice stories by John Tenniel

 

 

 

a) The Mad Hatter's Tea Party for Alice In Wonderland (published 1865) by John Tenniel

 

 

 

b)  "The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane " (1590s) by El Greco

 

It would be hard to say that one connected with the other but the El Greco jumped out at me in this strange way and I had to take it from there

 

 

 

c) The left corner of the blue cloth becomes the table cloth

 

I might want to imagine that one big idea was that the cloth on which Christ is kneeling is transformed into the table cloth and everything went from there  

 

 

d) The cave becomes with the apostles sleeping inside becomes Alice sitting on the chair

 

 

 

e) The blankets on the legs of the sleeping apostles becomes the upper half and shoulders of  Alice's dress
 

 

 

f) Christ becomes the hare

 

g)  The top half of Christ's garment that becomes the hare head

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h) Christ's left sleeve becomes the teapot

 

 

 

i) Christ's right hand becomes the Mad Hatter's hand on the left
  

k) The distant background becomes the Had Hatter

 

l) Area that becomes the Mad Hatter'supper body beneath the upper half of his face  

 

m) Area that becomes the Mad Hatter's jacket, bow tie and lower face

 

 

n) The ground visible between the tree leaves and the hillocks before it become the bow tie

 

 

 

o) The soldiers in the background become the lining of the Mad Hatter's jacket