Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts is a character from the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by the writer and mathematician Lewis Carroll. She is a foul-tempered monarch, that Carroll himself pictured as "a blind fury", and who is quick to decree death sentences at the slightest offense. Her most famous line, one which she repeats often, is "Off with their heads!"

Sir John Tenniel was an English illustrator. best remembered today for his illustrations in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

John Tenniel's illustration of the King and Queen of Hearts at the trial of the Knave of Hearts.

Queen and King of Hearts

 

The Queen of Heart, as found on the pages of the Art of M. S. Corely

The Queen of Hearts


This one, which captures the queen as fiendish, was hand drawn using ball point pens - found on Deviant Art  

Queen of Hearts