Alice Washed

Wonderland's best-known visitor turns up here in a quieter register. Alice is one of the most illustrated characters in English fiction, and every generation redraws her; the qualifier in the name marks this out as one particular reading of the girl rather than the default one, softer and more wistful than the brisk storybook illustration most people picture. As a subject she is a gift for anyone who finishes their own pieces. The face and the fall of the hair carry the whole thing, so a careful hand shows immediately, and the result sits happily on a display shelf beside other literary and fan-art figures rather than disappearing into a crowd of them. This one comes as a multi-part kit, which puts it firmly in collector territory: something to spend an evening or two assembling and finishing rather than a quick print to hand to a child.