1955 · Williams
Wonderland
Turquoise sky with white clouds, bright green rolling grassy hills, cream stone fairytale castle with conical red and green roofs on a hilltop, large brown tree limb arching across the top of the artwork, stacked playing-card bricks forming a wall at the lower right and wooden cabinet frame with glass reflection at the top edge.
- Year
- 1955
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Harry Williams
- Art
- George Molentin
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- green
- red
- brown
Fingerprint: wonderland: WONDERLAND tall red serif capitals, blonde girl tumbling headfirst in blue dress and red cape, grinning striped cat in tree fork, cream castle on hill, heart-shaped balloons numbered 9-1, white rabbits, playing-card soldier, daisy grass
The single most memorable element is a blonde girl in a blue puff-sleeved dress with a red cape, tumbling headfirst down the centre of the glass with her arms flung wide and a startled open-mouthed expression. A grinning striped cat with a yellow coat sits in the fork of the tree limb that arches across the whole top of the artwork, holding the row of score values 100 to 900 painted along the bark. A vertical ladder of coloured heart-shaped balloons numbered 9 down to 1 climbs the left edge. The title WONDERLAND is painted in tall red serif capitals with a thick white outline, sitting to the right of the castle on the hill.
Setting
- Turquoise sky with white clouds
- Bright green rolling grassy hills
- Cream stone fairytale castle with conical red and green roofs on a hilltop
- Large brown tree limb arching across the top of the artwork
- Stacked playing-card bricks forming a wall at the lower right
- Wooden cabinet frame with glass reflection at the top edge
Symbols
- Playing-card brick wall
- Coloured heart-shaped balloons numbered 9 to 1
- Score values painted along the tree limb
- Red and yellow directional score flags marked 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60
- White daisies scattered across the grass
- Castle towers with conical roofs and flags
Lettering
- Tall red serif capitals with a thick white outline for the title, plus red-outlined numerals for the score values and plain white numerals on the coloured heart balloons
Themes
- Fairytale
- Wonderland
- Castle
- Rabbits
- Falling
- Playing cards
- Storybook illustration
Title on it
- Wonderland
Text on it
- WONDERLAND
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 9
- 8
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 20
- 30
- 40
- 50
- 60
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Blonde girl tumbling headfirst through the centre, blue puff-sleeved dress with white collar, red bodice and red cape, white apron and petticoat, bare pale legs, white socks and black shoes, arms flung out, startled open-mouthed expression |
| Animal | Grinning cat with pink-and-purple stripes and a yellow coat, sitting in the fork of the tree limb at top centre, wide toothy smile |
| Animal | White rabbit running upright at left of the girl, long ears, holding a small object |
| Animal | White rabbit in a red jacket crouched at the base of the tree trunk, looking up |
| Animal | Three small white rabbits sitting in a row on the grassy ridge below the castle |
| Other | Playing-card soldier figure at right in red and blue, standing on the card-brick wall holding a pennant, beside a red-and-yellow 50 marker |
A hand-painted cartoon backglass, mounted in a light wooden frame behind glass, showing a fantasy fairy-tale landscape. A thick brown tree limb curves across the top of the sky, carrying a row of coloured score values (100 through 900) and, at its fork, a grinning pink-and-purple striped cat with a yellow coat and a wide toothy smile. Below is a turquoise-blue sky with white clouds and a cream stone castle on a grassy hill: tall square towers with red and dark-green conical roofs, small flags, arched windows and a blue-domed turret. The title WONDERLAND appears large at the upper right in tall red serif capitals with a heavy white outline. Down the left side a dark-red ladder of coloured heart-shaped balloons is numbered 9 to 1. The centre figure is a blonde girl tumbling headfirst through the air in a blue puff-sleeved dress, white collar and apron, red corset and cape, white petticoat, pale socks and black shoes, arms flung out with a startled expression. Small white rabbits, a playing-card soldier with a pennant, and stacked playing-card bricks complete the scene, on bright green grass scattered with white daisies.