<P> After unsuccessfully attempting to illustrate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland himself, Lewis Carroll was persuaded to engage a professional artist to provide the illustrations . He turned to cartoonist John Tenniel, who was known for his regular contributions to the satirical magazine Punch (published 1841--1992, 1996--2002). </P> <P> Tenniel's inspiration for the Queen of Hearts was an image of Elizabeth de Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk in one of the medieval stained glass windows at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk . </P> <P> The illustrations for the Alice books were engraved onto blocks of wood, to be printed in the wood engraving process . The original wood blocks are now in the collection of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England . They are not usually on public display, but were exhibited in 2003 . </P> <P> She is commonly mistaken for the Red Queen in the story's sequel, Through the Looking - Glass, but in reality shares none of her characteristics other than being a queen . Indeed, Carroll, in his lifetime, made the distinction of the two Queens by saying: </P>

Does the queen of hearts die in alice in wonderland