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From: "Sam Blanning" <enquiries@nationalcoursingclub.freeserve.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Ascii art from 1865
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"palmer666" <palmer666@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Whilst flipping the pages of a very, very old copy of Alice in Wonderland
> by  Lewis Caroll (first published in 1865), I came upon a very example of
> early of ascii art. I have tried to reproduce it below as accurately as I
> can although it cannot be an exact copy because the printed version  used
> font size that decreased gradually down the page.
>
8<-----poetry snipped------>8

Technically, that's not ASCII art. That's some form of poetry. I can't
remember what it's called, but someone else will surely know. There are many
other examples of poetry written in the form of a picture. Unfortunately I
can't remember any that I could put a title or a theme to.