The first known appearance of the expression in literature is in the 18th century, in Francis Grose's A … See more

The Cheshire Cat is now largely identified with the character of the same name in Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice first encounters the Cheshire Cat at the Duchess's house in … See more

The Cheshire Cat character has been re-depicted by other creators and used as the inspiration for new characters, primarily in screen media (film, television, video games) and print media (literature, comics, art). Other … See more

Cheshire Cat is used as a metaphor to describe several scientific phenomena:
• The Cheshire Cat effect, as described by Sally Duensing and Bob Miller, is a binocular rivalry which causes stationary objects see… See more

1. ^ This was the stated explanation in Martin Gardner's Annotated Alice. See more