Home - The Collation

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Most library visitors to the Folger expect us to have books in our collections. Some know that we also have art, manuscripts, and even objects. Yet, any exploration into our collections means that researchers will inevitably encounter an item that could be described as including printed, manuscript, and even artistic content, all in one. Heather Wolfe has eloquently described such hybrid materials as consist[ing] of a mixture of thematically-connected printed, manuscript, and graphic material gathered from a variety of sources into a single binding. Continue Reading 3 Meriden Gravure Co. postcards of Puck statue1 photograph of Brenda Putnam, Puck sculptorWe start with 2 cards printed on Kodak AZO paper, similar to the ones of the 9 Gregory bas-reliefs you examined before. What differences do we see between the two picture sides, Fig. Continue Reading Or, Etymologies in Translation, from the Caribbean to LondonA guest post by Valeria López FadulThe word “cacique” a leader or lord among the people of the Caribbean islands first appeared in an English book in 1555. Richard Eden’s translation of Peter Martyr of Angleria’s The Decades of the Newe World of West India introduced the island of Haiti to English-language readers. Continue Reading Thank you for all of your guesses on last week’s Crocodile Mystery! As several folks correctly surmised, this image is pigment on ceramic! Specifically, it is on a Liverpool delft transfer-printed tile, seen here in full: And if you’re completely confused by the phrase Liverpool delft transfer-printed tile , well, I don’t blame you. So let’s break it down: tile is pretty self-evident. Continue Reading Ack! Nearly December already? Wasn t it just March? (Isn t it still March?) Guess that means it s time for another Crocodile Mystery. Take a look at the image below. It s not pencil on paper. It s not oil on canvas. What is it?As always, leave your thoughts in the comments and we ll be back next week with more information. Continue Reading Who carved the John Gregory s bas reliefs on the facade of the Folger? Readers of last week s Collation post will know that the apparently obvious answer John Gregory is incorrect. Sculptor John Gregory (1879–1958) definitely created the works of art, but professional stone cutters chiselled away the marble until it exactly matched the plaster casts of Gregory s full-size clay models.I ll return to this photo later. Continue Reading

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