Search results for #NewAcq
Eternal Triangle Impromptu visit with @NewberryLibrary fellows to #thoma_foundation this morning, and I can't unsee their glorious #NewAcq, an 18th c. polychrome wooden carving of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Extremadura. Unknown Bolivian artist. Faces and hand painted on silver.
#Newacq comes with a very non-gdpr compliant but fascinating guest list for the reception
This is the CAT #Caturday #PrintingOnFabric #NurseryRhyme #Handkerchief @NewberryLibrary #NewAcq
Achievement Unlocked? In a 1698 novel, the "School of Jealous Husbands," a Venetian bride's CHASTITY BELT is ever tightened by her Florentine husband... until she is released by her Roman lover! 🔐❤️ @NewberryLibrary #NewAcq #ValentinesDay
There's a Hole in My Broadside? Relatively #NewAcq engraved broadside @NewberryLibrary, in a shiny and functional new housing! What would you add to the central void?
Winterthur #newacq from Roy Young: a MASSIVE book of type specimens from the American Typefounders Company, published in 1912
#newacq Gotthelf in Mexiko 1986 hat der mexikanische verlag Novedades Editores "La araña negra" als graphic novel herausgebracht: nr. 438 (von 863) in der reihe "Novelas inmortales" #Burgerbibliothek #Bern bsb.swisscovery.slsp.ch/permalink/41SL… @germ_unibern
Supercharged Friendship Album? Part Trois! Today's illicit activity? Hand holding and ... DANCING! #NewberryLibrary #AdventCalendar2023 Day 15/24 #newacq
Supercharged Friendship Album Calendar? Part Quatre! What illicit activity IS our little cutout couple up to this time? The album has just been cataloged, so you can come find out for yourself... #AdventCalendar2023 Day 22/24 #NewberryLibrary #newacq i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CA…
Unexpected Guests? Today's my wedding anniversary, and look who showed up? Venus, Bacchus and Priapus! This naughty 1544 ode to a (briefly) happy couple in Ingolstadt features divine sexcapades, and may have been recited to get them in the mood! #NewAcq @NewberryLibrary
Supercharged Friendship Album? Part Trois! What illicit activity will our little cutout couple be engaging in today? Check in again later this morning to find out... #NewberryLibrary #AdventCalendar2023 Day 15/24 #newacq
Supercharged Friendship Album Calendar? Part Deux! What illicit activity IS our little cutout couple up to this time? They've paused on a cosy park bench during their promenade. And... is that full hand-on-sleeve contact?!! #NewberryLibrary #newacq #AdventCalendar2023 Day 8/24
Supercharged Friendship Album? Part Deux! What illicit activity IS our little cutout couple up to this time? Looks like this cheeky 18th c. German pair have paused on a park bench during their promenade. Is that ... full hand-on-sleeve contact?!! #NewberryLibrary #newacq
Supercharged Friendship Album? Part Deux! What illicit activity will our little cutout couple be up to this time? Check in again in the morning to find out... #NewberryLibrary #AdventCalendar2023 Day 8/24 #newacq
Another Album Calendar Fabric-fancy collage with found print elements inside a different German friendship album! #NewberryLibrary #NewAcq i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CA…
@NewberryLibrary Supercharged Friendship Album? Here's the recto view! The book is from 18th-century Germany, and all the paper cuttings (well, technically, vellum) are secular and a bit racy for the time. I'll share more later this month... #NewberryLibrary #AdventCalendar2023 Day 1/24 #newacq
A Grave Error Has Been Made This 1806 drawing of the Port Royal Abbey church included about 18 graves of esteemed former abbesses... The extra flap adds 22, but most were moved with the church's 1712 destruction. @NewberryLibrary #NewAcq #MovableMonday #Flaptastic #MementoMori