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Portia in Absentia
Letter from Percy Anderson including the phrase
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Portia in Absentia

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Abbie Weinberg

The guesses on this month’s Crocodile Mystery definitely pointed in the right direction: the mystery image this month is indeed the monogram signature of an artist. But rather than PH, it is PA: Percy Anderson. Anderson (1851-1928) was a well-respected…

Can you spot the differences?
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Can you spot the differences?

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Erin Blake

Have a look at the coat of arms worn by Edwin Booth (1833–1893) in the title role of Shakespeare’s King Richard III. Notice something wrong? Richard III tunic worn by Edwin Booth in the 1870s. Hint: The conventions Victorian aesthetics…

What's that smell? Getting personal with historic costumes
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What's that smell? Getting personal with historic costumes

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Caryn Lazzuri

Here Is a Play Fitted is on view through January 12, 2013 The Folger’s current exhibition, Here Is a Play Fitted, takes a broad look at how Shakespeare on the stage has changed over the past 400 years. For a…