A year of Shakespeare #FolgerFinds on Instagram

The Folger is the world’s largest Shakespeare collection. We love mining this rich archive for gems, and on social media we often share collection items using #FolgerFinds. This blog post takes us through a year of Shakespeare #FolgerFinds on Instagram.

January

We start things off with a frosty-looking King Lear from the Folger collection.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAZqtHzQH4I/?taken-by=folgerlibrary

February

“Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds
Or bends with the remover to remove.” (Sonnet 116)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBph-lQwH4t/

March

We go mini for March.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCfyxq-QHzT/

April

This costume sketch comes from a 1936 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEdo8zwQH33/

May

Toga time!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BFTwM5mQH5Y/

June

Where Shakespeare and gardening enthusiasts find common ground…

https://www.instagram.com/p/BG_2KtfQH3U/

July

This promptbook was on display in America’s Shakespeare, a Folger exhibition exploring Shakespeare’s influential role in American history and culture.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIDnPffg_eh/

August

This striking pen-and-ink illustration of Shakespeare’s Henry V is by Byam Shaw.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJyRrQ6hkaA/

September

The hashtags speak for themselves.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BK3QRt6APXi/

October

You may remember this unusual binding from our blog post in October.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMB-2-3gdHx/

November

Pictures made from words! Check out this zoomable version in our digital image collection.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNcOt7BgSpX/

December

We close with a seasonally appropriate celebration of Shakespeare.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNzzrt1gUN1/

Discover even more Folger Finds on Shakespeare & Beyond, like this Klingon translation of Hamlet, an Esperanto version of As You Like It, and a set of Shakespearean shaving papers.