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Timon of Athens: nine not-actually-lost drawings by Wyndham Lewis
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Timon of Athens: nine not-actually-lost drawings by Wyndham Lewis

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Erin Blake

In 1998, modernist art and literature scholar Paul Edwards wrote about “a set of watercolours and (apparently) ink drawings on the theme of Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens” by Wyndham Lewis that had been published as a portfolio in 1913. Paul Edwards, “Wyndham…

A peek into the Conservation Lab
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A peek into the Conservation Lab

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The Collation

Ever wonder what the conservators are up to on our third floor? Here’s a peek into what’s happening in the Werner Gundersheimer Conservation Laboratory this month: The team is in full treatment mode for the Library’s upcoming exhibition, “Symbols of Honor: Heraldry…

Where do family trees come from?
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Where do family trees come from?

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Heather Wolfe

Why is a tree coming out of this dozing man’s belly, you may ask. When I began working on the Folger’s next exhibition, Symbols of honor: Family history and genealogy in Shakespeare’s England (July 1 to October 26, 2014), I wondered…

Something borrowed . . .
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Something borrowed . . .

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Caryn Lazzuri Georgianna Ziegler

Georgianna: Did you ever wonder why or how we borrow items to show in our exhibitions at the Folger? Let’s use the upcoming “Shakespeare’s Sisters: Women Writers, 1500-1700,” opening on February 2, 2012, as an example. My colleague Caryn Lazzuri…

Exhibition transformations
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Exhibition transformations

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Caryn Lazzuri

It’s that time of year again: for two weeks every four months or so, the Folger’s Great Hall locks its doors and transforms from one exhibition into the next. Or, perhaps that’s how it seems to Folger visitors and readers…

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