Last week we talked about a couple of projects around the web; this week I wanted to mention a couple of performance projects around town which have come to my (wandering) attention. First off is Gibraltar, at Plays and Players. Last week we talked about Ulysses Seen, which is Ulysses adapted as a graphic novel; …
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Tilting at Windmills and Touring Dublin –All From the Comfort of your Chair
Who knows if the internet makes us smarter or dumber, but it sure is fun. Here are a couple of new items from across the web which have a bit more literary worth than your average video of dancing kittens. Don Quixote:Don Quixote was Dr. Rosenbach’s favorite book and not only do we have many …
Guest Post by Susan Sklaroff: Annual Docent Trip
Two weeks ago, a group of our hardworking Rosenbach docents embarked on the annual docent trip. For the first time, this was an overnight adventure, with the Hudson River Valley as their destination. Rosenbach docent Susan Sklaroff has kindly given me permission to repost her blog entry about the excursion. Photographs are thanks to docents …
April Showers Bring May Flowers
Here are a selection of floral tidbits from across the Rosenbach collection on this beautiful May day. A wallpaper cover for a 1743 Poor Richard’s pocket almanac.[Benjamin Franklin], A pocket almanac for the year 1743. . . By R. Saunders, philom. Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin, [1742] 742p A watercolor painted by Marianne Moore in …
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
Anyone who has taken our Philadelphia Artists hands-on-tour has seen some of the copper plates from American Entomology by Thomas Say, which was published in 1824 by the Academy of Natural Sciences, just up the street from us. Many of the plates are from drawings by Titian Peale, the youngest son of Charles Willson Peale. …
See our Assistant Curator in a Hoopskirt
For those of you who missed last weekend’s Civil War History Consortium parade (luckily, it did not actually rain during the parade, although it was quite windy), here is a slideshow of photos from the event. The first image is of Robert Hicks, the director of the Mütter Museum, decked out in his surgeon’s uniform–here’s …
And the War Came
The Rosenbach started early with our Civil War 150th commemoration–our programming began on the anniversary of the election of Abraham Lincoln–but this week marked the 150th anniversary of the opening shots at Fort Sumter. Citation: Charleston Mercury extra. Charleston, 13 April 1861. AN .C477 Join the Rosenbach and other Philadelphia-area history organizations this Saturday for …
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
Anyone else getting tired of April showers already? Complaining about the weather is a time-honored tradition, and here are some rain-themed illustrations from English comic illustrator George Cruikshank to tide you over until the sun comes out. George Cruikshank. April from The comic almanack for 1835. London, 1835. 1954.1880.3200 George Cruikshank. Boys returning to school …
No Fooling Around Here
Come snow or sleet or freezing rain, things keep humming along here at the Rosenbach. We’ve been especially busy of late since we’ve been installing two new exhibits at the same time! Raving Beauty, a companion installation to Joseph Hallman’s upcoming performance, is now in the Drawing Room gallery. It wasn’t scheduled to open until …
I Didn’t Realize He Had an Insane Wife, Honest!!
The newest Jane Eyre film comes to Philly’s Ritz Five today, with Mia Wasikowska of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland playing Jane. I’m hoping to see it next weekend, but if anyone gets there sooner, drop a comment to let us know your thoughts–my friend expressed approval that they made Jane look sufficiently plain in …