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We usually only post cat content on Feline Friday, but we just learned that March 28 is Respect Your Cat Day. To celebrate here are two ink drawings by the artist Anita Wong, found in ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค: ๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž (Paris, 2019).#cats #cat #chat #katze #gatto #gatta #gata #gato #็Œซ #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook #illustration #art (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVoh0XOh28/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Illustrations by Kay Nielsen for ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ง (New York, 1922), a collection of Norwegian fairy tales. Nielsen would later work for the Walt Disney Company, contributing art design to Fantasia, and other films. #kaynielsen #illustration #bookillustration #fairytales #folktales #norway #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDpBdFOVU5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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A few weeks ago we posted some sketches by Archibald Thorburn, a Scottish wildlife illustrator from the late 19th and early 20th century. Today we have drawings from ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ซ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฌ (London, 1883). Given the impending storm we chose water birds for todayโ€™s post. #birds #alexanderthorburn #ornithology #illustration #watercolor #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvYPwuucX6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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You canโ€™t always resist the urge to post kitten pictures. We found these undated photos in ๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก (Winston-Salem, N.C., 2008). #felinefriday #cats #cat #chat #katze #gatto #gatta #gata #gato #็Œซ #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpVrx7-uNiC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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We just discovered today is Floral Design Day and we also happened to have scanned these flowery fabrics recently. These are from ๐‹๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ข๐๐ž (Nuremberg, 2018), the catalog from an exhibit at the German National Library on 18th century fashion in silk. #silk #fashion #fashionhistory #flowers #floraldesignday #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOPUI0OChS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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For any typography buffs out there, or for anyone Jonesing for some classic European signage, here are some elegant fonts found on the streets of Italy and France. Images from ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ ๐ž (New York, 2011). #typography #fonts #scripts #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpLobFHO3wV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Cats in the snow seems an appropriate theme on this cold Feline Friday in Cambridge. We found these fat-tailed Finnish cats in ๐Š๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ฎ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข: ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š (Helsinki, 2012) #finland #suomi #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybooks #felinefriday #cats #cat #chat #katze #gatto #gatta #gata #gato #็Œซ (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDosxROIxM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Drawings made to accompany an English translation of Jean Jacques Rousseauโ€™s ๐‹๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ฒ (London, 1802) #botany #plants #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBV4tCO218/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Hall of Fame basketball player Grant Hill has a significant collection of African American art, focusing on Elizabeth Catlett and Romare Bearden. These images are from the catalog of an exhibition of 46 works from his collection: ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ญ (Durham, NC, 2003). Image 1: ๐‘ป๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’”๐’”, Romare Bearden, 1979 Image 2: ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’”, Elizabeth Catlett, 1986 Image 3: ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’–๐’”๐’†, Romare Bearden, 1970 Image 4: ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’”, ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ด๐’š ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’†, Elizabeth Catlett, 1992 #Blackart #Blackartists #Blackhistorymonth #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybooks #romarebearden #elizabethcatlett (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-qQGPuO4M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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We thought some color might be welcome on a dreary day in Cambridge. Here are some lovely images we found in ๐–๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ (New York, 1998). #textiles #rugs #India #Indonesia #Thailand #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybooks (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co8G4iqu0rk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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A Jazz Age cat for Feline Friday. This is ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’†๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•, a 1924 painting by Winold Reiss, found in ๐‘๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค: ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž (Berkelley, 1997) #Blackart #Blackartists #Blackhistorymonth #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybooks #felinefriday #cats #cat #chat #katze #gatto #gatta #gata #gato #็Œซ (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cox759YOdrw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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A selection we found in a collection of art and literature by African-American women, ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ (San Francisco, 1995). #Blackart #Blackartists #Blackhistorymonth #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybooks Image 1: Shaded Lives, Phoebe Beasley, 1988 Image 2: Hope Street, Marie Johnson Calloway, 1971-1985 Image 3: Zora and Langston, Phoebe Beasley, 1988 Image 4: Earlโ€™s Hair Odyssey, Marie Johson Calloway, 1985 Image 5: My Right as a Future of Equality with Other Americans, Elizabeth Catlett, 1947 (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoujulkOjFE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Nelson Mandela was released from prison on this day in 1990, after serving 27 years of a life sentence. Here are some photos of Mandela prior to his incarceration. From ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š: ๐€ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ฌ (New York, 2009) #nelsonmandela #southafrica #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoiDy0TOcDe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Anyone whoโ€™s tried to dress a cat is quite familiar with this expression. Happy Feline Friday! From ๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก (Winston-Salem, NC, 2008) #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook #felinefriday #cats #cat #chat #katze #gatto #gatta #gata #gato #็Œซ (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CofN5mXO8W5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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โ€˜Toiles de Jouyโ€™ simply means cloth from Jouy, a town near Paris. These textiles were all the rage in 18th century France, where textile makers borrowed methods of printing patterns on cotton used in India. They often included scenes of aristocratic daily life, but for this post weโ€™ve mostly concentrated on some of the more abstract designs, and a contemporary interpretation of the style. All of these images come from ๐“๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ฒ: ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ (London, 2010) #toilesdejouy #textiles #cloth #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CocxQiyu0gs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Julian Abele was a Black architect who, while working for the Horace Trumbauer firm in Philadelphia, was one the designers of Widener Library. Abele was the first Black student in the University of Pennsylvania Department of Architecture. In addition to his work on Widener he also helped design the Philadelphia Museum of Art as well as several buildings on the Duke campus, including the Duke University Chapel and Cameron Indoor Stadium. Heโ€™s generally considered the most important Black architect of his era. There arenโ€™t many surviving photos of Abele but we did find these in ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐€๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ž: ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ (New York, 2019) #julianabele #architecture #architects #blackhistorymonth #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoahFxMurSl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Archibald Thorburn FZS, was a noted Scottish artist known primarily for his wildlife illustrations. While his finished work often included dramatic backgrounds, here we have watercolors made in the field across 30 years of work. From ๐€ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐’๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค (London, 1918) #birds #alexanderthorburn #ornithology #illustration #watercolor #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook Image 1: Kingfisher Image 2: Barn owl Image 3: Golden eagle Image 4: Peregrine falcon Image 5: Fieldfare (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoId6gwOv7F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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