Those ephemera which have been digitised are online through Luna. I searched for Playbill (49 results).
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There is also a fascinating blog post about the conservation of tinsel prints.
Showing posts with label tinsel prints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tinsel prints. Show all posts
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Folger Library Digital Image Collection
I briefly visited the Folger Shakespeare Library a few years ago and was delighted to see exhibited an array of fascinating Shakespeare playbills, many British but some for performances in the United States.
Those ephemera which have been digitised are online through Luna. I searched for Playbill (49 results).
Ephemera collections, scrapbooks and playbills are not included in the Folger's online catalogue, Hamnet, but there is an online finding aid to Garrick playbills (552 items).
There is also a fascinating blog post about the conservation of tinsel prints.
Those ephemera which have been digitised are online through Luna. I searched for Playbill (49 results).
There is also a fascinating blog post about the conservation of tinsel prints.
Friday, 23 December 2011
Tinsel prints at the Ten Chimneys Foundation
While on the subject of tinsel prints (see post of Dec 19), I came across this 2005 exhibition at the Ten Chimmeys Foundation. Some 30 miles from Milwaukee, this house museum was created by actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne as a world-class museum and national resource for theatre, arts, and arts education.
The exhibition website explains how the prints were made and outlines their conservation, a theme which is also expounded by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Conserving tinsel prints of stage characters.
The exhibition website explains how the prints were made and outlines their conservation, a theme which is also expounded by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Conserving tinsel prints of stage characters.
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Monday, 19 December 2011
Tinsel prints in the Museum of London
The Museum of London has just put its tinsel prints online, in time for Christmas. As well as some 250 prints (not all digitised), there are printing plates, stock sheets and dies (used for stamping the metal pieces). A blog post shows examples of the prints, and explains the process of creating tinsel prints.
The prints themselves often show actors in specific roles, so are important sources for theatrical history. The metallic foil was often used for characters in combat (shields, swords, helmets, etc).
The prints themselves often show actors in specific roles, so are important sources for theatrical history. The metallic foil was often used for characters in combat (shields, swords, helmets, etc).
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Thursday, 17 November 2011
Museum of London
The Museum of London has wonderful collections of ephemera and is actively surfacing them, notably the tinsel prints, valentines, Christmas cards and trade cards.
The Collections pages enable you to read about the collections and to search (here I searched for suffrage).
As well as the museum's website Ellie, the Project Assistant focussing on ephemera, is blogging regularly about progress.
The Museum's commercial site has thousands of images which can be searched and ordered.
The Collections pages enable you to read about the collections and to search (here I searched for suffrage).
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As well as the museum's website Ellie, the Project Assistant focussing on ephemera, is blogging regularly about progress.
The Museum's commercial site has thousands of images which can be searched and ordered.
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