#colorourcollections
It’s the last day of#colorourcollections week–but don’t worry! There are more coloring sheets from Wilson Library and from institutions all over the country at NYAM color our collections’ main site at http://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/ . Thank providentia that you don’t have to stop coloring just yet!
Detail from The historie of the world : in five bookes (1652) from the Raleigh Collection, North Carolina Collection
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Today’s#colorourcollections post features Queen Elizabeth I of England.This particular portrait of Elizabeth is found in an extra-illustrated copy of The workes of Benjamin Jonson (1640). Pasted into this collection of Johnson’s plays by a former reader or owner, this portrait of Elizabeth Tudor even comes with it’s own caption!
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Today’s#colorourcollections post comes courtesy of illustrator Aubrey Beardsley! This ornate illustration appears in Wilson Library Special Collections’ 1896 edition of The Rape of the Lock , which combines Beardsley’s art with Alexander Pope’s mock epic poem.
I don’t know about you, but I’m very excited to color all the ruffles, wigs, and gowns that appear in this image!
For more #ColorOurCollections fun, head over to the main site (here), or to UNC Chapel Hill Library’s Coloring book (here)!
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For Day 2 of #colorourcollections , we’ve decided to feature one of our favorite skeletons in Wilson Library Special Collections!
This particular skeleton is from De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres(1545)–an anatomy text printed by the prolific printing family, the Estiennes.
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Color our Collections 2018
It’s finally time for Color our Collections! And we here at Wilson Library are pretty excited about it!
Color our collections (hosted by the New York Academy of Medicine) is a week full of free, printable coloring book pages from your favorite special collections around the country–including our collections here at UNC Chapel Hill!
So find some colored pencils and get ready for a week of arts and crafts fun with special collections! (And check back in with our Tumblr for some bonus content throughout the week!)
Today’s image: Printer’s device fromDell'historia naturale di Ferrante Imperato NapoletanoLibri XXVIII (1599, located in Wilson Library Special Collections)
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