Burney’s Box of Delights
A surprisingly eclectic mix of curios has been unearthed by Archive Assistant, Karen Jacques, from the E.L. Burney Collection. TheContinue Reading
Tag: Visual Collections
Fairy Tales for Christmas!
This volume by Arthur Rackham was recently retrieved for an archaeology seminar, but the images were just too seasonal to by-passContinue Reading
Wesley Figures See The Light!
The Visual Collections Department have recently rehoused some of the Wesley ceramics and sculpture that the Library holds. These figuresContinue Reading
Photo a Day #03
We’re using this ‘grim’ image from our collections to celebrate ‘Grimm Fest 2014‘ International Festival of Horror and Cult Films,Continue Reading
Glory Through Print: Emperor Maximilian I
George Spearing writes: The Hiero von Holtorp collection has been subject to an ongoing cataloguing project facilitated by The JohnContinue Reading
Holtorp Collection – Look what we found!
Following on from seminar work that Edward Wouk taught through his class, Renaissance Print Cultures, the Library has been reassessingContinue Reading
Lessons in Art History
Horst Bredekamp, Professor of Art History from Humbolt University in Berlin, spent time during his recent stay in Manchester asContinue Reading