Aspire: August 2011 Archives

Hunting Tigers

By Maria A LoBiondo on August 25, 2011 9:29 AM

No damsel in distress here. This illustration from Andrew Lang's Grey Fairy Book is one of the many delightful striped felines found in the pamphlet More Tigers Spotted in the Cotsen Children's Library. Visit the library to pick up a copy.

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Image courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library

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A Novel Bouquet

By Maria A LoBiondo on August 18, 2011 3:13 PM

Words were not the only medium for Jane Eyre's author. At age 14, Charlotte Brontë used watercolors to paint Flowers. This artwork is part of the University's Robert H. Taylor Collection. Taylor was a member of the Class of 1930.

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Image courtesy of Department of Rare Books and Special Collections