1. Diving for Dr Fox

    A curious shadow has stowed itself alongside the Baillieu Library Print Collection. As a silhouette ‘cut and paste’ portrait, it is set apart from the majority …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/06/30/diving-for-doctor-fox

  2. Studies for masters: new research into old master drawings

    The Baillieu Library Print Collection includes approximately 100 drawings, many of them donated by Dr J. Orde Poynton in 1959. In recent years a series of …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/06/01/studies-for-masters-new-research-into-old-master-drawings

  3. Ballooning, steam and Victorian fantasies

    The month of May marks the 150th anniversary of The Great Exhibition of 1851 that took place in Hyde Park, London from 1 May to 11 …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/05/05/ballooning-steam-and-victorian-fantasies

  4. “The countenance is the portrait of the soul and the eyes mark its intentions”

    Percy Grainger was well-pleased with a likeness the celebrated Danish academician Knud Larsen (1865-1922) made of him during a visit to Jutland in 1909—and the Museum’s …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/04/26/the-countenance-is-the-portrait-of-the-soul-and-the-eyes-mark-its-intentions

  5. Imprinting the spirit of Mexico

    The international scope of the Baillieu Library Print Collection has been broadened by the acquisition of three works by José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913). Posada is regarded …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/04/07/imprinting-the-spirit-of-mexico

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