#press portrait

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

POLAROID PORTRAITS OF PHIA SABAN, EWAN MITCHELL AND OLIVIA COOKE.

[theythemmer]

phinktober day 8: tatinof

wtf a whole week done already???? i haven’t drawn this consistently since i was in high school 😭

bonus bc idk when to stop

[servegrilledcheese]

some more of matthias, for the gays.

[gayestcowboy]

uh oh i’m 22!

[myfandomincolor]

Like ofc I'm gonna be smitten with the new Warden

[uwmspeccoll]

A Cheerful-Sparrow Feathursday

Among the most cheerful birds in our neighborhood are the common House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and the Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis). I wake up every morning with the House Sparrows on my porch telling me to chirrup! And as I walk to work, the Juncos flitting about close to the ground, with their white tail bars and their tiny chipping calls, just starts the day off right.

Both are sparrows, but the House Sparrow, a year-long resident here, is an Old World sparrow (family Passeridae), introduced into North America in the 1850s.The Junco is an indigenous New World sparrow (family Passerellidae). They breed much further north in summer, and while they do winter in our region, in Milwaukee I tend to see them only in spring and fall as they move through. For me, they are harbingers of the changing seasons.

The images shown here are from a 1930 painting by American nature artist Walter Alois Weber reproduced in Bird Portraits in Color by the American physician and ornithologist Thomas Sadler Roberts and published by the University of Minnesota Press in the 1934. The volume includes 92 color plates by five wildlife artists illustrating 295 North American species. 

The two birds in the upper left of this plate are male breeding adult and fall immature male Juncos; in the upper right are male and female House Sparrows; at bottom on the ground are female breeding adult and juvenile Juncos.

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-- MAX, Head, Special Collections

[cosmicrhetoric]

me at the dunkin donuts drive through at 6 am: one medium black coffee please. hot

dunkin donuts: did you say a large coffee?

me: ummmm hold on a sec *fishes tiny portrait of MALADICT from MONSTROUS REGIMENT out of my pocket* mal what do i do

maladict: [HISS][HISS][HISS][HISS][HISS]

me: you're so right brother One Large Coffee Please

[sincericida]

ANDREW GARFIELD

portraits for the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

[rennizumi]

Laura Bailey: "This is Arlo Black.."

Me: "Ah yes another weirdo for me to hyperfixate over!!!" 🕯🖤

[ciaospiriti]

um filme tem 36 fotografias

[burtlancster]

Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in a promotional portrait for From Here to Eternity, 1953.

[uwmspeccoll]

It's Fine Press Friday!

A Classic Representation

The Greek Portrait is an anthology of English verse translations of eminent Greek poets, from Homer to Meleager, with the corresponding Greek text presented alongside. Numerous translators provided the translations, taking on the arduous task of translating essential works from the Classical Period, including epic, lyric, and dramatic poetry.

This 1934 edition was designed by British fine-press publisher Francis Meynell (1891-1975) and printed in an edition of 425 copies by Dutch book and type designer Jan van Krimpen (1892-1958) at the Press of Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem for Meynell's Nonesuch Press in London. The text was edited by English poet and critic George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967) and printed on Pannekoek paper in Fleischman Greek and van Krimpen's Lutetia types.

The illustrations are by Mariette Lydis (1887-1970), an Austrian-Argentine painter known for her portraits, illustrations, and erotic engravings. She was a self-taught artist who began her career at a young age and had a history of creating what was considered controversial artwork during her lifetime. She gained recognition for creating lithographic depictions that celebrated lesbian and bisexual relationships. However, some critics of her work described the illustrations as "perverse.” We find these prints to be quite lovely, however.

-Melissa, Special Collections Classics Intern

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[marejadilla]

Jel Ena, “Rara Avis” Jel Ena, aka mister_jellyfish, is a Serbian born multi-media artist living in her adopted home of Los Angeles. Facebook Instagram Site