Ephemera Events, News & Exhibitions

The Ephemera Society Special Fairs 2008
Sundays · 15 June · 7 December
Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury
Coram Street
London WC1N 1HT
United Kingdom
Admission £3 11.00 - 17.00
Members from 10am with membership cards
The Ephemera Society Bazaars 2008
Sundays · 17 August · 19 October
Park Inn London, Russell Square (formerly The Bonnington Hotel)
92 Southampton Row
London WC1B 4BH
United Kingdom
Admission £2 11.00 - 16.00
Members from 10am with membership cards
More information: http://www.ephemera-society.org.uk/

A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from
the Archives of American Art

Until 30 May 2008

Love letters bring out the voyeur in most of us. These deeply personal communications have the power to make us blush or, at the very least, to let us observe a tender moment in the complex lives of others.

This selection of affectionate communiqués to and from American artists gives us insight into the lives of painters, sculptors, illustrators, and others—their relationships, perceptions, and creative energies—from the mid-19th century to the late 20th. They also allow us to empathise with artists through the most universal of human emotions: love in all its permutations.

Drawn from the collections of the Archives of American Art, the letters presented here cover a range of intensity, from sexual passion to the devotion of a parent, and from the durable bonds of friendship to the enthusiasm of fans.

On view in Washington, D.C. at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, located inside The Reynolds Center, which houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery.

Admission is free.

http://www.aaa.si.edu/

The Design and Printing of Ephemera in Britain
and America 1720-1920

Graham Hudson

Image of book This new book discusses ephemera as an aspect of design history, showing how function, process and period have affected the changing appearance of leaflets, tickets, posters, trade cards and other ephemera.

Richly illustrated with letterforms, engravings, drawings and the reproduction in colour of 200 items of ephemera, this is a book for collectors, students, design historians and all those with an interest in the visual arts.

Graham Hudson is secretary and founding member of the Ephemera Society. His published articles on aspects of ephemeral printing include contributions to the Journal of the Printing Historical Society, Art Libraries Journal, the Journal of the Writing Equipment Society, Industrial Archaeology and numerous articles in The Ephemerist.

Price £30.00
Published Date:February 2008
Publisher:British Library Publishing
Bibliographic Details:160 pages, 276 x 219mm, 200 colour illustrations
British Library online shop: http://shop.bl.uk/

If the Invader comes - WW2 Government leaflet

Workers’ War: Home Front Recalled

This website holds an exhibition of hundreds of digitised images and documents - photographs, posters, flyers - about the War and the Home Front effort.

This resource is a partnership initiative between London Metropolitan University, the Trades Union Congress and the National Pensioners’ Convention to record and commemorate the role played by trade unions and workers on the Home Front during the Second World War.

http://www.unionhistory.info/workerswar/

The Huntley & Palmers Collection

Online Resource

Huntley & Palmers started life in 1822 as a small bakery in London Street, Reading. In 1846 the firm opened a large factory on Kings Road in Reading and by 1900 this business was the largest biscuit manufacturer in the world, employing over 5,000 people.

The Huntley & Palmers Collection is the archive that was formed by the famous Reading biscuit company during its 150 year history and shows the development of the company and the impact it had on Reading and its people.

The site tells the story of Reading's world famous biscuit company through the digitisation of over 2200 objects including packaging and other ephemera.

http://www.huntleyandpalmers.org.uk/

John Vinycomb: The Hand is Still a Masters

2 June - 30 August 2008

John Vinycomb came to Belfast in 1855 to work as an engraver in the art department of Marcus Ward and Company, a stationery, colour-printing and publishing business that gained an international reputation for the quality of its products.

An authority on heraldry and renowned designer of bookplates Vinycomb was active in the cultural life of Belfast, becoming President of the Belfast Art Society, the Belfast Naturalists Field Club and the Ulster Arts Club. This exhibition celebrates his life and work, providing a rare opportunity to see some of his unique and beautifully illuminated addresses.

Illuminated address

Detail from Illuminated Presentation Album given by Marcus Ward & Company Limited to Mr George Petty on the occasion of his retirement
from the position of General Manager, 15 August 1898.

Belfast Central Library
Ground Floor
Royal Avenue
Belfast
BT1 1EA

Life in Death: The Victorian Art of Taxidermy

Until 15 June 2008

Before television, mass entertainment and the other delights of 21st century living, the art of taxidermy became a fashionable high point in Victorian style. Thriving on the huge emergent interest in natural sciences and the opening up of world trade routes throughout the 19th century, every stylish Victorian home included at least one display of stuffed animals and birds amongst its knick-knackery.

Life in Death: The Victorian Art of Taxidermy puts the practice into its context enabling visitors to enjoy its appeal in the light of the Victorians’ way of life. The centrepiece of the exhibition takes the visitor through a Victorian parlour, stuffed with the gewgaws typical of the era - from the horse’s hoof inkwell and the elephant’s foot umbrella stand to an original display of jewel-coloured birds in flight.

Brighton’s quirky Booth Museum of Natural History houses one of the finest permanent collections of taxidermy in Britain. The founder, Edward Thomas Booth, built the museum in 1874 to accommodate his fast growing collections.

Above
Detail from Victorian advertisement for the Zoological Lamp Saloon where skins of animals
and birds could be mounted in artistic designs

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Royal Pavilion Gardens
Royal Avenue
Brighton BN1 1EE
United Kingdom
http://www.brighton.virtualmuseum.info/

Bear Ye One Another's Burdens

Online Exhibition

Explore the history of the Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS) in this new online exhibition by Vivienne Richmond based on the archive of the GFS, held at The Women’s Library.

Victorian Christmas and New Year card published by GFS

A pioneering youth organisation, yet largely neglected by historians, the GFS was formed in 1875 for the preservation of chastity among working-class girls. At its peak, on the eve of World War One, it had nearly 200,000 members and claimed to be the largest girls’ society of the day. Though much smaller, the GFS still exists today, working principally with young mothers.

Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens traces the Society’s varied history through the archive’s rich collection of visual and material sources, including banners, certificates, magazines, needlework, photographs, posters and souvenirs.

http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/gfs/contents.cfm
Above
Victorian Christmas and New Year card published by GFS

May 68: Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion

Until 1 June 2008 Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion

The posters of the Paris uprising of May 1968 comprise some of the most brilliant graphic works ever to have been associated with a movement for social and political change.

This selection of original posters coincides with The Hayward’s 40th birthday and celebrates the vibrant activist graphics and revolutionary spirit of summer 1968.

The Hayward Project Space
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London SE1 8XX
United Kingdom
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/

The Big Smoke

1 July – 21 September 2008

One year on from the smoking ban, this display looks at the history of smoking in London. Using objects and images from the Museum’s collections, the display will chart the history of smoking from the first introduction of tobacco in London to the present day, following changes in attitude over the centuries.

Above
Detail from “Smoking 1835” print

Main foyer
Museum of London
London Wall
London EC2Y 5HN
United Kingdom
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk

	Ephemera Events, News & Exhibitions The Ephemera Society Special Fairs 2008 Sundays · 15 June · 7 December Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury Coram Street London WC1N 1HT United Kingdom Admission £3 11.00 - 17.00 Members from 10am with membership cards The Ephemera Society Bazaars 2008 Sundays · 17 August · 19 October Park Inn London, Russell Square (formerly The Bonnington Hotel) 92 Southampton Row London WC1B 4BH United Kingdom Admission £2 11.00 - 16.00 Members from 10am with membership cards More information: http://www.ephemera-society.org.uk/
	A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from the Archives of American Art Until 30 May 2008 Love letters bring out the voyeur in most of us. These deeply personal communications have the power to make us blush or, at the very least, to let us observe a tender moment in the complex lives of others. This selection of affectionate communiqués to and from American artists gives us insight into the lives of painters, sculptors, illustrators, and others—their relationships, perceptions, and creative energies—from the mid-19th century to the late 20th. They also allow us to empathise with artists through the most universal of human emotions: love in all its permutations. Drawn from the collections of the Archives of American Art, the letters presented here cover a range of intensity, from sexual passion to the devotion of a parent, and from the durable bonds of friendship to the enthusiasm of fans. On view in Washington, D.C. at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, located inside The Reynolds Center, which houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery. Admission is free. http://www.aaa.si.edu/
	The Design and Printing of Ephemera in Britain and America 1720-1920 Graham Hudson This new book discusses ephemera as an aspect of design history, showing how function, process and period have affected the changing appearance of leaflets, tickets, posters, trade cards and other ephemera. Richly illustrated with letterforms, engravings, drawings and the reproduction in colour of 200 items of ephemera, this is a book for collectors, students, design historians and all those with an interest in the visual arts. Graham Hudson is secretary and founding member of the Ephemera Society. His published articles on aspects of ephemeral printing include contributions to the Journal of the Printing Historical Society, Art Libraries Journal, the Journal of the Writing Equipment Society, Industrial Archaeology and numerous articles in The Ephemerist. Price £30.00 Published Date:February 2008 Publisher:British Library Publishing Bibliographic Details:160 pages, 276 x 219mm, 200 colour illustrations British Library online shop: http://shop.bl.uk/
	Workers’ War: Home Front Recalled This website holds an exhibition of hundreds of digitised images and documents - photographs, posters, flyers - about the War and the Home Front effort. This resource is a partnership initiative between London Metropolitan University, the Trades Union Congress and the National Pensioners’ Convention to record and commemorate the role played by trade unions and workers on the Home Front during the Second World War. http://www.unionhistory.info/workerswar/ The Huntley & Palmers Collection Online Resource Huntley & Palmers started life in 1822 as a small bakery in London Street, Reading. In 1846 the firm opened a large factory on Kings Road in Reading and by 1900 this business was the largest biscuit manufacturer in the world, employing over 5,000 people. The Huntley & Palmers Collection is the archive that was formed by the famous Reading biscuit company during its 150 year history and shows the development of the company and the impact it had on Reading and its people. The site tells the story of Reading's world famous biscuit company through the digitisation of over 2200 objects including packaging and other ephemera. http://www.huntleyandpalmers.org.uk/
	John Vinycomb: The Hand is Still a Masters 2 June - 30 August 2008 John Vinycomb came to Belfast in 1855 to work as an engraver in the art department of Marcus Ward and Company, a stationery, colour-printing and publishing business that gained an international reputation for the quality of its products. An authority on heraldry and renowned designer of bookplates Vinycomb was active in the cultural life of Belfast, becoming President of the Belfast Art Society, the Belfast Naturalists Field Club and the Ulster Arts Club. This exhibition celebrates his life and work, providing a rare opportunity to see some of his unique and beautifully illuminated addresses. Detail from Illuminated Presentation Album given by Marcus Ward & Company Limited to Mr George Petty on the occasion of his retirement from the position of General Manager, 15 August 1898. Belfast Central Library Ground Floor Royal Avenue Belfast BT1 1EA
	Life in Death: The Victorian Art of Taxidermy Until 15 June 2008 Before television, mass entertainment and the other delights of 21st century living, the art of taxidermy became a fashionable high point in Victorian style. Thriving on the huge emergent interest in natural sciences and the opening up of world trade routes throughout the 19th century, every stylish Victorian home included at least one display of stuffed animals and birds amongst its knick-knackery. Life in Death: The Victorian Art of Taxidermy puts the practice into its context enabling visitors to enjoy its appeal in the light of the Victorians’ way of life. The centrepiece of the exhibition takes the visitor through a Victorian parlour, stuffed with the gewgaws typical of the era - from the horse’s hoof inkwell and the elephant’s foot umbrella stand to an original display of jewel-coloured birds in flight. Brighton’s quirky Booth Museum of Natural History houses one of the finest permanent collections of taxidermy in Britain. The founder, Edward Thomas Booth, built the museum in 1874 to accommodate his fast growing collections. Above Detail from Victorian advertisement for the Zoological Lamp Saloon where skins of animals and birds could be mounted in artistic designs Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Royal Pavilion Gardens Royal Avenue Brighton BN1 1EE United Kingdom http://www.brighton.virtualmuseum.info/
	Bear Ye One Another's Burdens Online Exhibition Explore the history of the Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS) in this new online exhibition by Vivienne Richmond based on the archive of the GFS, held at The Women’s Library. A pioneering youth organisation, yet largely neglected by historians, the GFS was formed in 1875 for the preservation of chastity among working-class girls. At its peak, on the eve of World War One, it had nearly 200,000 members and claimed to be the largest girls’ society of the day. Though much smaller, the GFS still exists today, working principally with young mothers. Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens traces the Society’s varied history through the archive’s rich collection of visual and material sources, including banners, certificates, magazines, needlework, photographs, posters and souvenirs. http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/gfs/contents.cfm Above Victorian Christmas and New Year card published by GFS
	May 68: Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion Until 1 June 2008 The posters of the Paris uprising of May 1968 comprise some of the most brilliant graphic works ever to have been associated with a movement for social and political change. This selection of original posters coincides with The Hayward’s 40th birthday and celebrates the vibrant activist graphics and revolutionary spirit of summer 1968. The Hayward Project Space Southbank Centre Belvedere Road London SE1 8XX United Kingdom http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/
	The Big Smoke 1 July – 21 September 2008 One year on from the smoking ban, this display looks at the history of smoking in London. Using objects and images from the Museum’s collections, the display will chart the history of smoking from the first introduction of tobacco in London to the present day, following changes in attitude over the centuries. Above Detail from “Smoking 1835” print Main foyer Museum of London London Wall London EC2Y 5HN United Kingdom http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk

Albums & Scraps	Victorian Albums Victorian Scraps Father Tuck's Complete Picture Maker
Saint Valentines Day	Lace-Paper Valentines Comic Valentines
Easter & Fairyland	Easter Frolics In Fairyland
Christmas & New Year	A Victorian Christmas A Christmas Menagerie
Printed Ephemera	The Calendar Reward of Merit The English Lotteries
Publishers	Victorian Greeting Card Publishers