Ephemera Events, News & Exhibitions

Transatlantiques: L'épopée graphique des paquebots de légendes

The romance of the age of sea travel saw its beginnings in the 1890s with international rivalry for the Atlantic crossing by the major countries of Europe and America building bigger, faster and more luxurious ships. The age of the cruise liner was born, the most glamorous of all forms of sea travel.

The charm, romance, and excitement of the voyage was reflected in the printed ephemera produced by the shipping companies to suggest the adventure and appeal of far away places. From the humble luggage label to the magnificently designed poster this exhibition displays a plethora of ephemera that cannot fail to arouse nostalgia for those great days of sea travel.

• Museum of Printing in Lyon
• 13 Rue de la Poulaillerie
• 69002 Lyon
• France
• www.imprimerie.lyon.fr/imprimerie/

Propaganda: Power and Persuasion

What have the Olympics, Chairman Mao and matchboxes got in common? Who portrayed Margaret Thatcher as Napoleon, and why? Is propaganda public information or misinformation and do we need it?

From safe sex to dictatorships, from the iconic to the everyday this exhibition is the first to explore how different states have used propaganda during the 20th and 21st centuries, in peace-time and in war. Posters, films, cartoons and textbooks reveal the many ways in which the state tries to influence its citizens.

Image:
Don't Be Doped! - An Exposure of State Medical Tyranny by C C Abbott
50 page booklet arguing the case against the introduction of the new National Health Scheme, circa 1940s.

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• The British Library
• 96 Euston Road
• London
• NW1 2DB
• UK
• www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/propaganda/index.html

Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Royalty on Paper

Images of royalty in all their splendor, designed to convey the power, majesty, and accomplishments of European monarchs and their courts from the 16th century to 1900.

The exhibition highlights some 35 prints and drawings from the Museum’s collection, with select loans from private collectors. Among the works on display is Albrecht Dürer’s monumental Triumphal Chariot of the Emperor Maximilian (1522), printed on eight large sheets of paper and joined together for the first time at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Other artists represented include Goya, Jacques Louis David, and Honoré Daumier.

• Clementine Brown Gallery
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Avenue of the Arts
• Old Schools Quad
• 465 Huntington Avenue
• Boston, Massachusetts 02115
• USA
• www.mfa.org

African Americana: Scrap Albums

The 19th-century African American women's friendship albums by
Amy Matilda Cassey and the sisters Mary Anne and Martina Dickerson, inaugurate the newly created African Americana Digital Collection at the Library Company of Philadelphia.

The three volumes, of only four of their kind known, provide unique insights into the culture, politics, and gender relationships of African American women of the antebellum era. Compiled by three young women with ties to the anti-slavery community, the albums contain essays, poetry, sketches and floral watercolours contributed by figures prominent in the movement.

African Americana Digital Collection

Poster Art 150 – London Underground’s
Greatest Designs

Since its first graphic poster commission in 1908, London Underground has developed a worldwide reputation for commissioning outstanding poster designs, becoming a pioneering patron of poster art - a legacy that continues today.

Poster Art 150 will showcase 150 of the best designs which have been chosen by an independent panel. Visitors will be invited to vote for their favourites and the most popular poster will be revealed at the end of the exhibition.

Well-known posters, including the surrealist photographer Man Ray’s ‘Keeps London Going’ pair, will feature alongside lesser-known gems. The exhibition will also offer a rare chance to view letter-press posters from the late nineteenth century.

• London Transport Museum
• Covent Garden Piazza
• London WC2E 7BB
• UK
• www.ltmuseum.co.uk

Performing Arts Book & Ephemera Fair 2013

Specialist dealers will display for sale books and ephemera including playbills, posters, autographs, programmes, prints and photographs, ballet, dance, circus, memorabilia, and much more at prices ranging from a few to several hundred pounds. Includes extra exhibitors from the Ephemera Society.

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• Sadler's Wells Theatre
• Roseberry Avenue
• London
• EC1R 4TN
• United Kingdom
• t: 01453 757107 · 07775 704052