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Tag Archives: satire
#ColourOurCollections: Images from the Cartographic Visual Collection
Following on from Elaine’s post yesterday, I am going to discuss two items I selected from our Cartographic Visual Collection for use in our #ColourOurCollections colouring book. Napoleonic Print The first image is from a collection of Napoleonic Prints and … Continue reading
#ColourOurCollections: Introduction
What is #ColourOurCollections? Colour Our Collections is an annual international colouring festival on social media where libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions share free colouring content featuring images from their collections. It was launched by The New York Academy of Medicine Library in … Continue reading
Posted in Special Collections & Archives
Tagged #ColorOurCollections, #ColourOurCollections, Architecture, archival collections, Archives, Bantry Estate Ancillary Collection, Bantry Estate Collection, botany, Cartographic Visual Collection, cartography, country scenes, Friedlander Collection, Hawtin Collection, Irish History, Irish literature, manuscript, maps, Older Printed Books Collection, political prints, Printed books, satire, sketches, special collections, UCC Library
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HI6091: Tom and Jerry Prints – Not the Cat and Mouse Team – Online Work Placement in Special Collections (2020)
The River-side welcomes the first of two guest posts from Patrick McKee, a student on the 2019/2020 MA in Medieval History in UCC, that includes the HI6091: Skills for Medieval Historians module. Patrick previously wrote the blog post “A Safe Harbour for Ships”, part … Continue reading
HI6091: Online Work Placement During Lockdown
Over the coming week The River-side welcomes guest posts from Patrick McKee and Andrew Neville. Both Andrew and Patrick were students on the 2019/2020 MA in Medieval History in UCC. This course includes the HI6091: Skills for Medieval Historians module, co-designed and co-delivered by … Continue reading
Posted in Internship
Tagged academic engagement, catalogues, classified catalogue, Elizabeth Aldworth, finding aid, HI6091, internship, Life in London, MA in Medieval History, online work placement, Pierce Egan, primary sources, Printed books, prints, QCC, satire, School of History, special collections, student engagement
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Political Prints: A Brief Look at 18th and 19th Century Visual Satire
Among the Cartographic Visual material currently being listed in Special Collections are two small collections of political prints, each representing two distinct periods in the history of visual satire and caricature in Great Britain. Napoleonic Prints The first set, titled … Continue reading
