Music, Arts & Literature

The (un)official blog of the Music Arts & Literature Department of the Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library. (The contents of this blog do not reflect the opinions or beliefs of my employer.) Follow us on Instagram @dplmal5201

[squeakitties]

ex-human rubber lauren by faengelic :3 silly squeaky paws!

[the-haiku-bot]

ex-human rubber

lauren by faengelic :3

silly squeaky paws!

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[bobbole]

Léo Forest

[alessandro-accebbi]

“Her Cats”, Japanese ink by Sanae Sugimoto

[nora-yoko]

[drizzledrawings]

☆tiger☆

[catsofyore]

Two cool ladies and a small pal. Photo from my collection, ca. 1930s.

[goth-queen]

[redlipstickresurrected]

Sarah Bowman (British, b. 1975, Dorset, England) - Cat on Green Sofa, Paintings: Oil on Board

[phantomrose96]

I’m crying please look at these Patches my friend drew me for my birthday

[the-haiku-bot]

I’m crying please look

at these Patches my friend drew

me for my birthday

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: Illustration from Bewick's Woodcuts: Impressions of Upwards of Two Thousand Wood-Blocks, Engraved, for the most part, by Thomas & John Bewick, of Newcastle-On-Tyne. Including Illustrations of Various Kinds for Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides; Cuts for Private Gentlemen, Public Companies, Clubs, Exhibitions, Races, Newspapers, Shop Cards, Invoice Heads, Bar Bills &c. with An Introduction, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Blocks, and a List of the Books and Pamphlets Illustrated. By Thomas Hugo, M.A., F.R.S.L., F.S.A., &c. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1870.

[erinsvintageemporium]

Featured Plate: 1806-03 BEL2

Fashion plate from La Belle Assemblée, unsigned.

Description from page 61:

PARISIAN DRESSES.

No. 8. Cloth Great Coat, in the Hussar style.

No. 9. A Morning Dress.

No. 10. Cambric Bonnet, satin neckhandkerchief, trimmed with Marten-skin.

No. 11. Complete Full Dress.

No. 12. Half Full Dress.

[gatutor]

Barbara Randolph (Detroit, Michigan, 5/05/1942-South Africa, 15/07/2002).

[detroitlib]

Portrait of Lady Baldwin, Detroit Wolverines pitcher, posed in uniform in front of painted woodland backdrop. Handlebar mustache. Printed on card front: "C.B. Baldwin, pitcher. Detroit base ball club. Tomlinson, 236 Woodward Ave., Detroit."

Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library

[huariqueje]

Six Books Still Life - Sarah Spencer

British , b. 1965 -

Oil on panel , 45 x 35 cm.

[detroitlib]

From our vertical files: Cover detail from "Why Soap Sculpture, Anyway? How, in 25 Years, an Everyday Material Grew to be a Unique Medium of Education in Art Expression. A Talk by William G. Werner of the Procter & Gamble Company to the National Soap Sculpture Committee on its 25th Anniversary New York, June 4, 1952"

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[danskjavlarna]

One so rarely hears this pickup line anymore: “Did you ever read Bacon’s essays?”

Source details and larger version.