Item of the Week - Surprise in the Stacks

It's always a wonderful surprise to discover something new between the pages of a book in the Library Collection.  From time to time we like to share them here before returning them to the shelves.  Earlier this week while working with the Myers Library Collection we came a cross a delightful copy of  The Life of Francis Marion by William Gilmore Simms.  Beautifully bound this volume tells the story of the South Carolina Revolutionary War hero perhaps better known as the "Swamp Fox" This copy also contained a suprise which we discovered on the one of the first pages - a portrait in profile. Who is this lady? Is she a member of the Myers family? It's fun to wonder who drew her portrait here, when, and why. 

Picture this...

Have you seen Dawoud Bey’s Class Pictures? Bey’s provocative exhibition got us thinking about the history and many types of portraiture. This extremely personal style, often used as commentary on identity, has interested artists and art lovers alike throughout history. Interested? Please stop by the Jean Outland Chrysler Library and have a look at a sampling of our volumes about portraiture and portrait artists.