INTRODUCTIONThis exhibit of books that illustrate illustration attempts to turn the eye of the medium on itself.
In two display cases,
On Drawing, and
On Printing, the exhibit traces a perspective on illustration through the development and modernization of mass visual culture between 1733 and 1930.
Drawing items from the rare-book collection of the
Robertson Davies Library,
Illustrating Illustration, 1733-1930 accompanies the Graduate-Student
Colloquium of the Program in
Book History and Print Culture held at
Massey College on February 12, 2011.
First case:
On Drawing