Discussion | “Facts and Fantasy: Illustrations of the Natural World”
Reverend David Landsborough and Walter Hood Fitch, A Popular History of British Sea-weeds, London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849, Hirsch Library.
Pierre Pomet, A Compleat History of Druggs, London: R. Bonwicke, 1712, Hirsch Library, promised gift of Steve and Shelli Lindley.
Get an inside look at the exhibition Facts and Fantasy: Illustrations of the Natural World, on view in the Hirsch Library. Facts and Fantasy explores book illustrations from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries that feature natural elements. Hirsch librarian Rebekah Boulton discusses these illustrations, which blend the realistic with the fantastical to showcase human inquisitiveness, investigation, creativity, and imagination.
Plan Your Visit
- Admission is free.
- This event takes place in the Hirsch Library Reading Room, located on the lower level of the Beck Building.
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Audrey Jones Beck Building
5601 Main Street
Houston,
TX
77005
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