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"Of Cabbages and Kings: Unexpected Treasures of the Lilly Library"
07/27/2010
May 24–September 4, 2010
"The time has come," the Walrus said, 'To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships–and sealing wax– Of cabbages–and kings– And why the sea is boiling hot– And whether pigs have wings.'" —Lewis Carroll, The Walrus and the Carpenter, 1872.
An exhibition highlighting unexpected and unusual books, manuscripts and other physical objects from the Lilly Library's collections, including: A Catalogue of the Different Specimens of Cloth Collected in the Three Voyages of Captain Cook; Rita Hayworth's makeup case; George Washington's Proclamation...To Recommend...a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer; Guatemalan music manuscripts from the late 16th and early 17th centuries; the earliest known manuscript of Auld Lang Syne autographed by Robert Burns; and the first printing with music of The Star Spangled Banner. The exhibition will also include some royal materials, such as Queen Elizabeth I's Great Seal, and the memoirs of King James II.
