Gallery Exhibits

Our tour is going to show you various places in London through the eyes of Dickens in his poem "Bleak House".  This tour is guided by Caroline McQueen , Abigail Taylor, Kolton Formato, Anna Bracher, and Kate Maddox. 

On our tour, you will visit 5 unique places in which we highlight the wealth or lack thereof in London throughout the past few centuries.

Tour compiled by: Tyler, Sarah, Joseph, Lakshmi, Zach

Our tour is centered around areas in Amy Levy's novel "the Romance of a Shop" where the four sisters- Fanny, Gertrude, Lucy, and Phyllis- explored or found a relationship. Tour compiled by: Lilly, Hawkes, Alex, Shannon, and Zak.

The Married Women's Property Act of 1870 introduced great changes in the law of England. What this did was allow married women to hold property and liabilities independently without their husbands. It is important to note that this was only relevant to women married after 1870. The existence of a woman was essentially suspended when not with a man. This act made it possible for a woman to exist and have more power over herself. Among some scholars, there are conflicting opinions as to…

In the 17th century, the Italian puppeteer Pollicinella arrived in England and brought with him his puppet shows, which were to be one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the coming centuries in Britain. These puppet acts evolved into what we now know as the puppet show Punch and Judy featuring a mad couple staging a show filled with ludicrous and nonsensical antics. Punch and Judy held captive audiences for time to come, Punch and Judy shows were familiar sights on…

Upload your Gallery of 4 images with introduction and annotations here. 

This section is open to any collections of images students require for their presentations.

The Koh-i-Noor in its original setting vs. British setting and display & the Timur Ruby. The Timur ruby has 4 names of previous owners carved on it.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-koh-i-noor-diamondand…

https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2021/08/the-timur-ruby-necklace.html

This Exhibit will include your chosen "Face"s!

This exhibit will include your Installations!

You'll find the images for each week of our course here (there will be some supplement ones found on Canvas; see the course schedule for details).

This Gallery will contain the 400-level Students’ Final Project exhibits!

A gallery of exhibits on the Romantics.

Test for Victorian Poetry

Christina Rossetti, author of "Goblin Market", conveys a strong sister relationship between Laura and Lizzie. Lizzie seems to be characterized as the older sister based on her cautious nature, and how she ultimately saves Laura from death by making a large sacrifice. Laura is characterized as the younger sister because she is curious and falls to temptation very easily. Rossetti also has a sister relationship of her own with Maria Rossetti. M. Rossetti, born 1827, is the…

Christina Rossetti includes an allusion of Christianity within her poem, "Goblin Market". This is evident based on the premise of the poem. Laura falls to temptation and then Lizzie redeems her by making a sacrifice. Laura can be paralled to Eve, in the Garden of Eden, in the book of Genesis. In Genesis 3:1-6, the serpent manipulates Eve into eating some of the fruit from the tree which God said not to eat from, but Eve "saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to…

This illustration is the title page of Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market and other Poems,” second edition, which was created by none other than her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. In this second edition's title page illustration, he corrected one of the jawlines of the sleeping sister to appear more feminine. 

Dante Rossetti played a crucial role in the production of her publication, "Goblin Market and Other Poems." As a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelites, he had a…

A general overview of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's artwork. While Rossetti is most widely known for his poetic contributions, he produced many pieces of art during his lifetime, and is seen as an influencial figure for the Pre Raphaelite movement in both areas. 

A gallery devoted to visual exhibits significant to the modern and postmodern periods.

Each student will create their own virtual exhibit of one edition in the Sigurd Peterson collection of Edmund Fitzgerald's translation of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. 

This exhibit examines an edition of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám published by R. F. Fenno & Company sometime between 1900 and 1920. 

Gifted to the “Fair Lady Lucy” by an anonymous “Lover,” Oregon State University’s 1888 edition of Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia offers an interesting look into Victorian courting customs. While this edition first appears as a rather drab gift compared to other, more lavish versions of the coveted rubáiyát, it follows the expectations typical of Victorian gentlemen- to give an expensive gift would be seen as an attempt of bribing their…

This exhibit examines the 1916 edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám published by Dodge Publishing Company. The edition also features illustrations done by artist and photographer, Adelaide Hanscom Leeson. 

The Rubaiyat as a poem is layered, intense, and occasionally decieving in regards to its meaning. Without knowledge of several different aspects of the particular edition's history, illustrator, and date of publication, we can build a much broader sense of what the edition means in its location in history and our hearts. 

This digital archival experience centers on engagement with a 1920 Ronald Balfour-illustrated copy of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám that is housed in Oregon State University's Special Collection & Archives Research Center. Specifically, the curator describes in detail certain physical, artistic, historical, and paratextual features of this book while considering its place in Victorian England gift book culture. The curator also offers a close reading of image and text by…

This term project examines the 1947 Random House edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. It explains the basic features of the edition, describes the people and organizations that went into the making of this edition, discusses how it plays into or subverts the Orientalism often common with the Rubáiyát, does a close reading of the relationship between one stanza and its neighboring illustration, and finally writes a speculative letter to the owner of the book based on the archival…

#83 in the Dr. Sigurd H. Peterson Memorial Collection at Oregon State is two items: A 1920 copyright songbook for a quartet rendition of In a Persian Garden, and a programme for the performance of In a Persian Garden from 1905. What do these pieces add to a collection of mostly illustrated gift books? Why are these two items together, and how did they end up here?

By taking a close look at an archived gift book of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, I have analyzed how the status and the history of the Rubáiyát as a gift book creates problems in larger conversations such as Orientalism and the ideology it represents. I have done research to better understand this 1929 edition of the Rubáiyát in how it was made, how it contributes to Orientalism, a close reading of the text and an illustration to uncover how unrealistic the…

Step into the enchanting world of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with the 1951 Shakespeare House Sullivan Edition, a literary treasure that transcends time and continents. This edition embodies the perfect marriage of captivating illustrations, profound poetry, and exquisite craftsmanship, inviting readers on a journey of introspection and Eastern serenity. Immerse yourself in the stunning visual tapestry brought to life by the renowned illustrator Edmund J. Sullivan, whose intricate and…

This exhibit focuses on a gift book edition of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám published circa 1946 with illustrations by M.K. Sett. This edition is housed in Oregon State University’s Special Collections and Archives Research Center as part of a collection of 101 copies of Rubáiyát. This exhibit contains an analysis of different elements of the edition, including a consideration of its place within Victorian Orientalist perception, how the illustrations depict the content of the poem,…