Animals Are Us: Anthropomorphism in Children’s Literature; Celebrating the Peter J. Solomon Collection
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Animals Are Us: Anthropomorphism in Children’s Literature; Celebrating the Peter J. Solomon Collection

Why do we tell stories to children through and about animals? Are there reasons why we shouldn’t? Animals Are Us invites explores these questions and more through influential historic examples of anthropomorphism in dialogue with contemporary books drawn from the collection of Peter J. Solomon (Harvard College Class of 1960, MBA 1963) and the holdings of Houghton Library.  The exhibition invites you to engage critically with animal anthropomorphism, and delight in the artfulness of this enduring literary genre. Catalog of an exhibition on view at Houghton Library, Harvard University, September 1, 2021 - January 7, 2022. Why do we tell stories to children through and about animals? Are there reasons why we shouldn’t? Animals Are Us invites explores these questions and more through influential historic examples of anthropomorphism in dialogue with contemporary books drawn from the collection of Peter J. Solomon (Harvard College Class of 1960, MBA 1963) and the holdings of Houghton Library.  The exhibition invites you to engage critically with animal anthropomorphism, and delight in the artfulness of this enduring literary genre.

Catalog of an exhibition on view at Houghton Library, Harvard University, September 1, 2021 - January 7, 2022.

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49C Lewis Carroll [Charles Dodgson] (British, 1832–1898, copyist) Copies of woodcuts for Alice, the “Cheshire Cat” and the “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party,” ca. 1865 Brown ink on paper, 26 x 21 cm Houghton Library, TypDr 805.C260.60o Gift of Peter J. Solomon, 2020 90

49D Lewis Carroll [Charles Dodgson] (British, 1832–1898, author) John Tenniel (British, 1820–1914, illustrator) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland London: Macmillan and Co., 1865 20 x 14 cm Houghton Library, Typ 805.65.2607 Gift of Peter J. Solomon, 2018 91

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Lewis Carroll [Charles Dodgson] (British, 1832–1898, author)<br />

John Tenniel (British, 1820–1914, illustrator)<br />

Alice’s Adventures <strong>in</strong> Wonderland<br />

London: Macmillan and Co., 1865<br />

20 x 14 cm<br />

Houghton Library, Typ 805.65.2607<br />

Gift of <strong>Peter</strong> J. <strong>Solomon</strong>, 2018<br />

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