Lisa Unger Baskin collection of portraits and images of women, 1600s-1940s

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Summary

Creator:
Baskin, Lisa Unger, former owner
Abstract:
Collection consists of single sheet pages or items collected by Baskin which tend to contain an engraved or etched portrait, or at times a photomechanical print, of a woman or feminine person. Many images depict European royalty or other aristocratic figures, or women cultural or literary figures. Most pages include a printed caption with the woman's name. A small portion of the ephemera collection consists of assorted examples of advertisements, caricatures, and comics or cartoon illustrations of women.
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.12006

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of single sheet pages or items collected by Baskin which tend to contain an engraved or etched portrait, or at times a photomechanical print, of a woman or feminine person. Many images depict European royalty or other aristocratic figures, or women cultural or literary figures. Most pages include a printed caption with the woman's name. Examples of women depicted include: Mother Damnable, Moll Cutpurse, Catherine de Medici, Hannah More, Mary Wollstonecraft, Martha Hatfield, and Madame de Genlis. One item is a relief sculpture of the bust of Martha Washington. A small portion of the collection consists of assorted examples of advertisements, caricatures, and comics or cartoon illustrations of women. Includes a moveable book-like item which shows a chaste woman before and a party woman after marriage. Also contains an illustrated woman reading with an accompanying poem advising ladies to "Leave reading until you return, It looks so much better at home." Also contains a copy of a comic called "Jane" published by Mick White, 1941, which shows a naked woman at an Royal Air Force decontamination center being ogled by various soldiers. Many of the items in this collection are loose pages which have been copied or removed from bound volumes.

Biographical / historical:

Lisa Unger Baskin, who assembled this ephemeral collection of portraits and depictions of women, is a bibliophile, collector, and activist.

Acquisition information:
The Lisa Unger Baskin collection of portraits and images of women were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2015.
Processing information:

Processed by Meghan Lyon, May 2022

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2015-0050

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Women authors
Women -- Portraits
Queens -- Portraits
Caricatures and cartoons
Names:
Cutpurse, Moll, 1584?-1659
Catherine de Medicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589
More, Hannah
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

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[Identification of item], Lisa Unger Baskin collection of portraits and images of women, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.