Norman M. Fox - Skidmore College
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Norman M. Fox Book Collector, Innovator, and Friend of Skidmore College and Saratoga Springs
Transcript of Norman M. Fox - Skidmore College
Norman M Fox
Book Collector Innovator and Friend of Skidmore
College and Saratoga Springs
In memory of a dear friend Norman M Fox
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
By Catherine J Golden Professor of English
and Aimee Hall Class of 2019
Assisted by Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Norman M Fox (1919-2016)
Book Collector Innovator and Friend of Skidmore
College and Saratoga Springs
Lucy Scribner Library July 28-September 30 2016
The Norman M Fox Collection
Housed in Skidmorersquos Special Collections the Fox Collection features
approximately 400 books by authors and illustrators including Aubrey
Beardsley William Blake Robert Browning Lewis Carroll George Cruikshank
Robert Cruikshank Charles Dickens George Eliot the Grimm Brothers Washington Irving Sir Walter Scott William Thackeray and Oscar Wilde
The Man Behind the Book Collection
Born in Brooklyn on 28 July 1919 in
Brooklyn Norman was the son of
Russian immigrants He was the third
son born to Isador and Pauline SirgutzFox and the only son born in America
Norman attended City College until he was drafted to serve his country in WW
II He was selected to be a member of a
special training program operating out
of MIT in Boston Norman served
honorably in the Philippines New Guinea and Japan After the war
Norman met a Canadian beauty named
Eva Rudin they married in New York in
1947 and moved to Saratoga Springs Above Norman Fox with his
wife Eva courtesy of Cassie and
Harvey Fox
Left Family portrait showing
Norman as a child courtesy of
Cassie and Harvey Fox
Above Norman and his beloved books
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Left A rare sporting image of Norman
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Creative Business Ventures n Fox Jewelers and Spa Records
Norman was a businessman He
opened the Saratoga Appliance
Shop and then n Fox Jewelers and
became an active participant in
downtown business for thirty
years
Left Watercolor image of n Fox
Jewelers on Broadway in downtown
Saratoga The clock in front of the store
is dedicated to Norman
Above Jewelry bag from n Fox Jewelers
With Charles Adler Norman founded
Spa Records in 1952 winning a 1953
Paris Gold Medal for a recording of
Mahlers Third Symphony The late David Porter longtime President of
Skidmore College and close friend of
the Fox family notes that Spa Records
ldquoat the very dawn of the LP era
produced a remarkable list of recordings - more than 75 discs -
including an astonishing array of
composers and performers many in
premiere performances George
Antheil playing his own piano works Alfred Brendel one of the centurys
greatest pianists performing works by
Strauss Busoni and Beethoven at the
very start of his career the first
recording ever made of Beethovens piano version of his violin concerto
pioneering recordings of Schoenberg
Cowell and Ives
Above Vinyls from Spa Records of a recording of Franz Listrsquos Dante
Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera
Chorus with F Charles Adler as conductor
In 1961 Norman became Founding President of the Saratoga Merchants Association currently known as the Downtown Business Association He fought construction of the arterial highway that was going to bypass the downtown business district Upon selling his store to his son Harvey in 1977 Norman served as Chair of the Special Assessment District for nineteen years His twelve-year service as Vice-Chair of the City Planning Board and as President of the Historical Society was instrumental in the revitalization of Saratoga Springs For all his efforts to enhance the city he loved Norman received many honorsmdashthe Kathryn H Starbuck Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) the Rotary Club Community Service Award (2004) and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Society Award (2005) to name a few
Above Saratoga Springs Rotary Logo
To Skidmore College Norman M Fox was much more than a
businessman he was a renaissance man with a true love of
rare books and first day covers In 1990 when Hannah Adler
Charles Adlerrsquos wife passed away Hannah left her book
collection on loan to Skidmore College to her friend Norman who was serving as the local steward of the Adler
Collection Norman used a bequest from his dear friendrsquos
estate to initiate a yearly lecture (then called the Adler
Lecture) to discuss 19th-century literature and art Skidmore
English professor Catherine J Golden chairs the committee Current members are Maggie Greaves and Jay Rogoff
English Tillman Nechtman History David Howson Arts
Administration Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Janis Petroski College Events
Above Friends Hannah Adler and Norman Fox
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
In memory of a dear friend Norman M Fox
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
By Catherine J Golden Professor of English
and Aimee Hall Class of 2019
Assisted by Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Norman M Fox (1919-2016)
Book Collector Innovator and Friend of Skidmore
College and Saratoga Springs
Lucy Scribner Library July 28-September 30 2016
The Norman M Fox Collection
Housed in Skidmorersquos Special Collections the Fox Collection features
approximately 400 books by authors and illustrators including Aubrey
Beardsley William Blake Robert Browning Lewis Carroll George Cruikshank
Robert Cruikshank Charles Dickens George Eliot the Grimm Brothers Washington Irving Sir Walter Scott William Thackeray and Oscar Wilde
The Man Behind the Book Collection
Born in Brooklyn on 28 July 1919 in
Brooklyn Norman was the son of
Russian immigrants He was the third
son born to Isador and Pauline SirgutzFox and the only son born in America
Norman attended City College until he was drafted to serve his country in WW
II He was selected to be a member of a
special training program operating out
of MIT in Boston Norman served
honorably in the Philippines New Guinea and Japan After the war
Norman met a Canadian beauty named
Eva Rudin they married in New York in
1947 and moved to Saratoga Springs Above Norman Fox with his
wife Eva courtesy of Cassie and
Harvey Fox
Left Family portrait showing
Norman as a child courtesy of
Cassie and Harvey Fox
Above Norman and his beloved books
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Left A rare sporting image of Norman
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Creative Business Ventures n Fox Jewelers and Spa Records
Norman was a businessman He
opened the Saratoga Appliance
Shop and then n Fox Jewelers and
became an active participant in
downtown business for thirty
years
Left Watercolor image of n Fox
Jewelers on Broadway in downtown
Saratoga The clock in front of the store
is dedicated to Norman
Above Jewelry bag from n Fox Jewelers
With Charles Adler Norman founded
Spa Records in 1952 winning a 1953
Paris Gold Medal for a recording of
Mahlers Third Symphony The late David Porter longtime President of
Skidmore College and close friend of
the Fox family notes that Spa Records
ldquoat the very dawn of the LP era
produced a remarkable list of recordings - more than 75 discs -
including an astonishing array of
composers and performers many in
premiere performances George
Antheil playing his own piano works Alfred Brendel one of the centurys
greatest pianists performing works by
Strauss Busoni and Beethoven at the
very start of his career the first
recording ever made of Beethovens piano version of his violin concerto
pioneering recordings of Schoenberg
Cowell and Ives
Above Vinyls from Spa Records of a recording of Franz Listrsquos Dante
Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera
Chorus with F Charles Adler as conductor
In 1961 Norman became Founding President of the Saratoga Merchants Association currently known as the Downtown Business Association He fought construction of the arterial highway that was going to bypass the downtown business district Upon selling his store to his son Harvey in 1977 Norman served as Chair of the Special Assessment District for nineteen years His twelve-year service as Vice-Chair of the City Planning Board and as President of the Historical Society was instrumental in the revitalization of Saratoga Springs For all his efforts to enhance the city he loved Norman received many honorsmdashthe Kathryn H Starbuck Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) the Rotary Club Community Service Award (2004) and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Society Award (2005) to name a few
Above Saratoga Springs Rotary Logo
To Skidmore College Norman M Fox was much more than a
businessman he was a renaissance man with a true love of
rare books and first day covers In 1990 when Hannah Adler
Charles Adlerrsquos wife passed away Hannah left her book
collection on loan to Skidmore College to her friend Norman who was serving as the local steward of the Adler
Collection Norman used a bequest from his dear friendrsquos
estate to initiate a yearly lecture (then called the Adler
Lecture) to discuss 19th-century literature and art Skidmore
English professor Catherine J Golden chairs the committee Current members are Maggie Greaves and Jay Rogoff
English Tillman Nechtman History David Howson Arts
Administration Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Janis Petroski College Events
Above Friends Hannah Adler and Norman Fox
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Norman M Fox (1919-2016)
Book Collector Innovator and Friend of Skidmore
College and Saratoga Springs
Lucy Scribner Library July 28-September 30 2016
The Norman M Fox Collection
Housed in Skidmorersquos Special Collections the Fox Collection features
approximately 400 books by authors and illustrators including Aubrey
Beardsley William Blake Robert Browning Lewis Carroll George Cruikshank
Robert Cruikshank Charles Dickens George Eliot the Grimm Brothers Washington Irving Sir Walter Scott William Thackeray and Oscar Wilde
The Man Behind the Book Collection
Born in Brooklyn on 28 July 1919 in
Brooklyn Norman was the son of
Russian immigrants He was the third
son born to Isador and Pauline SirgutzFox and the only son born in America
Norman attended City College until he was drafted to serve his country in WW
II He was selected to be a member of a
special training program operating out
of MIT in Boston Norman served
honorably in the Philippines New Guinea and Japan After the war
Norman met a Canadian beauty named
Eva Rudin they married in New York in
1947 and moved to Saratoga Springs Above Norman Fox with his
wife Eva courtesy of Cassie and
Harvey Fox
Left Family portrait showing
Norman as a child courtesy of
Cassie and Harvey Fox
Above Norman and his beloved books
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Left A rare sporting image of Norman
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Creative Business Ventures n Fox Jewelers and Spa Records
Norman was a businessman He
opened the Saratoga Appliance
Shop and then n Fox Jewelers and
became an active participant in
downtown business for thirty
years
Left Watercolor image of n Fox
Jewelers on Broadway in downtown
Saratoga The clock in front of the store
is dedicated to Norman
Above Jewelry bag from n Fox Jewelers
With Charles Adler Norman founded
Spa Records in 1952 winning a 1953
Paris Gold Medal for a recording of
Mahlers Third Symphony The late David Porter longtime President of
Skidmore College and close friend of
the Fox family notes that Spa Records
ldquoat the very dawn of the LP era
produced a remarkable list of recordings - more than 75 discs -
including an astonishing array of
composers and performers many in
premiere performances George
Antheil playing his own piano works Alfred Brendel one of the centurys
greatest pianists performing works by
Strauss Busoni and Beethoven at the
very start of his career the first
recording ever made of Beethovens piano version of his violin concerto
pioneering recordings of Schoenberg
Cowell and Ives
Above Vinyls from Spa Records of a recording of Franz Listrsquos Dante
Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera
Chorus with F Charles Adler as conductor
In 1961 Norman became Founding President of the Saratoga Merchants Association currently known as the Downtown Business Association He fought construction of the arterial highway that was going to bypass the downtown business district Upon selling his store to his son Harvey in 1977 Norman served as Chair of the Special Assessment District for nineteen years His twelve-year service as Vice-Chair of the City Planning Board and as President of the Historical Society was instrumental in the revitalization of Saratoga Springs For all his efforts to enhance the city he loved Norman received many honorsmdashthe Kathryn H Starbuck Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) the Rotary Club Community Service Award (2004) and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Society Award (2005) to name a few
Above Saratoga Springs Rotary Logo
To Skidmore College Norman M Fox was much more than a
businessman he was a renaissance man with a true love of
rare books and first day covers In 1990 when Hannah Adler
Charles Adlerrsquos wife passed away Hannah left her book
collection on loan to Skidmore College to her friend Norman who was serving as the local steward of the Adler
Collection Norman used a bequest from his dear friendrsquos
estate to initiate a yearly lecture (then called the Adler
Lecture) to discuss 19th-century literature and art Skidmore
English professor Catherine J Golden chairs the committee Current members are Maggie Greaves and Jay Rogoff
English Tillman Nechtman History David Howson Arts
Administration Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Janis Petroski College Events
Above Friends Hannah Adler and Norman Fox
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
The Norman M Fox Collection
Housed in Skidmorersquos Special Collections the Fox Collection features
approximately 400 books by authors and illustrators including Aubrey
Beardsley William Blake Robert Browning Lewis Carroll George Cruikshank
Robert Cruikshank Charles Dickens George Eliot the Grimm Brothers Washington Irving Sir Walter Scott William Thackeray and Oscar Wilde
The Man Behind the Book Collection
Born in Brooklyn on 28 July 1919 in
Brooklyn Norman was the son of
Russian immigrants He was the third
son born to Isador and Pauline SirgutzFox and the only son born in America
Norman attended City College until he was drafted to serve his country in WW
II He was selected to be a member of a
special training program operating out
of MIT in Boston Norman served
honorably in the Philippines New Guinea and Japan After the war
Norman met a Canadian beauty named
Eva Rudin they married in New York in
1947 and moved to Saratoga Springs Above Norman Fox with his
wife Eva courtesy of Cassie and
Harvey Fox
Left Family portrait showing
Norman as a child courtesy of
Cassie and Harvey Fox
Above Norman and his beloved books
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Left A rare sporting image of Norman
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Creative Business Ventures n Fox Jewelers and Spa Records
Norman was a businessman He
opened the Saratoga Appliance
Shop and then n Fox Jewelers and
became an active participant in
downtown business for thirty
years
Left Watercolor image of n Fox
Jewelers on Broadway in downtown
Saratoga The clock in front of the store
is dedicated to Norman
Above Jewelry bag from n Fox Jewelers
With Charles Adler Norman founded
Spa Records in 1952 winning a 1953
Paris Gold Medal for a recording of
Mahlers Third Symphony The late David Porter longtime President of
Skidmore College and close friend of
the Fox family notes that Spa Records
ldquoat the very dawn of the LP era
produced a remarkable list of recordings - more than 75 discs -
including an astonishing array of
composers and performers many in
premiere performances George
Antheil playing his own piano works Alfred Brendel one of the centurys
greatest pianists performing works by
Strauss Busoni and Beethoven at the
very start of his career the first
recording ever made of Beethovens piano version of his violin concerto
pioneering recordings of Schoenberg
Cowell and Ives
Above Vinyls from Spa Records of a recording of Franz Listrsquos Dante
Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera
Chorus with F Charles Adler as conductor
In 1961 Norman became Founding President of the Saratoga Merchants Association currently known as the Downtown Business Association He fought construction of the arterial highway that was going to bypass the downtown business district Upon selling his store to his son Harvey in 1977 Norman served as Chair of the Special Assessment District for nineteen years His twelve-year service as Vice-Chair of the City Planning Board and as President of the Historical Society was instrumental in the revitalization of Saratoga Springs For all his efforts to enhance the city he loved Norman received many honorsmdashthe Kathryn H Starbuck Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) the Rotary Club Community Service Award (2004) and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Society Award (2005) to name a few
Above Saratoga Springs Rotary Logo
To Skidmore College Norman M Fox was much more than a
businessman he was a renaissance man with a true love of
rare books and first day covers In 1990 when Hannah Adler
Charles Adlerrsquos wife passed away Hannah left her book
collection on loan to Skidmore College to her friend Norman who was serving as the local steward of the Adler
Collection Norman used a bequest from his dear friendrsquos
estate to initiate a yearly lecture (then called the Adler
Lecture) to discuss 19th-century literature and art Skidmore
English professor Catherine J Golden chairs the committee Current members are Maggie Greaves and Jay Rogoff
English Tillman Nechtman History David Howson Arts
Administration Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Janis Petroski College Events
Above Friends Hannah Adler and Norman Fox
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
The Man Behind the Book Collection
Born in Brooklyn on 28 July 1919 in
Brooklyn Norman was the son of
Russian immigrants He was the third
son born to Isador and Pauline SirgutzFox and the only son born in America
Norman attended City College until he was drafted to serve his country in WW
II He was selected to be a member of a
special training program operating out
of MIT in Boston Norman served
honorably in the Philippines New Guinea and Japan After the war
Norman met a Canadian beauty named
Eva Rudin they married in New York in
1947 and moved to Saratoga Springs Above Norman Fox with his
wife Eva courtesy of Cassie and
Harvey Fox
Left Family portrait showing
Norman as a child courtesy of
Cassie and Harvey Fox
Above Norman and his beloved books
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Left A rare sporting image of Norman
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Creative Business Ventures n Fox Jewelers and Spa Records
Norman was a businessman He
opened the Saratoga Appliance
Shop and then n Fox Jewelers and
became an active participant in
downtown business for thirty
years
Left Watercolor image of n Fox
Jewelers on Broadway in downtown
Saratoga The clock in front of the store
is dedicated to Norman
Above Jewelry bag from n Fox Jewelers
With Charles Adler Norman founded
Spa Records in 1952 winning a 1953
Paris Gold Medal for a recording of
Mahlers Third Symphony The late David Porter longtime President of
Skidmore College and close friend of
the Fox family notes that Spa Records
ldquoat the very dawn of the LP era
produced a remarkable list of recordings - more than 75 discs -
including an astonishing array of
composers and performers many in
premiere performances George
Antheil playing his own piano works Alfred Brendel one of the centurys
greatest pianists performing works by
Strauss Busoni and Beethoven at the
very start of his career the first
recording ever made of Beethovens piano version of his violin concerto
pioneering recordings of Schoenberg
Cowell and Ives
Above Vinyls from Spa Records of a recording of Franz Listrsquos Dante
Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera
Chorus with F Charles Adler as conductor
In 1961 Norman became Founding President of the Saratoga Merchants Association currently known as the Downtown Business Association He fought construction of the arterial highway that was going to bypass the downtown business district Upon selling his store to his son Harvey in 1977 Norman served as Chair of the Special Assessment District for nineteen years His twelve-year service as Vice-Chair of the City Planning Board and as President of the Historical Society was instrumental in the revitalization of Saratoga Springs For all his efforts to enhance the city he loved Norman received many honorsmdashthe Kathryn H Starbuck Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) the Rotary Club Community Service Award (2004) and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Society Award (2005) to name a few
Above Saratoga Springs Rotary Logo
To Skidmore College Norman M Fox was much more than a
businessman he was a renaissance man with a true love of
rare books and first day covers In 1990 when Hannah Adler
Charles Adlerrsquos wife passed away Hannah left her book
collection on loan to Skidmore College to her friend Norman who was serving as the local steward of the Adler
Collection Norman used a bequest from his dear friendrsquos
estate to initiate a yearly lecture (then called the Adler
Lecture) to discuss 19th-century literature and art Skidmore
English professor Catherine J Golden chairs the committee Current members are Maggie Greaves and Jay Rogoff
English Tillman Nechtman History David Howson Arts
Administration Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Janis Petroski College Events
Above Friends Hannah Adler and Norman Fox
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Above Norman and his beloved books
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Left A rare sporting image of Norman
courtesy of Cassie and Harvey Fox
Creative Business Ventures n Fox Jewelers and Spa Records
Norman was a businessman He
opened the Saratoga Appliance
Shop and then n Fox Jewelers and
became an active participant in
downtown business for thirty
years
Left Watercolor image of n Fox
Jewelers on Broadway in downtown
Saratoga The clock in front of the store
is dedicated to Norman
Above Jewelry bag from n Fox Jewelers
With Charles Adler Norman founded
Spa Records in 1952 winning a 1953
Paris Gold Medal for a recording of
Mahlers Third Symphony The late David Porter longtime President of
Skidmore College and close friend of
the Fox family notes that Spa Records
ldquoat the very dawn of the LP era
produced a remarkable list of recordings - more than 75 discs -
including an astonishing array of
composers and performers many in
premiere performances George
Antheil playing his own piano works Alfred Brendel one of the centurys
greatest pianists performing works by
Strauss Busoni and Beethoven at the
very start of his career the first
recording ever made of Beethovens piano version of his violin concerto
pioneering recordings of Schoenberg
Cowell and Ives
Above Vinyls from Spa Records of a recording of Franz Listrsquos Dante
Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera
Chorus with F Charles Adler as conductor
In 1961 Norman became Founding President of the Saratoga Merchants Association currently known as the Downtown Business Association He fought construction of the arterial highway that was going to bypass the downtown business district Upon selling his store to his son Harvey in 1977 Norman served as Chair of the Special Assessment District for nineteen years His twelve-year service as Vice-Chair of the City Planning Board and as President of the Historical Society was instrumental in the revitalization of Saratoga Springs For all his efforts to enhance the city he loved Norman received many honorsmdashthe Kathryn H Starbuck Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) the Rotary Club Community Service Award (2004) and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Society Award (2005) to name a few
Above Saratoga Springs Rotary Logo
To Skidmore College Norman M Fox was much more than a
businessman he was a renaissance man with a true love of
rare books and first day covers In 1990 when Hannah Adler
Charles Adlerrsquos wife passed away Hannah left her book
collection on loan to Skidmore College to her friend Norman who was serving as the local steward of the Adler
Collection Norman used a bequest from his dear friendrsquos
estate to initiate a yearly lecture (then called the Adler
Lecture) to discuss 19th-century literature and art Skidmore
English professor Catherine J Golden chairs the committee Current members are Maggie Greaves and Jay Rogoff
English Tillman Nechtman History David Howson Arts
Administration Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Janis Petroski College Events
Above Friends Hannah Adler and Norman Fox
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Creative Business Ventures n Fox Jewelers and Spa Records
Norman was a businessman He
opened the Saratoga Appliance
Shop and then n Fox Jewelers and
became an active participant in
downtown business for thirty
years
Left Watercolor image of n Fox
Jewelers on Broadway in downtown
Saratoga The clock in front of the store
is dedicated to Norman
Above Jewelry bag from n Fox Jewelers
With Charles Adler Norman founded
Spa Records in 1952 winning a 1953
Paris Gold Medal for a recording of
Mahlers Third Symphony The late David Porter longtime President of
Skidmore College and close friend of
the Fox family notes that Spa Records
ldquoat the very dawn of the LP era
produced a remarkable list of recordings - more than 75 discs -
including an astonishing array of
composers and performers many in
premiere performances George
Antheil playing his own piano works Alfred Brendel one of the centurys
greatest pianists performing works by
Strauss Busoni and Beethoven at the
very start of his career the first
recording ever made of Beethovens piano version of his violin concerto
pioneering recordings of Schoenberg
Cowell and Ives
Above Vinyls from Spa Records of a recording of Franz Listrsquos Dante
Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera
Chorus with F Charles Adler as conductor
In 1961 Norman became Founding President of the Saratoga Merchants Association currently known as the Downtown Business Association He fought construction of the arterial highway that was going to bypass the downtown business district Upon selling his store to his son Harvey in 1977 Norman served as Chair of the Special Assessment District for nineteen years His twelve-year service as Vice-Chair of the City Planning Board and as President of the Historical Society was instrumental in the revitalization of Saratoga Springs For all his efforts to enhance the city he loved Norman received many honorsmdashthe Kathryn H Starbuck Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) the Rotary Club Community Service Award (2004) and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Society Award (2005) to name a few
Above Saratoga Springs Rotary Logo
To Skidmore College Norman M Fox was much more than a
businessman he was a renaissance man with a true love of
rare books and first day covers In 1990 when Hannah Adler
Charles Adlerrsquos wife passed away Hannah left her book
collection on loan to Skidmore College to her friend Norman who was serving as the local steward of the Adler
Collection Norman used a bequest from his dear friendrsquos
estate to initiate a yearly lecture (then called the Adler
Lecture) to discuss 19th-century literature and art Skidmore
English professor Catherine J Golden chairs the committee Current members are Maggie Greaves and Jay Rogoff
English Tillman Nechtman History David Howson Arts
Administration Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Janis Petroski College Events
Above Friends Hannah Adler and Norman Fox
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
With Charles Adler Norman founded
Spa Records in 1952 winning a 1953
Paris Gold Medal for a recording of
Mahlers Third Symphony The late David Porter longtime President of
Skidmore College and close friend of
the Fox family notes that Spa Records
ldquoat the very dawn of the LP era
produced a remarkable list of recordings - more than 75 discs -
including an astonishing array of
composers and performers many in
premiere performances George
Antheil playing his own piano works Alfred Brendel one of the centurys
greatest pianists performing works by
Strauss Busoni and Beethoven at the
very start of his career the first
recording ever made of Beethovens piano version of his violin concerto
pioneering recordings of Schoenberg
Cowell and Ives
Above Vinyls from Spa Records of a recording of Franz Listrsquos Dante
Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera
Chorus with F Charles Adler as conductor
In 1961 Norman became Founding President of the Saratoga Merchants Association currently known as the Downtown Business Association He fought construction of the arterial highway that was going to bypass the downtown business district Upon selling his store to his son Harvey in 1977 Norman served as Chair of the Special Assessment District for nineteen years His twelve-year service as Vice-Chair of the City Planning Board and as President of the Historical Society was instrumental in the revitalization of Saratoga Springs For all his efforts to enhance the city he loved Norman received many honorsmdashthe Kathryn H Starbuck Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) the Rotary Club Community Service Award (2004) and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Society Award (2005) to name a few
Above Saratoga Springs Rotary Logo
To Skidmore College Norman M Fox was much more than a
businessman he was a renaissance man with a true love of
rare books and first day covers In 1990 when Hannah Adler
Charles Adlerrsquos wife passed away Hannah left her book
collection on loan to Skidmore College to her friend Norman who was serving as the local steward of the Adler
Collection Norman used a bequest from his dear friendrsquos
estate to initiate a yearly lecture (then called the Adler
Lecture) to discuss 19th-century literature and art Skidmore
English professor Catherine J Golden chairs the committee Current members are Maggie Greaves and Jay Rogoff
English Tillman Nechtman History David Howson Arts
Administration Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Janis Petroski College Events
Above Friends Hannah Adler and Norman Fox
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
In 1961 Norman became Founding President of the Saratoga Merchants Association currently known as the Downtown Business Association He fought construction of the arterial highway that was going to bypass the downtown business district Upon selling his store to his son Harvey in 1977 Norman served as Chair of the Special Assessment District for nineteen years His twelve-year service as Vice-Chair of the City Planning Board and as President of the Historical Society was instrumental in the revitalization of Saratoga Springs For all his efforts to enhance the city he loved Norman received many honorsmdashthe Kathryn H Starbuck Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) the Rotary Club Community Service Award (2004) and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Society Award (2005) to name a few
Above Saratoga Springs Rotary Logo
To Skidmore College Norman M Fox was much more than a
businessman he was a renaissance man with a true love of
rare books and first day covers In 1990 when Hannah Adler
Charles Adlerrsquos wife passed away Hannah left her book
collection on loan to Skidmore College to her friend Norman who was serving as the local steward of the Adler
Collection Norman used a bequest from his dear friendrsquos
estate to initiate a yearly lecture (then called the Adler
Lecture) to discuss 19th-century literature and art Skidmore
English professor Catherine J Golden chairs the committee Current members are Maggie Greaves and Jay Rogoff
English Tillman Nechtman History David Howson Arts
Administration Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Janis Petroski College Events
Above Friends Hannah Adler and Norman Fox
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
To Skidmore College Norman M Fox was much more than a
businessman he was a renaissance man with a true love of
rare books and first day covers In 1990 when Hannah Adler
Charles Adlerrsquos wife passed away Hannah left her book
collection on loan to Skidmore College to her friend Norman who was serving as the local steward of the Adler
Collection Norman used a bequest from his dear friendrsquos
estate to initiate a yearly lecture (then called the Adler
Lecture) to discuss 19th-century literature and art Skidmore
English professor Catherine J Golden chairs the committee Current members are Maggie Greaves and Jay Rogoff
English Tillman Nechtman History David Howson Arts
Administration Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
Janis Petroski College Events
Above Friends Hannah Adler and Norman Fox
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
The lecture series renamed the Fox-Adler lecture series has featured
prominent scholars journalists book
artists and bibliophiles In 2005 with his
family - Harvey Fox Cassie Fox
(Skidmore 80) and Cindy Fox Aisen - the Fox family gave what is now known as
the Fox Collection to the College along
with a generous gift to endow the
lecture series in perpetuity
Above Norman admiring a display
with his son and daughter-in-law
Harvey and Cassie Fox
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Above Norman Fox the series founder with (left to right) grandson Jevan and wife Jerusha
Fox Cassie and Harvey Fox Catherine Golden President Philip Glotzbach and Irvin Ungar
2011 Fox-Adler Lecturer speaking on Arthur Szy whose works Norman collected
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Norman took delight in the ways the Fox Collection became an invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students Under the guidance of Catherine
Golden Professor of English and Wendy Anthony Special Collections Curator
students have created countless library exhibitions and catalogues based on this rich collection
Above Dear friends Norman and Catherine Golden Skidmore College English Professor
Above Students from Catherine Goldenrsquos ldquoVictorian
Illustrated Bookrdquo class exploring the treasures of Special
Collections from the Norman M Fox Collection for their
exhibit
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Above A 2002 catalogue supported by Norman M Fox entitled ldquoDressed to Express Costume in Victorian Illustrationrdquo a student exhibit of books from the Fox Collection this class project for Catherine Goldenrdquos ldquoVictorian Illustrated Bookrdquo class was a collaboration between Scribner Library and the Tang Museum
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Above A page from another catalogue supported by Norman Fox entitled ldquoReading
Beyond the Lines Victorian Art amp Illustrationrdquo under Goldenrsquos guidance this class
exhibit was displayed at the Lucy Scribner Library from Nov 27 1995 - Jan 26 1996
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
The Fox-Adler Lecture Series
Norman suggested many topics for the Fox-Adler Lecture such as talks on
George Cruikshank William Blake Arthur Szyk book collecting and Leonard
Baskin the subject of the 2016 lecture Speakers in the series include Barry
Moser Scott McCloud Robert L Patten Valerie Steele and Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky by
Edward Sorel
Scott McCloud
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Valerie Steele on
Victorian fashion in 2007
Joseph Viscomi on William
Blake in 2009
The programs represent a
selection of the wide range of
Adler and Fox-Adler lectures over
the years The series has featured both academic-themed
lectures and illustrators
discussing their work as book
artists
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Isaac Gewirtz on book
collecting in 2013
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Fall 2016 Lecture on Baskin one of Normanrsquos Favorite Artists
Norman Fox was a dedicated collector of Leonard Baskinrsquos art Prints and books from
Foxrsquos Baskin collection are currently on display at the Tang for the ldquoLeonard Baskinrdquo
exhibit Before his death Norman requested that this yearrsquos lecture be about Baskinrsquos
work
Above Titus Andronicus by William
Shakespeare illustrated by Leonard
Baskin 1973
Left Poems of
Ted Hughes
illustrated by
Leonard Baskin 1975
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Inspired by William Blake Leonard Baskin (1920-2000) was an internationally renowned
artist and bookmaker whose work is held in museums and Special Collections
departments around the world He is famous for his woodcuts engravings and book
press samples of which are on display here Baskin founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 This fine book press published 100 books over 50 years making it the longest
lived and most productive private press ever Baskinrsquos best known artistic
collaboration was with British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes They worked together for
over three decades with Baskin illustrating many of Hughesrsquo books Baskin even moved
his family and press to England for nine years to be close to Hughes In 1983 Baskin returned to Massachusetts where he became the mentor to another Fox-Adler speaker
book artist Michael Kuch
Left Leonard Baskinrsquos
collection of drawings
1976
Right James
Baldwin
illustration by
Leonard Baskin for Gypsy amp
Other Poems
1989
Left Leonard
Baskinrsquos
Smittyrsquos Cocks
Eight Wood Engravings
1998
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
ldquoSeven Deadly Sinsrdquo poems by Antony Hecht
illustrated by Leonard Baskin 1958
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Mark Dimunation
This Baskin expert is the 28th annual
Fox-Adler lecturer Dimunation is Chief
of the Rare Books and Special
Collections Division of the Library of
Congress the largest collection of rare
books in North America A specialist in
18th- and 19th-century English and
American arts and letters Dimunation
has lectured and written extensively
about rare books Dimunationrsquos talk
entitled Strange and Marvelous Books
Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press
honors Normanrsquos legacy and love of
Baskin
Above Mark Dimunation Chief of the Rare
Books and Special Collections Division of the
Library of Congress
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
The Norman M Fox Collection
A very thorough catalog of the collection by Professor
Catherine J Golden is also available in the
circulating collection (call number Z881 S375 1993)
and in Special Collections
The following pages include some of the highlights
from the Fox Collection that students regularly use in book exhibits
Above Student Favorite from the Norman
Fox Collection Charles Dickensrsquos Master
Humphreyrsquos Clock first edition in parts London Chapman amp Hall 1840-41
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Above Aubrey Beardsleyrsquos Under the Hill and Other Essays
in Prose and Verse with Illustrations London John Lane
1904 First edition This handsome volume has a blue cloth
cover with a peacock feather gold impress design
Above Mrs Octavian Blewittrsquos The Rose and the
Lily London Chatto and Windus 1877 This
frontispiece is believed to be the last book illustration etched by George Cruikshank
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Left Richard Harris Barhamrsquos Ingoldsby Legends
London Richard Bentley 1864 The handsome
volume has a brown moroccan leather binding with
gold-tooling
Below This hand-colored foldout illustration by
George Cruikshank comes from The Comic Almanack
London Charles Tilt 1850-53 Cruikshank parodies
womenrsquos rights
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Left Humorous plate from Points of Humour 1823-24 by George Cruikshank
Above Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation A
Poem by William Combe (1820) comical illustration ldquoDr
Syntax and the Beesrdquo by Thomas Rowlandson
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by
Charles Dickens illustrated by Robert Seymour
and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) 1837
Below Mr Pickwick Slidesldquo by Phiz shows Samuel
Pickwick as a beloved figure of folly
Above Cover of the first edition
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Below Plate from Handley Cross Or Mr Jorrockss Hunt by Robert Smith Surtees
1854 illustrated by John Leech skilled in drawing society scenes
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Below Cruikshankrsquos ldquoMr Bumble and Mrs Corney Taking Teardquo
Note the Paul Pry figurine on the mantel Pry a well-known
intrusive character from John Poolersquos play Paul Pry (1825) signals
Bumble will ldquopryrdquo into Mrs Corneyrsquos belongings before proposing marriage
Above Joseph Gregorsquos Cruikshankrsquos Water-colours
London AampC Black 1903 Front cover is gold orange
and brown impress spine gold-stamped top edge gilt
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Two famous illustrations from ldquoOliver Twistrdquo in Bentleys Miscellany volumes
1 amp 5 (1837-1839) by Charles Dickens illustrated by George Cruikshank
Above ldquoOliver Asking for Morerdquo Above ldquoFagin in the Condemned Cellrdquo
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Cruikshank had a large range of illustrations from the serious to
the fantastical
Above Plate One from The Bottle a temperance series in 8
plates by George Cruikshank 1847
Left From Puss in Boots by George Cruikshank nd
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Illustrations by George Cruikshank for The Comic Almanack
Above A New Government of Queens Branchrdquo a hand-colored fold-out
illustration 1850 puts a gentleman on trial for breaking off an engagement
the jury and judges are all women
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Above ldquoWill You Be Our Vis agrave Visrdquo 1853 Above ldquoA Splendid Spreadrdquo 1850
Here Cruikshank exaggerates menrsquos and womenrsquos fashions
to comic effect
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Cruikshank demonstrates his ability to draw animals as humans and again
pokes fun at gender roles the dark glasses reveal the ldquowoman of mindrdquo
has lost her sight from too much intellectual work
Above Fellows of the Zoological Societyrdquo 1851 Above ldquoMy Wife is a Woman of Mindrdquo 1847
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
The library has begun to document the Norman M Fox Collection in digital form Virtual
browsing of the shelves is now possible utilizing ARTstors image viewer Each shelf item is
cataloged in ARTstor with the number that corresponds to its entry in the printed catalog
(Z881 S375 1993) as well as its call number which can be searched using the Librarys
Catalog New images are being added and additional links provided to this invaluable
resource for Skidmore faculty and students
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
Thank you to Norman M Fox for his creative
vision and to the entire Fox family for
sustaining the Fox-Adler Lecture an important
town and gown event
