Color Our Collections

Grab your crayons and colored pencils, its time to #ColorOurCollections!

#ColorOurCollections is a weeklong event on social media in libraries and archives from around the world share images from their collections and encourage the public to color and put their own special mark on them. Here at the Folger, we have provided images from materials in our collection for you to make your own.

From February 1-5, 2016, download and color any of the images we have provided here and share them with us on Twitter or Instagram @FolgerLibrary using the hashtag #ColorOurCollections and be sure to follow us so you don't miss out on everyone else's work. We can't wait to see your creativity and vibrant interpretations of our collection!

Color Our Collections images

Download any or all of these images to color and don't forget to share your creations with us!

  • Illustration by Robert Anning Bell for a 1901 edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest (ART Box B433 no.57)

    Illustration by Robert Anning Bell for a 1901 edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest (ART Box B433 no.57)

  • Illustration by John Austen for a 1922 edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet (ART Box A933 no.13)

    Illustration by John Austen for a 1922 edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet (ART Box A933 no.13)

  • Illustration by John Austen for a 1922 edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet (ART Box A933 no.30)

    Illustration by John Austen for a 1922 edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet (ART Box A933 no.30)

  • Woodcut in The Most Excellent and Famous History of the Most Renowned Knight of the Burning Sword. London, 1693 (140- 152q)

    Woodcut in The Most Excellent and Famous History of the Most Renowned Knight of the Burning Sword. London, 1693 (140- 152q)

  • Woodcut in The country-mans recreation, or the art of planting, graffing, and gardening. London, 1640 (STC 5874 page 38)

    Woodcut in The country-mans recreation, or the art of planting, graffing, and gardening. London, 1640 (STC 5874 page 38)

  • Woodcut in The country-mans recreation, or the art of planting, graffing, and gardening. London, 1640 (STC 5874 page 48)

    Woodcut in The country-mans recreation, or the art of planting, graffing, and gardening. London, 1640 (STC 5874 page 48)

  • Design by Louis Rhead for a 1918 edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare (ART Box R469 no.3)

    Design by Louis Rhead for a 1918 edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare (ART Box R469 no.3)

  • Woodcut in Edward Topsell, Historie of Serpents. London, 1608, page 119 (STC 24124 copy 1 Bd.w. STC 24123 copy 1)

    Woodcut in Edward Topsell, Historie of Serpents. London, 1608, page 119 (STC 24124 copy 1 Bd.w. STC 24123 copy 1)

  • Woodcut in The life and death of Griffin Flood. London, 1623 (STC11090 leaf A2 verso)

    Woodcut in The life and death of Griffin Flood. London, 1623 (STC11090 leaf A2 verso)

  • Woodcut in Cesare Vecellio, Degli habiti antichi et moderni. Venice, 1590 (GT509.V4 1590a Cage page 131)

    Woodcut in Cesare Vecellio, Degli habiti antichi et moderni. Venice, 1590 (GT509.V4 1590a Cage page 131)