John Ruskin Sketchbook
John Ruskin, 1819–1900, Early drawing book of sketches, 1974.49:231.
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Digital Facsimiles
Pier Leone Ghezzi Album
Pier Leone Ghezzi, 1674-1755, Album of 64 Caricatures, 1978.27.
Jane Austen's Lady Susan
The manuscript of Jane Austen's Lady Susan is the only surviving complete draft of any of her novels.
Berry Apocalypse
Berry Apocalypse, Paris, France, ca. 1415, MS M.133
Sir Isaac Newton's Pocket Memorandum Book
Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) kept this pocket-sized memorandum book, filling it with notes distilled from his reading.
Indian and South Asian Miniatures
Browse miniature paintings from India and South Asia in the Morgan's collection.
Virginia Woolf’s “Letter to a Young Poet”
In the fall of 1931, Virginia Woolf used these pages to work on a draft of what would eventually become the essay "A Letter to a Young Poet."
Arenberg Gospels
Gospel Book (Arenberg Gospels), Canterbury, England, 1000–1020.
Catalogue des tableaux de Mr. de Jullienne
Browse this manuscript catalogue of the paintings and drawings of the eighteenth-century collector Jean de Jullienne (1686–1766).
Annibale Carracci's The Life of St. Paul
School of Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), 1964.9.
Album of Costume Studies
Italian School, mid to late 16th century, PML 5675.