2009-2010

Flemish Illumination in the Era of Catherine of Cleves

January 22 through May 2, 2010

This exhibition of eighteen manuscripts illuminated in the area of Flanders in the southern Netherlands (today part of Belgium) celebrates the variety of styles from the last great flowering of Flemish illumination during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy

November 6, 2009, through March 14, 2010

This exhibition explores the life, work, and legacy of Jane Austen (1775–1817), regarded as one of the greatest English novelists.

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Rococo and Revolution: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings

October 2, 2009, through January 10, 2010

Rococo and Revolution: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings features more than eighty exceptional drawings almost exclusively from the Morgan's renowned holdings.

Celebrating Puccini

September 11, 2009, through January 10, 2010

On view are approximately forty items related to Puccini's career, including rarely seen original sketches for his acclaimed operas Madama Butterfly and La Bohème.

William Blake's World: "A New Heaven Is Begun"

September 11, 2009, through January 3, 2010

In the Morgan's first exhibition devoted to Blake in two decades, former director Charles Ryskamp and curators Anna Lou Ashby and Cara Denison have assembled many of Blake's most spectacular watercolors, prints, and illuminated books of poetry to dramatically underscore his genius and enduring influence.

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