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Sal Robinson, Assistant Curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts, takes us into Jane Austen's world with the manuscript of Lady Susan, the only surviving complete draft of any of her novels.

Since our announcement on February 14, 2019, we have been working hard with a team of skilled experts on the $12.6 million exterior restoration of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library.

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Belle da Costa Greene, Felice Stampfle, and Edith Porada

Stories play a central role at the Morgan.

Combining diverse artworks from across the Morgan’s collections and some exceptional loans, Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling explores how stories shape our world.

The Archivio Storico Ricordi is considered one of the world’s most important private musical archives; it preserves the original handwritten scores and letters by composers such as Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini as well as a rich iconographic collection that includes set and costume designs,

The James Fuld Collection of music manuscripts, renowned for its outstanding first-edition scores, was formally acquired by the Morgan in 2008. The collection also contains exemplary manuscripts, including a sketch by Beethoven for his Seventh Symphony.

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is the greatest Dutch illuminated manuscript in the world. Its 157 miniatures are by the gifted Master of Catherine of Cleves (active ca. 1435–60), who is named after this book.

In his fiction Henry James wrote about artists, collectors, and galleries. He was fascinated by painters and paintings and his friends and associates included John La Farge, John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Frank Duveneck and William Wetmore Story.