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Modern Athens! : displayed in a series of views, or, Edinburgh in the nineteenth century: exhibiting the whole of the new buildings, modern improvements, antiquities, and picturesque scenery, of the Scottish metropolis and its environs, from original drawings / by Mr. Thomas H. Shepherd. With historical, topographical, and critical illustrations.

Britton, John, 1771-1857.

London : Jones & Co., 1829.

PML 145739

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Collection in Focus: Walton Ford's Passion for Drawing

For our Centennial, we asked some of our friends and collaborators to speak about what they love about the Morgan. First up, artist Walton Ford describes some of his favorites drawings in our collection and what about these works inspire him.

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THE MORGAN EXAMINES THE POWER OF THE PSALMS IN MEDIEVAL LIFE THROUGH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN SING A NEW SONG: THE PSALMS IN MEDIEVAL ART AND LIFE

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The Morgan Library & Museum will present Sing a New Song: The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life, the first exhibition of its kind devoted to the importance of the Psalms throughout medieval art, prayer, and everyday life.

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THREE LARGE-SCALE SCULPTURES BY ELLSWORTH KELLY TO GO ON VIEW BEGINNING JUNE 19 AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

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Friday, June 1, 2012

Beginning June 19, The Morgan Library & Museum will place on view three of Mr. Kelly's sculptures—a bronze piece, one in mahogany, and the other in redwood—in the museum's multi-storied, glass-enclosed Gilbert Court.

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WORKS BY LEONARDO DA VINCI ON VIEW AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM THIS FALL

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Monday, September 16, 2013

Exhibition includes Leonardo's Codex on the Flight of Birds and the Head of a Young Woman — Never seen in New York.

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THE MORGAN MARKS PHOTOGRAPHY’S DEBUT WITH AN INNOVATIVE EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTING VISUAL CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE MEDIUM’S DYNAMIC HISTORY

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Exhibition presents an eclectic selection of eighty-five photographic works arranged in a continuous sequence that provocatively links images divergent in format, scale, process, and historical period.

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Masterworks from the Morgan

April 29 through July 2, 2006

Masterworks from the Morgan presented more than three hundred masterworks drawn from all six of the Morgan's collection areas, including new acquisitions and works that have never been seen or have not been exhibited for many years.