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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM RECEIVES MAJOR GRANT FROM THE LEON LEVY FOUNDATION FOR CATALOGING OF LITERARY AND HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS

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Monday, August 13, 2007

The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that it has received a grant of $450,000 from the Leon Levy Foundation for a three-year project to upgrade catalog records for its renowned collection of literary and historical manuscripts.

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A Spelling dictionary of the English language, on a new plan : for the use of young gentlemen, ladies, and foreigners : to which is prefixed, a compendious English grammar, with a concise historical account of the language : and at the end are added, rules for speaking and writing English, and directions for addressing persons of distinction.

London : Printed for T. Carnan ... , 1786.

PML 80724

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Collection in Focus: Dürer's Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer's engraving Adam and Eve is one of the most celebrated of the artist's career. It complements the Morgan's drawing of Adam and Eve by Dürer (I, 257d).

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Gainsborough Experiments: Cork, Broccoli, Milk, and Drawing the Landscape

Celebrated as the most notable portrait and landscape painter of Georgian England, Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was also a brilliant and experimental draftsman.

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THE MORGAN HOSTS MAJOR EXHIBITION OF MASTER DRAWINGS FROM MUNICH’S FAMED STAATLICHE GRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNG

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Saturday, August 25, 2012

On view October 12, 2012 through January 6, 2013, Dürer to de Kooning: 100 Master Drawings from Munich marks the first time such a comprehensive and prestigious selection of works has been lent to a single exhibition.

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