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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM RECEIVES WILLIAM PALMER JOHNSTON’S EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF WORKS BY HERMAN MELVILLE

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Monday, August 18, 2025

The Morgan Library & Museum is the recipient of a generous gift from William Palmer Johnston of works by Herman Melville.

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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PURCHASES EXCEPTIONAL PRINT OF ADAM AND EVE BY ALBRECHT DÜRER

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

The Morgan Library & Museum announced today the acquisition of an exceptionally fine impression of the engraving Adam and Eve by German master Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).

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DEFINING BEAUTY: ALBRECHT DÜRER AT THE MORGAN TO OPEN MAY 18

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

This exhibition is the first in more than twenty years to feature all the Morgan's works by one of the world's iconic artists.

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DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF POET JOHN ASHBERY ON VIEW AT THE MORGAN ALONGSIDE RARE EDITIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME

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Monday, March 30, 2026

Friends Who Came to See Me: Drawings from John Ashbery’s Collection, on view from May 1 through October 25, 2026, features selections from a 2019 gift to the Morgan Library & Museum of twenty-eight works on paper from the collection of the American poet John Ashbery (1927–2017), donated by his husband, David K. Kermani.

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Passionsmusik von Johann Sebastian Bach nach dem Evangelium Matthäi, Kap. 26 und 27 : aufgeführt von der Breslauischen Sing-Akademie am Sonnabend vor Palmarum 1830, am Busstage 1830, am Sonnabend vor Palmarum 1831 1832, 1834, am Tage vor dem Busstage 1838, und am Sonnabend vor Palmarum 1840.

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Matthäuspassion. Libretto

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Breslau : Gedruckt bei Gustav Kupfer, [1840?]

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Music Manuscripts and Printed Music

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Printed Material

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Autograph signature to a letter : Paris, to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall et Elbridge Gerry, "le 28 Ventose, an 6" [1798 Mar. 18].

Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838.

"le 28 Ventose, an 6" [1798 Mar. 18].

MA 157.83

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Literary and Historical Manuscripts

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Autograph letter signed : Bocayrente [Bocairent, near Alfafara, Spain], to [Sir John Murray?], 1813 Aug. 18.

Catinelli, Lieutenant Colonel, active 1813.

1813 Aug. 18.

MA 1260.41

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Literary and Historical Manuscripts

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To the nightingale on a lovely moonlight night : autograph poem signed "S," undated [1826 or later].

James, S. B., 19th cent.

undated [1826 or later].

MA 2919.8

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Literary and Historical Manuscripts

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Autograph letter : place not specified, to [the Editor of the Scots Magazine], undated [1800-1832].

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.

undated [1800-1832].

MA 451.4

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Literary and Historical Manuscripts

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Autograph letter signed : Claremont, to the "Editor of the Church Journal", 1856 Nov. 7.

Chase, Carlton, 1794-1870.

1856 Nov. 7.

MA 368.92

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Literary and Historical Manuscripts

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