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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM TO EXHIBIT THE FINAL WORKS OF THE GREAT ITALIAN DRAFTSMAN AND CLASSICIST GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI

Press release date

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

In 1777, the great Italian draftsman and printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) visited the haunting and majestic archaeological site of Paestum on the Gulf of Salerno, about 60 miles south of Naples

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Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, Mumbai, India, 1965 April 26 : autograph manuscript signed.

Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.

Delhi, India, 1965 April 26

MA 23840.227

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Carl Maria von Weber's concert, Friday, May 26, 1826 : to commence at half-past eight o'clock : tickets, half-a-guinea each.

Accession number

PMC 312

Published

[London, 1826]

Department

Music Manuscripts and Printed Music

Music type

Printed Material

Autograph letters signed (47) : London, Portsmouth, etc., primarily to his publisher, Edward Moxon, 1830 Feb. 8-1842 July 26 and undated.

Hall, Basil, 1788-1844.

1830 Feb. 8-1842 July 26 and undated.

MA 2706

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Autograph letters signed (3) : New York and Sorrento, Italy, to Elsie Leslie, 1889 Feb. 26 and 28 and 1890 Nov. 2.

Roosevelt, Elliott, 1860-1894.

1889 Feb. 26 and 28 and 1890 Nov. 2.

MA 3897

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Autograph letters signed (6) : New York, to Messrs. Schell, Bradley, and Phillips, of Harper & Brothers, 1890 Nov. 19-1893 Oct. 26.

Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924.

1890 Nov. 19-1893 Oct. 26.

MA 1950

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Autograph letters signed (10) : London, to Mrs. P. Hardwick (8) and Mr. P. Hardwick (2), 1827 Oct. 26-1828 Oct. 29.

Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830.

1827 Oct. 26-1828 Oct. 29.

MA 4500

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Autograph letters signed (3) : Paris and La Réole, to the marquise and comte de Pastoret, 1819 Feb. 26-1830 May 8.

Marcellus, Marie Louis Auguste Demartin du Tyrac, Comte de, 1776-1841.

1819 Feb. 26-1830 May 8.

MA 907

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Autograph correspondence card signed and autograph postal card signed : London, to Miss M. Moseley, 1926 Dec. 30 and [1927 Mar. 26].

Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.

1926 Dec. 30 and [1927 Mar. 26].

MA 4500

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Telegram from James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1974 December 26 : typescript.

Ivory, James, sender.

MA 23840.1376

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts