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J. Pierpont Morgan Museum and Library

An exhibition with a sample of Richard’s handwriting….

Jun 1, 2018

Events, sources

Albert Einstein, Bram Stoker, Elizabeth I, exhibitions, Frida Kahlo, J. Pierpont Morgan Museum and Library, Jean-Paul Sartre, Leon Trotsky, letters, Mary Stuart, Oscar Wilde, Pedro Correa do Lago, Rene Magritte, Richard III, Sigmund Freud, USA, Victoria, William Butler Yeats, writing

One of Richard’s letters is included in this upcoming museum exhibition. Unfortunately for those on this British side of the Atlantic, the museum in question is in New York! The Magic of Handwriting: The Pedro Corrêa do Lago Collection will run from June 1 to September 16, 2018 at the Morgan Library and Museum in…
William Caxton and the Birth of English Printing

Aug 18, 2015

art

Anthony Woodville, Aubert, Bible, Canterbury Tales, Caxton, Edward IV, Geoffrey Chaucer, Gutenberg, Innocent VIII, J. Pierpont Morgan Museum and Library, London dialect, Margaret of Burgundy, museums, New York, printing, Richard III, Thomas Malory

It is always a pleasure to visit the sumptuous J. Pierpont Morgan Museum and Library located in the Murray Hill section of New York City. Built in 1906, designed by the esteemed architectural firm of McKim, Meade and White, it is breathtakingly beautiful as well as a unique source of medieval riches, housing one of the smallest…