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Please join us for a special viewing of three exhibitions:
Beatrix Potter: The Picture Letters
(Rescheduled from November 1, 2012)
Remarks: 10:30–10:45am
Fantasy and Invention:
Rosso Fiorentino and Sixteenth-Century Florentine
Drawing
Remarks: 10:45–11:00am
Happy Holidays from the Morgan!
Tuesday, November 20
10:00–11:30am
RSVP: media@themorgan.org; 212-590-0393
The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, New York City
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 Beatrix Potter: The Picture Letters
November 2, 2012–January 27, 2013
This exhibition explores the extraordinary tale of how Beatrix Potter, a largely self-taught artist and writer, used a series of private letters to develop some of the most beloved animal characters in all of children’s literature—including Peter Rabbit. The exhibition brings together for the first time twenty-two letters, as well as printed books, original artwork, manuscripts, and early children’s toys and games inspired by Potter’s stories. Read the full press release.
 Fantasy and Invention: Rosso Fiorentino and Sixteenth-Century Florentine Drawing
November 16, 2012–February 3, 2013
This focused exhibition uses Rosso Fiorentino’s captivating Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist as a starting point for tracing the emergence of Mannerism in Florentine Renaissance art. The Holy Family, on loan from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, is one of only three
paintings by the artist in the United States. The exhibition also includes some twenty drawings from the Morgan’s collection; five autograph documents and letters from leading artists of the day, including Michelangelo; two printed books; and a rare drawing by Rosso, on loan from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Read the full press release.
 Happy Holidays from the Morgan!November 20, 2012–January 13, 2013
From a cold Christmas day at Valley Forge to a cozy ball at Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig’s, the Morgan will mark the holiday season with a display of diverse holiday-themed objects. This year, in addition to the annual presentation of Charles Dickens’s original manuscript of A Christmas Carol, visitors will also see George Washington's letter to Elbridge Gerry, imploring him to use his influence in the Continental Congress to support the suffering troops during the long winter campaign against the British; the manuscript of A Christmas Vacation, written by an eleven-year-old Truman
Capote; original sheet music from some of the most memorable holiday tunes composed by American songwriters, including Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (1942) and Meredith Wilson’s It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (1951); and more.
Read the full press release.
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Images:
Beatrix Potter (1866–1943)
Autograph letter to Eric Moore, August 21, 1892, detail
Cotsen Children’s Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Princeton University Library
Photography: Princeton University Library
Rosso Fiorentino (1494–1540)
Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1520
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Photo © The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
London: Chapman and Hall, 1843
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. PML 30615
Photography: Graham S. Haber
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