print; newspaper/periodical

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print; newspaper/periodical

Object Type: print; newspaper/periodical
Museum number: 2010,7081.4962
Title: Object: Prof. Samuel F.B. Morse
Description: Portrait; three-quarters length standing facing front, looking away to left, wearing a heavy dark coat, paler waistcoat and cravat tied in a bow, and watch-chain, holding a length of tape in his right hand, with the magnetic telegraph machine on a covered plinth beside him to right; illustration to the 'Eclectic Magazine'; scratched open-letter state. Mixed method mezzotint
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School/style: British; American
Production date: 1823-1897
Production place: Published in: New York (city)
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Technique: mezzotint; mixed method
Dimensions: Height: 250 millimetres (trimmed?); Width: 160 millimetres (trimmed?)
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Curator's comments: The 'Eclectic Magazine of foreign literature, science and art' was published in New York by Leavitt, Trow & Co. in the 1840s.
Location: Not on display
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Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings; With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman; With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date: 2010
Acquisition notes: Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2010,7081.4962

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