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Samuel Morse

Also known as: Samuel Morse; primary name: Morse, Samuel Finley Breeze
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; American (USA); Male
Life dates: 1791-1872
Biography: History and landscape painter, rather more famous as the inventor of the telegraph and of the Morse code. b. Massachusetts, pupil of Washington Allston 1811-15 in London with Benjamin West. From 1822 in New York; visit to Europe 1829-31, abandoned painting 1839.

6 related objects

print

Title: Rev. Dr. W.B.Sprague |
Museum number: 1893,0307.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Asher Brown DurandAfter:Samuel Morse |
Production date: 1825-1835

print

Museum number: 1872,1012.3682 |
Producer name: BIOG39508 Print made by:Samuel Morse |
Production date: 1814

print; book-illustration

Title: The wife |
Museum number: 1875,0710.1244 |
Producer name: Print made by:Asher Brown DurandAfter:Samuel Morse |
Production date: 1812-1836

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.138 |
Producer name: BIOG39508 Print made by:Samuel Morse |
Production date: 1814

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Genius of Electricity. |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2491 |
Producer name: Print made by:John H BakerAfter:Antonio Rossetti |
Production date: 1870 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Prof. Samuel F.B. Morse |
Museum number: 2010,7081.4962 |
Producer name: BIOG45017 Print made by:John Sartain |
Production date: 1823-1897 |
Production place: Published in:New York (city)