Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1971.11597 |
Collection |
Painting Collection |
Media Collection |
Watercolor Collection |
Title |
Self-Portrait Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse |
Date |
Circa 1810 |
Artist |
Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) |
Description |
This gifted artist studied in England with American painter Washington Allston in 1811 and was a devoted painter of miniatures. The name Samuel Morse may be familiar in another context. He was also a celebrated inventor best known for developing the telegraph between 1832 to 1835 and, with his friend Alfred Vail, the Morse Code in 1838. |
Medium |
Watercolor, Ivory |
Technique |
Painted |
Height (in) |
7.000 |
Width (in) |
5.250 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Realism |
Place of Origin |
Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Elizabeth Hay Miller |
People |
Miller, Betty Hay Miller, Mrs. James |
Search Terms |
American Art American Artists American Paintings Clothing / Dress Figures, Men Ivories Miniatures Morse Code Portraits Realism Self Portraits Telegraph |
Location |
Not on view |