Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Artist
Napoleon Sarony
(1821-1896)
Publisher
G.W. Thorne
(American)
CultureAmerican
Date1870 - 1890
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/2 × 2 5/16 in. (8.9 × 5.9 cm)
Overall, Paper: 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 1/16 in. (50.8 × 40.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 1/16 in. (50.8 × 40.8 cm)
InscribedPrinted on front: "Pro. Moss". Stamped on front: "Sarony, 680 Broadway, G.W. Thorne, 60 Nassau St., New York"
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.256
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite depicting Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1791-1872; inventor of electric telegraph and Morse code, painter, first president of the National Academy of Design.
