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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter. After establishing his reputation as a portrait painter, Morse, in his middle age, contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs.
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Marquis de Lafayette (or Portrait of La Fayette) is an oil on canvas painting by Samuel Morse, from 1825. Mostly known for his invention of the telegraph , Morse was also an artist and a professor of painting and sculpture at the University of the City of New York .
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Morse was working in Charleston when he was commissioned by the city council to paint a full-length portrait of Monroe during his visit to the city. The commission was worth $750. Although Monroe met with the President in Charleston, there was no time for a portrait sitting and it was agreed that Morse would travel to Washington. [2]
'Gallery of the Louvre is an 1833 oil painting by the American artist Samuel Morse. It depicts a view of the Louvre in Paris. [1]Morse had trained in London. On returning to the United States he developed a reputation as a portraitist including his 1819 depiction of James Monroe However, he is better known today as an inventor who gave his name to the Morse Code.
The Clay portrait was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1909 by Miss Grace H Dodge, and attributed to the painter Samuel Morse. Given the donor's attribution, the museum labeled the portrait as being "painted by Samuel F. B. Morse." The signature on the painting appeared to read "Morse, Jany. 1843".
Samuel Morse (1791–1872) was an American painter and inventor. Samuel Morse may also refer to: Samuel Finley Brown Morse (1885–1969), American environmental conservationist; Samuel French Morse (1916–1985), American poet and teacher