Susan Walker Morse (The Muse)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
American1791–1872
About
Samuel Finley Breese Morse 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. He was a co-developer and the namesake of Morse code in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
Notable works
Nathan Parker (1782-1833)
at Harvard Art Museums
Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826)
at Harvard Art Museums
Elizabeth Ann Breese Morse (Mrs. Jedidiah Morse) (1766-1828)
at Harvard Art Museums
The House of Representatives
at Corcoran Gallery of Art
Portrait of Dr. James E. B. Finley
at Indianapolis Museum of Art
Portrait of David C. de Forest
at National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
Portrait of Mrs. John Earnest Poyas (Catherine Smith, 1769–1836)
at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Joseph Gales
at Corcoran Gallery of Art
Samuel F. B. Morse Self-Portrait
at National Portrait Gallery
Works in the collection
25 works
Susan Walker Morse (The Muse)
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nathan Parker (1782-1833)
at Harvard Art Museums
Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826)
at Harvard Art Museums
Elizabeth Ann Breese Morse (Mrs. Jedidiah Morse) (1766-1828)
at Harvard Art Museums
The House of Representatives
at Corcoran Gallery of Art
Portrait of Dr. James E. B. Finley
at Indianapolis Museum of Art
Portrait of David C. de Forest
at National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
Portrait of Mrs. John Earnest Poyas (Catherine Smith, 1769–1836)
at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Joseph Gales
at Corcoran Gallery of Art
Samuel F. B. Morse Self-Portrait
at National Portrait Gallery
More by Samuel Finley Breese Morse in institutions
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, United States
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C., United States
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
