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  • Parlor in the home of Samuel Finley Breese Morse, ca. 1860

    Parlor in the home of Samuel Finley Breese Morse

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    Title: [Parlor in the home of Samuel Finley Breese Morse].
    Date:ca. 1860
    Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 : b&w ; image 12 x 20 cm. on board 14 x 22 cm.
    Creator: unidentified photographer
    Description: Morse's parlor.

    Identification on verso (handwritten): Parlor of S.F.B. Morse's house, 5 West 22 NY 1868.
    Portrait over mantel is of Morse, but not by him. Maybe by Joseph Fagnani (1819-1873) who painted Morse with long beard, a portrait of the size indicated by this. RGM.
    Over 65 when he had a beard.
    Charles Lind, son of Susan Morse Lind, painted portraits grandson of S.F.B.
    Subjects: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
    Forms part of: Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968 (bulk 1892-1953)
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    Citation: [Parlor in the home of Samuel Finley Breese Morse], ca. 1860 / unidentified photographer. Photographic print : 1 : b&w ; image 12 x 20 cm. on board 14 x 22 cm. Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968 (bulk 1892-1953). Archives of American Art.
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    Digital ID: 2881


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