Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
(b. 1791
d. 1872)
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, New York, N.Y. letter to Elizabeth Breese, 1827 Jan. 20
Samuel F. B. Morse, Letter to Miss Elizabeth Breese, January 20, 1827. Breese and Morse family papers, 1772–1846. Gift of Constance K. Clarke.
Morse (1791–1872), a painter and inventor of the Morse code, studied with Benjamin West in London, beginning in 1811. He later settled in New York and by 1826 was a founder and first president of the National Academy of Design. This charming illustrated letter was written to one of his upstate New York cousins. He begins the letter by saying he feels “more like dropping asleep than writing a letter.” He breaks from this desire to write of his work on a painting in progress and with the National Academy of Design, which had just been established.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, New York, N.Y. letter to Elizabeth Breese, 1827 Jan. 20. 3 p. : handwritten, ill. Breese and Morse family papers. Archives of American Art.
An illustrated letter from Morse to one of his cousins in upstate New York. He writes of his work on a painting in progress and of the National Academy of Design, which had just been established.
Letter dated both 20 and 22 Jan 1827.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, New York, N.Y. letter to Elizabeth Breese, 1827 Jan. 20. 3 p. : handwritten, ill. Breese and Morse family papers. Archives of American Art.
An illustrated letter from Morse to one of his cousins in upstate New York. He writes of his work on a painting in progress and of the National Academy of Design, which had just been established.
Letter dated both 20 and 22 Jan 1827.
Forms Part of: Breese and Morse family papers