Item Information
Title: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Date: 1840
Physical Details: 1 photographic print on board : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm., on oval board 14 x 10 cm.
Description: Photograph of Samuel Finley Breese Morse. While the inscription on verso reads: "This daguerreotype of Father was taken in Paris in 1840 by Daguerre himself", this is not a daguerreotype and it is not possible to identify with certainty that the photographer was Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre.
Creator: Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, 1787-1851, photographer
Forms part of: Macbeth Gallery records, 1947-1948, 1838-1968, bulk 1892-1953
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre. Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1840. Macbeth Gallery records, 1947-1948. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 2880