Samuel F.B. Morse

Dateca. 1855

MediumSalt print

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (15.88 x 12.07 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3423

InscribedTitled (see description) Front of Mount In Script Description: "Samuel Finley Beese(?) Morse / American artist and / inventor of the Electric Telegraph"

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DescriptionVintage salt print, trimmed to oval and mounted. Title (in script) on front of mount (below image). Image of Samuel F.B. Morse.

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