Samuel F.B. Morse
Artist
Napoleon Sarony
(American, born Canada, 1821 - 1896)
Dateca. 1870
MediumAlbumen cabinet card
DimensionsImage: 4 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (11.75 × 8.89 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 4 inches (13.97 × 10.16 cm)
Mount: 6 9/16 × 4 1/4 inches (16.67 × 10.8 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 4 inches (13.97 × 10.16 cm)
Mount: 6 9/16 × 4 1/4 inches (16.67 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3799
SignedOn mount recto, lower left, in black scripted ink: "Sarony";
On mount recto, lower right, in black type: "37 Union Square, N.Y.".
InscribedOn mount verso, top, in pencil: "Morse / Artist and inventor of / the Telegraph" / "[?] F.B. Morse".
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower left corner, in black pen: "P-0-0"
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