![[Portrait of a Young Man]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP237994.jpg)
[Portrait of a Young Man]
1840 · Daguerreotype
Image: 5 x 4.2 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 in.), oval
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse
?–1872
WA-00014661
France
Sculpture
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
7
Works in Collection
10
Assets Indexed
6
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0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (1)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Romantic Painting in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943–1944
No image
Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
Field Verification (6 fields)
0 cross-verified · 6 single-source
- BiographyWikidata· 70%
- Birth yearWikidata· 70%
- Death yearWikidata· 70%
- NationalityWikidata· 70%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 70%
- Profile imageWikidata· 70%
Source Registry (2)
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
- WikidataTier 1 · Institutional40%
About
Why this artist matters now
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American inventor and painter. After establishing his reputation as a portrait painter, Morse, in his middle age, contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer and the namesake of Morse code in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (7)
Artwork sources (2)
7 published of 7 catalogued · 6 with image
- The Met6 published6 img
- Art Institute Chicago1 published
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